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Let’s be honest, being self employed or running a business is no cake walk, despite what others may think, and even in good times the stress is a challenge to manage. In difficult times, it’s easy to feel that the business owner is very much ‘on their own’

The Northwest Regional Development Agency (NWDA) has admitted that it is “closed for any new business” after revealing the full list of projects that will suffer as a result of its enforced budget reduction.

Liverpool City Council has defended the decision to recruit a new chief executive on a salary of up to £197,500 – £55,000 more than the Prime Minister. The move comes after local government secretary Eric Pickles criticised the council for being “out of touch” with public sector pay.

Yorkshire and Humberside is the region most exposed to long-term sickness absence problems, according to a new report. Research by Unum reports that 41 per cent of employees in the region say they have taken a month or more off work due to an illness or injury in the past five years.

The Coalition Government Green Paper on financing a Private Sector Recovery is a very strong document. It starts a consultation period which has been curtailed by one third because of the growing unease about the issues to be faced.

Eighteen per cent of small business owners in the West Midlands say they will be forced to shed jobs in the second half of the year. The region has the highest number of expected job cuts in the country, according to Clifton Asset Management (CAM).