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DEVELOPING YOUR BUSINESS BRAND

August 26, 2010 Business

DEVELOPING YOUR BUSINESS BRAND Standing out from the crowd is made easier if a business has a strong brand and to find out how you assess your business’s brand and further develop it, make sure you attend the next meeting of the Southampton Branch of the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB). The business breakfast event, [...]

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Lloyds Banking Group to stop selling Payment Protection Insurance

July 29, 2010 Business

Lloyds Banking Group to stop selling Payment Protection Insurance Consumer Revenge site MoneySavingExpert.com has just learned Lloyds Banking Group (including Halifax) has stopped selling Payment Protection Insurance on all its loans, credit cards and mortgages. Instead it will simply hand out a generic leaflet about PPI with such products. When the site asked the bank [...]

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Isle of Wight Steam Railway to be in Televised Finals of The National Lottery Awards 2010

July 6, 2010 Business
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Isle of Wight Steam Railway to be in Televised Finals of The National Lottery Awards 2010 Railway Project Tops ‘Best Heritage Projects’ Category! The Isle of Wight Steam Railway has won a place in the Final of the National Lottery Awards, and now goes through to the final round of voting with the chance of [...]

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FSB WELCOMES MOVES TO REDUCE REGULATORY BURDEN

July 6, 2010 Business
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FSB WELCOMES MOVES TO REDUCE REGULATORY BURDEN The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has welcomed the Coalition Government’s launch of the ‘Your Freedom’ website. The website, which aims to give the public the chance to nominate the laws they would like to see abolished, is also asking which regulations should be removed to make running [...]

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LAUNCH OF FSB’s SMALL BUSINESS FRIENDLY AWARDS 2010

June 14, 2010 Business
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LAUNCH OF FSB’s SMALL BUSINESS FRIENDLY AWARDS 2010 The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight has launched this year’s bid to find the best small business friendly initiatives undertaken by the region’s local authorities. The Small Business Friendly Awards 2010 has three categories and councils are being encouraged to [...]

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Hovertravel launches HoverFest

June 11, 2010 Business
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Hovertravel launches HoverFest Hovertravel, the fastest way to the Isle of Wight, is launching the HoverFest, in association with Galaxy 100-106, ready for the festival goers travelling to the island. On both Thursday 10 June and Friday 11 June, Hovertravel will host two afternoons of live DJ mixes supplied by Galaxy 100-106 between the hours [...]

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MoneySavingExpert.com

May 27, 2010 Business
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90% happy to deal in black economy – huge challenge for new govt Poll of over 10,000 shows most will pay in cash to help others evade tax In a massive poll on consumer revenge site MoneySavingExpert.com, 87% of people said they would happily pay in cash to get a discount, even if the person [...]

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MoneySavingExpert.com

April 29, 2010 Business
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Consumer revenge website MoneySavingExpert.com and parenting site Mumsnet have joined forces to shove financial education back on the curriculum after it was killed off the ‘Children, Schools & Families Bill’ as a victim of last-minute pre-election legislation jostling. With over 10m unique users a month combined, the sites today launch www.financialeducationpetition.com. Parents and those let down [...]

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ANDREW TURNER Conservative Parliamentary Candidate for the Isle of Wight

April 28, 2010 Business
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‘Time for a Positive Vote’ Conservative Candidate for the Isle of Wight, Andrew Turner, today called on Islanders to cast a positive vote for clear leadership of the country next Thursday as all parties enter the final week of campaigning tomorrow. Mr Turner who is campaigning for re-election as the Island’s MP said he was finding [...]

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SUMMER NETWORKING DINNER IN LYMINGTON

April 28, 2010 Business
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THE FEDERATION OF SMALL BUSINESSES – WESSEX REGION The Mill at Gordleton near Lymington is the venue for this year’s Summer Networking Dinner being organised by the New Forest Branch of the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB). The evening begins at 7pm on Tuesday 18th May and will mix business and pleasure in a relaxing [...]

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Island MP speaks out against Budget failure

March 30, 2010 Business

In a speech to the House of Commons last night, Andrew Turner MP criticised the Budget, which sets out the Government’s plans for taxes and public spending. Mr Turnerreminded the Government that the British people, British business and International markets are all crying out for concrete plans to reduce Britain’s economic deficit.  He expressed his concern [...]

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FSB SUPPORTER OF ROOM FOR ENTREPRENEURS

March 30, 2010 Business
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A conversation between the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) and well-known inventor, Trevor Baylis, led to Mr Baylis suggesting the setting up of a room to protect Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) of small businesses or entrepreneurs. The idea was taken up and now the ‘Baylis Breakout Room’ has been opened at the Winchester Business School [...]

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MoneySavingExpert.com

March 24, 2010 Business

Budget action on basic bank accounts desperately needed Almost two million people still don’t have access to a current account Banks are expected to be forced to offer all customers a basic current account at the very least in Wednesday’s Budget. Despite claims by the banks that ‘everybody can have a bank account’, many consumers [...]

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FSB RESPONSE TO CHANCELLOR’S BUDGET 2010

March 24, 2010 Business
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FSB RESPONSE TO CHANCELLOR’S BUDGET 2010 In the last Budget speech before the country goes to the polls, the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) welcomed help for small businesses but is disappointed that the Chancellor is proceeding with the proposed hike in National Insurance Contributions (NICs). The FSB was pleased with the announcement to take [...]

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The Budget – Business Link will produce summary for business

March 19, 2010 Business
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The Budget – Business Link will produce summary for business Businesses keen to find out how the 2010 Budget affects them are encouraged to visit www.businesslink.gov.uk/budget on 24th March 2010. Once the Chancellor has delivered his Budget speech, a summary of key points will be created specifically for businesses and published on the Business Link [...]

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Clean energy cash back for businesses and households which generate low carbon electricity

March 18, 2010 Business

From April, businesses, communities and householders will be encouraged to generate small scale low carbon electricity for the national grid.  Those who invest in energy generating technologies such as wind turbines and solar panels will be paid for the electricity generated through index linked feed-in tariffs and save on bills.  For example, power from solar [...]

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