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The UK economy is on an a positive trend and the GDP is likely to rise by 3.1% in 2014, a new report drawn up by leading economic forecasters, the Centre for Economics and Business Research (Cebr), has revealed.

Providing flexible working options would enable more older women to stay in employment while in the same time allowing them to fulfil their caring commitments for ageing parents, children and grandchildren, a new report drawn up by charities Age UK and Carers UK suggests.

The number of people out of work has reached 2.24 million between December 2013 and February 2014, down 320,000 compared to the previous year, thus giving a new unemployment rate of 6.9 per cent, the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) have shown.

The number of family-owned small and medium enterprises (SMEs) established in the UK is set to grow to 2.65m by 2018, while their revenues will rise from £540bn a year to £661bn in the same time frame, recent research by banking giant Barclays has revealed.

Small and medium businesses across the UK are likely to bolster their investments in physical assets including machinery, premises and stock, as a direct result of a new climate of growth, HSBC’s latest market report has revealed.

The UK economy is missing out on an average of £1.2 billion due to the employee’s inability to retrain for new skills or switch industries, extensive research carried out by consultancy company PwC has found.

Employers who exploit illegal workers will face tougher enforcement action and stronger penalties as part of a plan to reduce illegal trafficking of workers and to ensure the economy “delivers for hard-working people”.

The future business development prospects of small and medium manufacturers might be seriously affected as the shortage of available skilled and experienced engineers and graduates is becoming an increasingly serious challenge for recruiters, new research suggests.

Over two thirds of directs are not satisfied with the quality of the workplace data they have access to, a survey conducted by Bull Information Systems has recently revealed.

A Cambridgeshire football club has set up a webcam allowing fans to keep up to date with the progress on the development of one of the stadium’s stands.

British small and medium enterprises are the most confident in Europe and plan to invest and push for growth, results published in the latest European SME Capex Barometer have revealed.

The large majority of employers across the UK (76%) have implemented no practical measures in order to prepare for the introduction of shared parental leave in six months time, figures from a new market survey by Norton Fulbright have revealed.