29/09/2009 - 'Rain tax' to be scrapped - Benn - The environment secretary has announced plans to stop water companies from charging charitable organisations for surface water drainage.
29/09/2009 - Shop rents slump 10% in Edinburgh - Shop rents have slumped by 10% in Edinburgh's Princes Street as disruption caused by tram works adds to recessionary pressures, according to estate agents Cushman and Wakefield.
23/09/2009 - New pension scheme to be introduced - Around 41% of small firms with less than 250 staff are planning to replace their existing pension scheme with the Government's new personal accounts to be introduced in 2012, a study shows.
23/09/2009 - Firms to oppose parking space ta' - Businesses in Nottingham may contribute to a "fighting fund" to legally challenge the first parking levy in the country imposed by Nottingham City Council earlier this month.
22/09/2009 - Buy-to-let market still suffering - Nine out of ten landlords have found it more difficult to get a mortgage in the last three months than they did earlier in the year, research has found.
21/09/2009 - Hajib row lands hoteliers in court - A Christian couple who run a hotel in Merseyside are to stand trial for a racist offence after allegedly arguing with a Muslim guest in March.
21/09/2009 - Student rent soars in Scotland - Landlords in Scotland have charged bigger rent increases in the last two years than any other area of the UK, research has claimed.
18/09/2009 - New WeeW store replaces old Woolies - An old Woolworths store has been given a new lease of life with former employees in the Outer Hebrides starting up their own shop, called WeeW.
17/09/2009 - Farmers join police in crime fight - Gloucestershire Constabulary is collaborating with members of the agricultural industry to help them protect their businesses from criminals in the county.
16/09/2009 - Pub violence warning in Scotland - In three Scottish cities there were 3,200 assaults, rapes, breaches of the peace and antisocial behaviour incidents in 2008-09 in and around pubs, according to MSP Brian Adam.
15/09/2009 - Bannatyne bans sunbed use by minors - Dragons' Den judge Duncan Bannatyne has overhauled the rules governing sunbed use at his health clubs after a BBC series revealed that under 16s were able to use the facilities.
14/09/2009 - Vans 'targeted most by thieves' - Light commercial vehicles increasingly attracting thieves' attention, with the Ford Transit van being the most common vehicle stolen last year.
14/09/2009 - Stand up for rights, consumers told - Shoppers are being encouraged to stand up for their themselves after a study revealed a third of people feel their consumer rights have been ignored.
11/09/2009 - Norovirus linked to raw shellfish - An outbreak of norovirus which infected 529 diners at a restaurant in Berkshire, is said to have been caused partly by raw shellfish, according to a report.
10/09/2009 - Cheese-Grader Insures Nose For £5m - The nose of a master cheese-grader who selects more than 12,000 tonnes of cheddar every year has been insured for £5 million, he has revealed.
10/09/2009 - Shellfish gangmaster prosecuted - A man has become the first gangmaster to be prosecuted and fined for the illegal gathering of shellfish under laws introduced after the Morecambe Bay tragedy.
10/09/2009 - VAT cut 'pointless' - Lib Dems - The Liberal Democrats have called for the immediate scrapping of the VAT cut in order to pay for measures designed to rescue young people from long-term structural unemployment.
07/09/2009 - Concern over hotel insolvency rates - Despite a rise in the number of Britons spending holidays in their own country, hotel groups are going under at a faster rate than ever, figures show.
04/09/2009 - SMEs 'affected by late payments' - Delays in payments by big brand names have led to losses in a number of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), a study has found.
04/09/2009 - Decline in 'forced house-letting' - The number of people being forced to rent out their homes because they could not be sold has decreased according to research, as the housing market begins to pick up.
03/09/2009 - OAP wins settlement for burn injury - A pensioner from West Midlands who received severe chemical burns caused by toxic chemicals in a leather sofa has been compensated for his injuries.
03/09/2009 - Post offices must be 'transformed' - An industry group believes post offices should become "small business hubs", offering services such as banking, to secure the future of the branches.
02/09/2009 - Crooks 'make money on machinery' - Lack of regulation in the sale and use of heavy machinery has led crooks to launder vast sums of dirty cash in a "low-risk and high-reward crime", industry experts claim.
01/09/2009 - Retailers 'should make statements' - The chairman of the Magistrates' Association has called on independent retailers who have suffered persistent shoplifting to attend court and offer victim statements.
