Unions are close to agreeing a deal with Tata Steel which would keep the Port Talbot works open along with other UK plants, BBC Wales understands.
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Businesses must plan in advance to avoid missing or delaying payments to staff and suppliers over the Christmas and New Year holidays, according to Bacs Payment Schemes Limited (Bacs). This year, Christmas Eve falls on a Saturday – a non-processing day – while both Christmas Day and Boxing Day are bank holidays. This year Tuesday

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Source: SmallBusinessUK

Shares leap as Welsh biotech company announces plans for third-stage trials
Source: FT

Work/life balance trumps profit & loss and client demands on small business bosses’ worry list, according to AXA PPP healthcare poll. Asked what keeps them awake at night, one in four (26 per cent) SME bosses say that they worry about the impact of work on their lives. Profit and loss concerns adversely affect one in

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More than 1.6 million people have lent money directly to a friend or family member to help them start or grow a business, according to research from peer to peer lender ThinCats. In a constrained lending environment, entrepreneurs are turning to loved ones for support, with an average sum of £4,479 being lent at a

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Agency workers are paid on average £430 less per year than someone doing the same job on a full-time contract, new research suggests.
Source: Sky Business News

Source: HMRC

Source: HMRC

Source: HMRC