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Do 5% of SMEs create 65% of UK employment?

A tiny fraction of the UK's small business community accounts for two thirds of all private sector employment, a new report revealed today.

Engineering expansion

UK economic growth will require new products, new ideas and a new generation of trained innovators to provide them. Is industry the best source of such talents? In association with Bosch UK, MT's panel of experts debate the issue and point the way forward.

The Entrepreneur's Budget: Ian Wilson, WFEL

The founder of WFEL, a manufacturer of temporary bridges for the military, has shared his 'Dream Budget' with MT. From capital allowances to tax breaks for exporters, here's Ian Wilson's big wish list.

The Entrepreneur's Budget: Michael Oliver, Oliver Valves

Michael Oliver founded his specialist valve company 30 years ago from his garage. He's seen Budgets - and indeed governments - come and go. Here's what he would like to see Osborne pull out of the red briefcase next week.

The MT Interview: Rupert Soames

From playing cowboys and Indians with Churchill to DJing at Annabel's, Aggreko's CEO has had a colourful past. And the present is no less dramatic.

Export turnover up 42%

All warm on the export front as Q3 results show massive growth in overseas sales.

Pen pushers are hardest hit by rising unemployment

Unemployment has hit 2.64 million in the UK but some sectors will be worse off than others.

Company Vitae: Bombardier

Best known in the UK for its luckless Derby train factory, the Canadian firm also makes jet aircraft, but it started out producing snowmobiles.

Quote of the day

'[Trying] to do an equity deal... against a cash bid, is like playing uphill and into the wind' - David Roper, chief executive of turnaround specialist Melrose, on why the company pulled out of the running for engineer Charter, clearing the way for American manufacturing group Colfax.

Engineering debate: whither China?

Alan Sugar might have been wrong, but when it comes to engineering, our Government could certainly take some cues from its Chinese counterpart.

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