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News
- Don’t strangle the self-employed (Fresh Business Thinking covers IPSE’s manifesto for the self-employed)
- Give business real support..not fairy tale promises, says Sage boss (Mail on Sunday)
- Over a third of students and graduates hope to work for a start-up(Startups.co.uk covers 9,000-strong survey by Prospects)
- Small firms hit by business rates relief delay (BBC)
- Almost four in five SMEs don’t think new late payment rules will work(Elite Business covers Crossflow Payments polling)
- RocketSpace powers into London in hunt for next $1bn tech ‘unicorn’(Evening Standard)
Opinion
- Business has no divine rights, but Government must remember who pays the bills (Andy Silvester, head of campaigns, IoD)
- The next government must unshackle the self-employed (Chris Bryce, CEO, IPSE)
- Only the Lib Dems are standing up for entrepreneurs (Dr Vince Cable, Liberal Democrats)
- Migrants are important to UK business and sustainability of the economy(Monica Atwal, managing partner, Clarkslegal)
Features