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      <title>Capital Gains Tax increase affect on smaller firms</title>
      <description>Capital Gains Tax increase will hit smaller firms hard, says The Forum of Private Business.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2007 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Federation of Small Businesses</category>
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      <title>Nominations for British Small Businesses 2007</title>
      <description>If you use or work for a small business which you think is brilliant and worthy of an award, then the organisers of the British Small Business Champions 2007 would like to hear from you.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 04 Jan 2007 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Federation of Small Businesses</category>
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      <title>British Small Business Champions 2007</title>
      <description>On the entry form for British Small Business Champions (BSBC) 2007 businesses are asked to suggest the ideal prize that would benefit them .</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 18 Dec 2006 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Federation of Small Businesses</category>
      <link>http://www.buildingtalk.com/news/feo/feo110.html</link>
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      <title>British Small Business Champions 2007 launched</title>
      <description>Nominations are now invited for the 2007 British Small Business Champions awards.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 14 Nov 2006 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Federation of Small Businesses</category>
      <link>http://www.buildingtalk.com/news/feo/feo109.html</link>
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      <title>Bad laws show MPs need more business experience</title>
      <description>Federation of Small Businesses offer to help arrange work experience in a small firm to any MP that would like to learn how laws passed at Westminster affect business.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 05 Oct 2006 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
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      <title>Self-assessment date change chaos </title>
      <description>The Federation of Small Businesses sounded the alarm over the Carter review's recommendations for changes to the self-assessment filing dates for tax returns.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 05 Oct 2006 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Federation of Small Businesses</category>
      <link>http://www.buildingtalk.com/news/feo/feo105.html</link>
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      <title>Work harder for small firms FPB tells banks</title>
      <description>Forum of Private Business calls for banks to work harder to understand the needs of smaller businesses, just two months before the launch of their biennial Bank Survey.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 02 Oct 2006 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Federation of Small Businesses</category>
      <link>http://www.buildingtalk.com/news/feo/feo101.html</link>
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      <title>Burden of more red tape warns FPB</title>
      <description>The Forum of Private Business is warning that new laws set to come into force in October could push many small firms to the limit.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 02 Oct 2006 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Federation of Small Businesses</category>
      <link>http://www.buildingtalk.com/news/feo/feo102.html</link>
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      <title>Business slams new EU goods transport plan</title>
      <description>Federation of Small Businesses hits out at a European Union draft Regulation on enhancing supply chain security.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 18 Aug 2006 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Federation of Small Businesses</category>
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      <title>FSB fears no let up in Government red tape</title>
      <description>Federation of Small Businesses expressed concern that the reforms do not go far enough and will not be sufficient to reduce the burden of red tape on business.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 21 Jul 2006 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Federation of Small Businesses</category>
      <link>http://www.buildingtalk.com/news/feo/feo103.html</link>
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      <title>FSB on new portal for public sector contracts</title>
      <description>The Federation of Small Businesses welcomed the official launch of the government's new internet portal for public sector procurement contracts.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 28 Jun 2006 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Federation of Small Businesses</category>
      <link>http://www.buildingtalk.com/news/feo/feo108.html</link>
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      <title>Health and Safety rules can make small firms sick</title>
      <description>Federation of Small Businesses highlighted how heavy-handed Health and Safety legislation is holding back the UK economy.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 27 Jun 2006 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Federation of Small Businesses</category>
      <link>http://www.buildingtalk.com/news/feo/feo107.html</link>
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      <title>Parking problems hit local businesses </title>
      <description>The Federation of Small Businesses welcomed the call from the House of Commons Transport Select Committee for an overhaul of parking policies.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 23 Jun 2006 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Federation of Small Businesses</category>
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