FSB calls for more flexible maternity pay system

Date posted: 04 Aug 2010

A small business group has called for both maternity and paternity pay to be reformed by ministers.

NFU offers harvest safety guidance to UK farmers

Date posted: 04 Aug 2010

UK farmers have been offered harvest safety guidance by the NFU.

Farmland 'could prove a good investment option' at present

Date posted: 04 Aug 2010

People might find it beneficial to invest in farmland at the present time, an expert has suggested.

UK's construction sector 'facing double dip fears'

Date posted: 03 Aug 2010

Fears about the prospect of a double dip recession are being seen within the UK's construction sector, an expert from the FMB has noted.

Rics records rise in commercial farmland demand

Date posted: 03 Aug 2010

Demand for commercial farmland has gone up in the last few months, it is believed.

Ministers call on voluntary groups to help cut deficit

Date posted: 03 Aug 2010

Organisations operating in the voluntary sector are being asked to submit any deficit reduction ideas they may have.

CIPD 'encouraged by coalition's retirement age proposals'

Date posted: 02 Aug 2010

Government plans to remove the UK's default retirement age have been given the backing of the CIPD.

UK's small enterprises 'have strong economic importance'

Date posted: 02 Aug 2010

In an economic sense, the country's smaller scale enterprises are very important, one expert has noted.

Land Registry: House prices saw 0.1% monthly rise in June

Date posted: 30 Jul 2010

House prices went up by 0.1 per cent in June on a monthly basis, figures have revealed.

Paice confirms name of new interim RPA chief

Date posted: 30 Jul 2010

Jim Paice has officially named the new interim chief executive of the Rural Payments Agency.