You can loosen your belt a notch or two – the UK government is going to borrow £8bn less this year than we first thought. We only need to run up public debt of £155bn instead of £163bn, according to figures from the new Office for Budget Responsibility.

As expected, the Conservatives want to encourage greater personal and local responsibility rather than more central government. But David Cameron seized the advantage in the publicity war by promising to postpone Labour's proposed National Insurance 1p increase for employers and workers earning less than £35,000. In addition, in terms of SMEs, the Conservatives have plans to:
Alastair Darling's final budget seems to offer some hope to small businesses. Of course, the election will be the deciding factor, but there are some encouraging signs.

Poll Results

How often do you back-up your data?
23%
Sometimes
66%
Always
12%
Never
This poll closed on 08/02/2012

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