MORE than 70% of small businesses expect the VAT rise to have a negative impact on their business, according to a member survey by Federation of Small Businesses.

MILTON Keynes has been named as one of the five cities with the qualities to lead the UK economic recovery in a new report.

VAN manufacturer Vauxhall is celebrating after its plant at Luton produced 57 per cent of the total number of vans produced in the UK last year.

BUS company Arriva has become the first of eight companies to have become members of Milton Keynes & North Bucks Chamber of Commerce this year.

UP TO 6,000 new jobs are expected to be created as a result of expansion plans proposed for London Luton Airport.