http://www.business-sale.com/blog Business Sale Report Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:20:20 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.business-sale.com/blog/buying-a-business/2021/buy-a-business-masterclass-event-to-be-hosted-by-broker-at-lse-in-january http://www.business-sale.com/blog/buying-a-business/2021/buy-a-business-masterclass-event-to-be-hosted-by-broker-at-lse-in-january#comments Mon, 19 Dec 2011 16:16:26 +0000 Chris St Cartmail http://www.business-sale.com/blog/buying-a-business/2021/buy-a-business-masterclass-event-to-be-hosted-by-broker-at-lse-in-january No related posts.]]> http://www.business-sale.com/blog/buying-a-business/2021/buy-a-business-masterclass-event-to-be-hosted-by-broker-at-lse-in-january/feed 0 http://www.business-sale.com/blog/buying-a-business/1835/business-transactions-in-south-yorkshire-expected-to-rise http://www.business-sale.com/blog/buying-a-business/1835/business-transactions-in-south-yorkshire-expected-to-rise#comments Fri, 19 Aug 2011 10:23:17 +0000 Chris St Cartmail No related posts.]]> http://www.business-sale.com/blog/buying-a-business/1835/business-transactions-in-south-yorkshire-expected-to-rise/feed 0 http://www.business-sale.com/blog/business-news/1610/what-will-the-march-2011-budget-mean-for-entrepreneurs http://www.business-sale.com/blog/business-news/1610/what-will-the-march-2011-budget-mean-for-entrepreneurs#comments Mon, 21 Mar 2011 07:20:04 +0000 Chris St Cartmail Should entrepreneurs and business owners around the UK expect more from the 2011 Budget than a reduction in red tape? It certainly ought to deliver more for the business community to justify its ‘Budget for Growth’ moniker. The final report of the Office of Tax Simplification (OTS), which reviewed the UK’s tax reliefs and allowances, concluded that ‘whole areas of tax law are particularly complicated’ and that ‘many areas…

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