Local councils are to trial a streamlined business support programme devised by the Department for Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform.
There are more than 3000 schemes to support UK business, but the complex web makes it difficult to find help. There is little coordination between the schemes. The Annual Small Business Service Survey found that over 50 per cent of small businesses want government help, but struggle to find their way through the maze of provision. 

The public have high expectations that public bodies will safeguard their information, but a survey by Clearswift and Information Assurance has shown that this expectation is not embedded in the culture of public services.
The key finding from the research was that information assurance is fairly low down on the agenda of public service decision makers. 

By Patrick M. Lencioni
This book is about job satisfaction and performance and almost anyone can relate to the causes of a miserable job. Millions of employees, even those who have carefully chosen careers based on true passions and interests, dread going to work, suffering each day as they trudge to jobs that make them cynical, weary, and frustrated. It is a simple fact of life that any job, from the top to the bottom levels in an organization, can become miserable.