There's been some reaction to reports about changes to the Money Programme, a long established and very effective part of the BBC's business offering. Whilst I am not responsible for that particular programme, or the changes being made by BBC Current Affairs, I understand there's no intention to reduce the impact or volume of the Money Programme despite some of the reporting. What i...

Almost £2.5 billion of public sector business is now conducted online in Scotland, according to new figures, speeding up the business of doing business and saving public money.

BBC Business Editor Robert Peston speaks to Business Secretary Vince Cable about his proposals to get UK banks lending more money.

Gordon Brown's plan to create an extra 35,000 apprentices and encourage companies to train their workforces with public money is on the brink of collapse because the project has run out of funds, business groups have warned. Many colleges and independent training providers that were encouraged to find companies to take part - and discovered a huge demand - have now been warned by the Learning...

* Yet another blogger to follow -- Carpsio: So Business Link have taken your 5 grand and given it to a business that won’t last more than a couple of months and specified that the money should be spent on about the least relevant service. In addition, to administer this money we have to leap through hoops that they have set in terms of actions, reporting and timescales. Does any of this add up t...

State organisations don't have money of their own. State organisations spend our money. People are pulling their horns in. We know that from mortgage arrears and poor retail figures. But the state sector doesn't seem to do austerity. Thus the BBC has spent more than £160,000 on four parties to launch new drama series despite claiming it is short of money. Just why does a business p...

Talking about the US newspaper business: Its theme is a prevailing article of faith among many in the news business: newspapers spend money generating valuable and socially relevant content; Or perhaps we should say not anywhere near there at all. You see, the fact that you spend money creating something does not make that something valuable. It isn’t

This BBC report is so far removed from reality that its difficult to know how to respond. The idea that the Chancellor or the high street banks are intent on helping small business is laughably untrue. The reality is that banks are so desperate to make some money to fill the huge black hole in their balance sheets that their own irresponsibility created , that they are milking business for every p...

A BBC boss spent £600 of licence payers' cash on a 132-mile cab ride home. Menna Richards, 57, who earns £160,000 a year, took the taxi from London to Cardiff - then put the fare on her expenses because she had been in the capital on business.Thank you, Sun, for calling it licence payers' money. It's not the government's money, it's certainly not the BBC's...

The banks tell us not many businesses want to borrow money. Many have unused overdraft or loan facilities. They say there is money there if you want it. They have just announced a useful £1.5 billion equity fund for small enterprises. Companies tell us there is a shortage of money to grow their companies. Some