The Federation of Small Businesses in the North has urged the Irish and British governments to convene a round table with Stakeholder Organisations and local political parties to ensure that an all-Ireland economic scheme has a wide ownership.

Petrol retailers in the North hit out at the British government today for rejecting the demands of MPs to cut fuel tax in a bid to wipe out a £300m (€447.5m) smuggling racket.

The Federation of Small Businesses in the North has expressed serious concern at the announcement by the Department of Enterprise, Trade & Investment that it is to withdraw the subsidy application for businesses struggling with high electricity costs.

The North’s largest business organisation, the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has welcomed the Assembly Preparation for Government Economic Subgroup Report, which is to be debated this week.

GORDON Brown is serious about helping Northern Ireland’s economy become more competitive, business leaders said today after meeting the chancellor in Belfast.

The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) and legal advisers Abbey Legal have produced a guidance leaflet on how firms can avoid employment problems during the World Cup.

Organised crime gangs are increasingly targeting Northern Ireland’s small businesses for extortion, MPs were told today.

The North's Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) today urged Gordon Brown, the UK's Chancellor of the Exchequer, to address the concerns of small businesses in his pre-Budget report, to be delivered on December 5.

In a meeting between the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) and Invest Northern Ireland Wilfred Mitchell, FSB Policy Chairman, has said that the British government must give support to small businesses in the North if the sector is to compete.

The Northern Ireland Federation of Small Businesses has today given a welcome to the news that Translink is to freeze fares on the Dublin Enterprise Service until the end of the year.

A-Level students anxiously waiting for exam results today have been urged to abandon university plans and become entrepreneurs.

A scathing attack on economic growth in the European Union has been welcomed by the FSB as a shot in the arm for the flagging Lisbon Agenda.

The Northern Ireland Federation of Small Businesses has reacted to the Budget and Economic Vision Plan unveiled today by the North's Finance Minister Ian Pearson.

A United States-owned technology company in Northern Ireland said today it was creating 300 more jobs this year and held out the possibility of many more to follow.