Small business bosses are cutting back their own salaries to keep their staff in employment and their businesses afloat during economic uncertainty.

A recent CIPD survey revealed 49% of those surveyed reported noticing an increase in stress as a result of the economic downturn.

Despite the economic downturn businesses around the world are still proving to be committed to the green agenda and staff feel proud to work for environmentally friendly employers.

The chancellor of the exchequer George Osborne's Autumn Statement was last night slammed by the director general of the Institute of Economic Affairs, Mark Littlewood, as "pretty feeble". Littlewood...