Finance
Bank of England holds rates for 10th month
The Bank of England (BoE) has kept interest rates at 0.5% for the 10th consecutive month.
BPIF slams National Insurance rise
The BPIF has hit out at the planned increase in National Insurance (NI) unveiled in yesterday's pre-Budget report (PBR), billing it an "attack on job preservation".
Pre-budget report minute by minute
Live text and reaction from the pre-Budget report and what it means for the print industry
Businesses escape significant tax increases in PBR
Businesses will not bear the brunt of the government's need to reduce the deficit, Alistair Darling revealed in his pre-Budget report (PBR).
State-owned banks unlikely to meet business lending targets, NAO claims
The UK's two state-owned banks are "likely" to fall short of their business lending targets, the National Audit Office (NAO) has warned.
Top 500 report finds industry structural change is accelerating
PrintWeek's annual Top 500 report has revealed that the structural change of the UK print industry has not only begun, but is well advanced and being rapidly accelerated by the trying economic...
GDP contraction revised up but longest recession confirmed
The UK economy shrunk marginally less than originally thought in the third quarter of the year, but GDP remained in recession, official figures have shown.
Bank lending falls in third quarter of 2009
Lending to UK businesses fell across all sectors in the third quarter of 2009, Bank of England statistics have shown, leading to increased fears of a stifled economic recovery.
Government's credit insurance scheme expected to be scrapped
The government's credit insurance scheme has come under fire after it emerged that only 18m of an earmarked 5bn of cover has been taken out by UK businesses.
Access to finance getting worse, survey finds
Small businesses' access to finance has worsened over the past quarter despite 200bn of money being injected into the economy by the Bank of England, the British Chamber of Commerce (BCC) has said.