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 Gloucestershire & West of England Real Life Entrepreneur Roadshow
With Mike Southon ‘The Beermat Entrepreneur'

  

Gloucestershire & West of England Region invite you to two exciting and entertaining events with serial entrepreneur, best-selling business author and weekly Financial Times columnist

Mike Southon.

 

Both Events will be held on Wednesday 29th February 2012

and are Free to members and non-members

places are limited so book early

 

12:00 - 14:30 Wednesday 29th February

18:30 - 21:30 Wednesday 29th February

    The Hallmark Hotel

    Matson Lane

    Gloucester

    GL4 6EA

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    The Aztec Hotel

    Almondsbury

    Bristol

    BS32 4TS

    View Full Details and Book 

                               

 

 

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What's ahead for business in the UK Manufacturing Industry?

 

An invitation to the 2012 South West Manufacturing Seminar

 

The Federation of Small Businesses and CBG Management Academy wish to extend a personal invitation to the inaugural

South West Manufacturing seminar

on the 15th February 2012

9.30am – 12 noon at Thornbury Golf Club, Bristol 

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What's ahead for business in the UK Manufacturing Industry?

 

An invitation to the 2012 South West Food and Drink Seminar

The Federation of Small Businesses and CBG Management Academy wish to extend a personal invitation to the

 2012 South West Food and Drink seminar

on the 16th February 2012

9.30am – 12 noon at Thornbury Golf Club, Bristol

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Growing Gloucestershire's Apprentices!

 

There are a number of ways to take on an apprentice and this can be complicated and time consuming. View Full Details on how to help make this process as clear and simple as possible

 

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Make your Voice count!

The FSB and Research by Design have recruited over 4,000 businesses to the ‘Voice of Small Business' Survey Panel. This panel of members answers regular questions on different policy issues giving the FSB the information it needs to make sure members' views are heard by policy makers. Together we can ensure the interests of small firms are at the top of the political agenda.                            Further Information       Join the Panel


      

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Further One-Year Increase in Small Business Rate Relief

 

The current temporary increase in Small Business Rate Relief, which started on 1 October 2010 and was due to end on 30 September 2011, will now continue for a further year (1 October 2011 to 30 September 2012).

 

The measure doubles the usual rate of relief so that ratepayers with rateable values below £6,000 pay no rates at all for the period, while ratepayers with rateable values between £6,000 and not more than £12,000 receive tapered relief from 100%-0%.

 

There are no other changes to the scheme and the Government has confirmed that it will meet the costs of the increased levels of relief.

 

You need to take no action.  Once the legislation is in place, you will be sent a revised bill.  In the meantime, you must continue to pay your current instalments, if you have any.  Current collection and enforcement procedures will continue to apply to ratepayers who miss scheduled instalments.

 

Contact your local Council Business Rates team with any questions.


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From 12 September 2011, statutory reporting to HSE of work-related injuries and incidents under RIDDOR (the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995) will move to a predominantly online system.    View Full Details

 

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