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		<title>Manufacturing hit by unstable economy</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 15:46:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris St Cartmail</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[2012 began on something of a hopeful note. Many believed that the spending cuts imposed by the Coalition government, while harsh, were having the desired affect and helping the country&#039;s economy back to growth. But as last month&#039;s data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) confirmed, the economy has not yet shown signs of [...]
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		<title>Insolvency Service sees rise in administrations</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 11:58:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris St Cartmail</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An increase in administrations has been recorded in England and Wales over the last quarter. There have been some mixed figures regarding the UK economy of late, but the data for the first three months of the year from the Insolvency Service reveals that insolvency and administrations are still problematic. In fact, there has been [...]
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		<title>Double-dip recession for UK</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 09:51:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris St Cartmail</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Politicians have tried to keep a positive spin on the state of the economy for months now. But the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) cannot be denied: The UK is back in recession. In the first three months of 2012 GDP declined by 0.2 per cent, slightly worse than had been [...]
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		<title>EPC required to sell a business</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2012 14:37:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris St Cartmail</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Selling a business is no simple feat; there are numerous regulations to negotiate and financial issues to tie-up. But it is important to get everything in place to ensure a smooth sale. So those looking to sell their business in the near future need to be aware of recent changes to the law regarding Energy [...]
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		<title>2012 could see more big name retailers fall</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 12:52:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris St Cartmail</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Retail administration has been big news in the first few months of 2012, with Game and Blacks just two of the major firms we&#039;ve seen fold. La Senza, Blacks and Past Times also hit the headlines as the number of retailers falling into administration during the first quarter of the year increased by 64 per [...]
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		<title>Keep an eye out for further football club failures</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2012 14:13:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris St Cartmail</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Administration has been big news in the football world over the past few months, with Portsmouth, Port Vale and Rangers all grabbing the headlines for the wrong reasons as they struggle with debts and overspending. But the clubs&#039; difficulties could present new opportunities for those looking to buy businesses in administration. With this in mind, [...]
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		<title>Tech start-ups to expand investment opportunities?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2012 16:14:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris St Cartmail</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Small and medium-sized enterprises are at the heart of the UK economy, accounting for almost half of private sector turnover. It comes as no surprise in the current economic climate then, that the government is keen to do everything it can to support this sector of business. But to make this happen, politicians have been [...]
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		<title>Smaller businesses offer mixed reactions to Budget</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2012 17:20:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris St Cartmail</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday&#8217;s Budget announcement has drawn a mixed response from members of the small business community, with some criticising it for focusing too much on big business, and others praising the deregulatory steps included in it. Criticism has been targeted at Chancellor George Osborne&#8217;s failure to scrap the 5.6 per cent rise in business rates planned [...]
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		<title>Manufacturers increasingly looking for new acquisitions</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Mar 2012 17:21:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris St Cartmail</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A specialist in manufacturing finance in Cambridgeshire has said local manufacturers are reporting &#8220;good results&#8221; in mergers and acquisitions. Mark Smith, who works for Barclays Corporate in Peterborough, said that the latest PMI manufacturing numbers showed that the region&#8217;s manufactures were becoming increasingly inclined to explore options for purchasing new businesses. &#8220;We are seeing more [...]
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		<title>Another tax on success for UK business owners</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Mar 2012 08:59:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris St Cartmail</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Exit Strategies]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Winding up a solvent company just got a little more complicated. Before 1st March 2012, if a company wanted to wind up operations and distribute surplus funds to shareholders as capital payments, it was a simple case of writing to HMRC for a concession (ESC C16). Once all the assets are distributed (cash returned to [...]
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