Small firms lack continuity plans, research suggests
Just a third of businesses surveyed have a continuity plan in place

Report published on innovation in the service industries
BERR has published a report which looks at measures to help businesses innovate across service industries

Businesses unaware of minimum wage increase, says firm
Research has found that nearly half of small businesses with four or less employees have no idea the NMW is to increase

Commercial buildings flattened to avoid empty property tax
Regeneration projects have also suffered as developers put off completing projects

IT administrators admit they would steal business data
Most company directors are blissfully unaware of the administrative or privileged passwords that their IT staff has access to

Beware new chip and PIN fraud
Fraudsters have been targeting shops and hiding devices inside chip and PIN card machines at checkouts

Equality proposals could threaten Olympic opportunities
Proposals to overhaul equality legislation could mean that small firms lose out on contracts for the London 2012 Olympic Games

More calls for RDAs to be scrapped
The Taxpayers' Alliance says the money would be better used in a 4p cut in corporation tax