http://www.businessdorset.co.uk/people/businessblog/ Business in Dorset /people/businessblog/ en-gb Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:12:04 +0000 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:12:04 +0000 http://www.businessdorset.co.uk/people/businessblog/rssterms/ M6 nvincent@newsquest.co.uk webmaster@digitalmedia.newsquest.co.uk http://www.businessdorset.co.uk/resources/images/580127/?type=rsslogo http://www.businessdorset.co.uk/people/businessblog/ http://www.businessdorset.co.uk/people/businessblog/3798353.First___10_000_Free_of_Tax_for_SMEs_or_Full_Steam_Ahead_Into_a_Crisis_/ THE British Chambers of Commerce Quarterly Economic Survey (Q3 2008) received over 5,000 responses from businesses of all sizes and sectors and virtually all the key national balances have worsened, and many are in negative territory for the second quarter in a row. Tue, 28 Oct 2008 14:01:54 +0000 b782bbc69c05de974b07a69bf816825d http://www.businessdorset.co.uk/people/businessblog/3742521.Please_Sir_it_Wasn__t_Me_Sir____A_Decade_of_Dept_/ Prosperity based on borrowing is how, over the last decade, this Government have fuelled the economy. This Government and the Country has been on a borrowing binge on the back of property prices and the belief that somehow the property boom would go on and on. Mon, 29 Sep 2008 10:35:00 +0100 c3fdcb44e384e3ad9c5837d0f93506fb http://www.businessdorset.co.uk/people/businessblog/3742520.STONEHENGE_A303_A344/ THE Highways Agency must not be allowed to treat Stonehenge as an obstacle to plans for a motorway style link from London to Penzance. Mon, 21 Jul 2008 17:50:00 +0100 1b6af321d6b4a52e26840fda4a67893b http://www.businessdorset.co.uk/people/businessblog/3742519.OFF_THE_RAILS_FOR_YEARS___WHAT_FUTURE_FOR_RAIL_TRANSPORT_/ THERE are big concerns about the state and direction of Britain’s railways, particularly given the fact that previous governments both Labour and Conservative have rightly been accused of massive under-investment throughout their nationalised period. Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:16:00 +0100 55337503f38e53726357ba4c03281913 http://www.businessdorset.co.uk/people/businessblog/3742518.Britons_face_a_sharp_fall_in_living_standards/ According to a former Bank of England policy maker Britons face a sharp fall in living standards as the western world faces up to a new era of stagflation - high inflation and low growth. Tue, 10 Jun 2008 09:29:00 +0100 c4bcecdd628883d4a94e47b947d85f35 http://www.businessdorset.co.uk/people/businessblog/3742517.__It__s_the_economy_Stupid____/ FAILURE AT A LEVEL THAT AFFECTS EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US! Mon, 19 May 2008 11:24:00 +0100 20729edcf2c71f4714309b8b64a3980c http://www.businessdorset.co.uk/people/businessblog/3742516.A_fair_deal_for_business_/ On 12 March 2008 the Government launched a new Enterprise Strategy with a claimed central vision of making the UK the most enterprising economy in the world and the best place to start and grow a business. Mon, 12 May 2008 10:44:00 +0100 1be26873fb5e525e83349e44a05dd9e7 http://www.businessdorset.co.uk/people/businessblog/3742515.Predatory_lending____a_good_game_if_you_can_get_away_with_it_/ The “Credit Crunch” precipitated by the “sub-prime” mortgage meltdown is likely to result in more than 2 million innocent UK homeowners paying mortgage increases of several hundred pounds per month and has resulted in billons of pounds of our, tax payers, money being put at risk! Fri, 25 Apr 2008 10:41:00 +0100 664da3a1a9913f0171cd10efc70f6324 http://www.businessdorset.co.uk/people/businessblog/3742514.Cross_Your_Fingers_and_Hope_to_Survive_/ Alistair Darlings’ first budget acknowledges a downturn but blames everyone else. He did not admit to the “R “word, recession but he wouldn’t would he - if you must you can whisper quietly readjustment. Fri, 04 Apr 2008 15:37:00 +0100 38aa38a99029a6a5bf1187fbf9607de4 http://www.businessdorset.co.uk/people/businessblog/3742513.Post_Offices__Going__Going__But_Maybe_Not_Gone_/ About 2,500 post offices are expected to close by 2009 because of rising losses and fewer people using the network, the government claims. Mon, 10 Mar 2008 17:18:00 +0000 51c936ea8e40dea2aef635bd5b3c70ed http://www.businessdorset.co.uk/people/businessblog/3742512.Don__t_Keep_it_in_the_Family_give_it_to_the_Tax_man_/ Advisers have recently slammed new tax rules as being “riddled with problems”, as more red tape looms for family businesses. The legislation follows HM Revenue & Custom's defeat in the courts against Geoff and Diana Jones of Arctic Systems, a husband and wife business that it claimed had unfairly split its income and dividends to lower its tax bill. Mon, 25 Feb 2008 16:32:00 +0000 c47b54689ee6d1d23af80e6a6927a48f http://www.businessdorset.co.uk/people/businessblog/3742511.Child_Benefit_Data_Scandal_Could_Be_Big_Business_/ A former Scotland Yard detective has stated that at the current rate of £2.50 per person's details, missing Child Benefit data could be sold for £60 million. Tue, 12 Feb 2008 17:30:00 +0000 2b1494447a2583fc8937a9be72262e5e