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		<title>FSB in call for more help from European Union</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>THE EUROPEAN Union must do more to help the small businesses to grow and create jobs, according to the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB).

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		<title>FSB urges councils to help out local firms</title>
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		<title>Small firms struggle on public sector contracts</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>GOVERNMENT efforts to make it easier for small businesses to win public-sector contracts are not yet bearing fruit, according to research from the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB).</p>]]></description>
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		<title>FSB alert over Local Government Resource Review</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>THE FSB has warned of a rush toward badly planned development which could damage the North-east.</p>]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 07:34:00 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title>FSB calls for Work Trials expansion</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>THE Government could help to create 46,000 jobs in smaller firms if it extends the work trials programme, according to the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB).</p>]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2011 07:10:00 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title>Drive to help ex-services start their own business</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>FIRST it was entrepreneurs, then mumpreneurs, now heropreneurs is becoming a small business watchword.</p>]]></description>
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		<title>National Insurance costs hinder job creation</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>SMALL businesses say they are being put off from recruiting extra staff because of uncertainty about contracts and the cost of credit.</p>]]></description>
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		<title>FSB issues plea on flexible leave plans</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>PLANS to introduce more flexible working rights for both parents and other employees will hit small firms hard, according to the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB).</p>]]></description>
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		<title>Pub tenants want fairer code of practice</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>PUB tenants are calling for an improved code of practice to give them a fairer deal with the pub companies (Pubcos) that are their landlords.</p>]]></description>
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		<title>Small businesses railing at regulations</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>THE Federation of Small Business (FSB) is calling for an overhaul of business regulations to stimulate the economy and create jobs.</p>]]></description>
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