This study was designed to ‘sense check’ emerging estimates of the monthly administrative costs associated with personal accounts arrangements in SMEs. The principal aims were to:(a) Solicit views on the accuracy of estimates of time/costs based on internal government analysis.(b) Identify...

In December 2006 the Government announced proposals to promote private pension saving across UK workplaces. These proposals are explained in the Government’s White Paper, ‘Personal accounts: a new way to save’ . The proposed personal accounts system will operate from 2012 and will require...

1. The Welland Strategic Alignment Project, or “Pathfinder”, was focused on the Welland sub-region of the East Midlands, with the overall aim of “improving the experience of customers in the Welland who wish to access business support services”. The Pathfinder was led by emda, the RDA...

The review shows that there are many different models of support to small business - different countries make different choices. The review developed a scale that outlines 26 different choices for policymakers in their design of programmes for business advice. It is important that these choices...