Peterborough has been awarded a £3million grant by the UK’s innovation agency the Technology Strategy Board to develop a smarter city of the future.
CORPORATION tax for small businesses should be cut in the budget, according to a Peterborough-based accountant. Chancellor George Osbourne’s budget should slash corporation tax for smaller firms in line with the 25 per cent drop enjoyed by larger firms since the coalition government came to power, says a senior executive at V&A Vigar & Co [...]
PETERBOROUGH MP Stewart Jackson has welcomed the news that in just four months the number of FTSE 350 firms signing up to the Prompt Payment Code has tripled. There are now 126 FTSE 350 firms signed up to the code, with 94 new firms since November last year. Three quarters of FTSE 100 companies have signed, or [...]
A NEW online care directory featuring local companies, which will help adults and carers choose the services they need to help them lead a full and independent life, is being launched by Peterborough City Council.
A LOCAL initiative to encourage businesses in Peterborough to get involved in school career events has received a boost from a local video producer.
OPPORTUNITY Peterborough, the city’s economic development company, and the UK Centre for Economic and environmental Development (UK CEED) have announced a formal collaborative working relationship.
PETERBOROUGH City Council has started the process to appoint a development partner to regenerate the city’s Riverside Opportunity Area, part of which was formally known as the city’s South Bank. There will be an open day for potential partners on Monday 29 October 2012.
OPPORTUNITY Peterborough and Peterborough City Council have secured £50,000 of funding from the government-backed Technology Strategy Board. Peterborough is one of only 30 UK cities to receive the grant in the first round of a competition to become a ‘Future Cities Demonstrator’. The winning city will receive funding of £24 million.
NEW restrictions that will prevent foreign students studying in Britain but born outside the EU from remaining in the UK to take up jobs after their studies, mean it is crucial that sufficient skilled non-EU workers are allowed to enter the UK. This is the view of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD), [...]
THE identification of the right sites and the ability to bring them forward for housing as quickly as possible will be crucial to fulfilling the Government’s strategy for boosting housing and home ownership, say the new homes experts at Peterborough property consultancy, Carter Jonas. The comment comes after the Government unveiled its housing strategy towards [...]
PETERBOROUGH Youth MP Kamal Hyman has announced a large employment and skills event for young people. Speaking at the second annual Skills Summit in Peterborough on October 5, Mr Hyman said the conference will help young people fill gaps in their knowledge and experience and help them prepare for work and training. Click play to [...]
THE government should target the road network for its plans to speed up investment in infrastructure as the poor state of the transport network has cost small firms up to £5,000 over the last 12 months, new figures from the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) show.
PETERBOROUGH City Council has appointed Cambridgeshire-based heritage and conservation experts, Beacon Planning to review and appraise the conservation area around the cathedral in support of the on-going city centre regeneration works.
BUSINESSES around Peterborough have been studying this week’s budget online and trying to work out how the chancellor’s announcements will affect them. Peterboroughbusiness.co.uk is bringing you all the reaction to the budget from the city’s accountants and business leaders, who have been telling us what they think the changes will mean for the Peterborough economy.
THE Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) is concerned a consultation by Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC), which closes today (28.02.2011), that could lead to implementation of spot checks on company records, will be used purely as a revenue raising exercise.
SMALL and medium sized businesses around Peterborough need to brace themselves for a blitz on their business records by HM Customs and Revenue, according to a city tax specialist.
THE Greater Cambridge Greater Peterborough Local Enterprise Partnership (GCGP LEP) has called for an “inspirational business leader” to volunteer to lead the LEP in driving economic growth. The GCGP LEP proposal was approved by the government in October and since then work has progressed to shape the network. An essential part of this is the recruitment of [...]
WESTCOMBE Engineering, the Peterborough City Council-controlled company that provides engineering work for people with disabilities, will not be closed down. Council leader Marco Cereste said he intends to refer the matter back to the cabinet in November to overturn a decision to close the business, taken in 2007.
LACK of support for the joint Peterborough and Cambridge Local Enterprise Partnership proposal could put central government funding for Peterborough at risk, according to a development expert. Chris Haworth (left), partner and head of the commercial division at property company Carter Jonas, believes the perception from Westminster of Cambridgeshire as an affluent area could make it difficult [...]
PETERBOROUGH City Council leader Councillor Marco Cereste (left) and director of environment capital Trevor Gibson have been leading seminars showcasing the innovative ‘Sustainable City Visualisation Project’ this week (October 4-7) at the 8th European Week of Regions and Cities Open Days event in Brussels. The project has been jointly developed by the city council, Opportunity Peterborough, IT [...]
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