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We’re a few months away from the Business North West 2012 exhibition in Manchester. Taking place over the 17th and 18th April 2012, the event is one of the premier business exhibitions held in the North West during the year. Free to attend, the exhibition brings together small businesses to large corporations, including a number … Read more

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A preliminary survey of the European leasing market in 2010 by Leaseurope – the trade association representing the automotive rental industry – has shown that new leasing has increased on the continent by 4.9%, raising the total new volume of leased amounts to €227 billion. This is an increase from €209 billion in 2009. Such … Read more

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New business owners will be benefiting from a pilot scheme by the HMRC to offer ‘telephone education’ in order to help advise them on the requirements of filing tax for a business. In HMRC’s own words, they will be calling and offering “…to talk them through some of the main things they need to know … Read more

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Johnson Reed is well established as one of the UK’s most respected providers of IT finance, software and technology leasing to businesses. With over 14 years of IT finance & computer equipment leasing experience, we specialise in technology leasing and computer equipment leasing. For many, hardware finance is often no problem but software leasing usually … Read more

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Barclays has stopped offering asset finance to firms with turnover of less than £5 million a year, according to The Times. Give us news, not history, some might say! The pullout from the key area of small business lending comes in the wake of promises to the government that Barclays would boost loans to small … Read more

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Global IT Trade Association CompTIA have released new research showing that SMEs (small and medium size enterprises) are intending to increase spending on Information Technology products and service despite impending financial constraints. According to the report, the three biggest IT problems for SMEs include: Tight bugets IT Legacy systems Lack of skills The report reveals … Read more