SMALL businesses are now more optimistic about their immediate sales prospects, according to the latest Quarterly Survey of Small Business in Britain by the Open University Business School.

POLITICS, prosperity and pizza were on the menu when Mark Lancaster MP hosted a round table discussion for Institute of Directors members and their guests at a special evening event as the election campaign kicked off.

MILTON Keynes is in the running for ground-breaking new technologies to benefit homes and businesses in the campaign to cut carbon emissions.

ONLY one in nine small firms are implementing post-recession recovery plans, according to new research from the Open University Business School.

James Pinchbeck, marketing partner at Streets Chartered Accountants, has some strong advice for those who thought the Chancellor's statement in March meant little in advance of the General Election.