A multi-billion pound funding packing, to encourage banks to start lending to small businesses, will be announced by the Government in January 2009.
Britain is now closer to having to cap the working week to 48 hours after Euro MPs voted to end its opt-out of the working time directive.
The Government has warned businesses they must implement effective measures to prevent intellectual property (IP) crime.
Microsoft has issued an emergency update for the security flaw that was discovered in Internet Explorer in December.
The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) has called on the Government to freeze business rates after it was announced that rates will rise by 5% in April 2009.

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