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Business body hits back at Sugar

Sir Alan Sugar

Page last updated at 15:36 GMT, Wednesday, 4 November 2009 Lord Sugar made his comments at an event in Manchester The Federation of Small Businesses has defended struggling small firms from criticism by the government's enterprise champion, Lord Sugar. Full Article at BBC News

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