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Reading Time | < 1 min 14 Jul 2015

Government to combat workplace gender gap

Reading Time • < 1 minA detailed plan aimed ending the disparity in pay between men and women has been published by the government.Among the new measures announced is an obligation for larger businesses to publish more detailed information on how much their emp...
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Reading Time | < 1 min 10 Jul 2015

Tax on large firms to fund apprenticeships

Reading Time • < 1 minA new tax will be levied on large companies to help deliver the government's target of 3 million new apprenticeships by 2020, the Chancellor announced during the summer Budget statement. The levy will fund apprenticeships for over-16s livin...
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Reading Time | 7 mins 09 Jul 2015

Summer Budget 2015 – Top 10 Tax Changes

Reading Time • 7 minsGeorge Osborne took us by surprise in his first Budget since the election with a number of radical tax and...
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Reading Time | 2 mins 08 Jul 2015

Summer Budget 2015: Reaction

Reading Time • 2 minsThe Chancellor George Osborne has delivered the first all-Conservative Budget statement in almost 20 years.Here is a collection of snap reactions from the UK's leading business groups:Federation of Small BusinessesJohn Al...
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Reading Time | 2 mins 08 Jul 2015

Summer Budget 2015 – an initial view

Reading Time • 2 minsAn overview of the key measures announced in the Summer Budget 2015
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Reading Time | < 1 min 03 Jul 2015

Graduates embrace entrepreneurial spirit

Reading Time • < 1 minAlmost a sixth of graduates plan to start their own business, according to research by Direct Line for Business. The survey of more than 1,000 degree holders found that 15% have entrepreneurial aspirations and launch a startup of their own....
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Reading Time | < 1 min 02 Jul 2015

Fake financial services top cold-call scams

Reading Time • < 1 minFraudulent banking services, credit brokers and investment opportunities are the most common scams used by cold-callers, according to analysis by Citizens Advice. More than a third (37%) of fraudulent cold calls reported to the charity invo...
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Reading Time | 2 mins 02 Jul 2015

Tribunal ruling on holiday pay comes into effect

Reading Time • 2 minsEmployers need to account for overtime when calculating holiday pay from 1 July 2015. The Employment Appeal Tribunal ruled in November 2014 that employers must factor in overtime, commissions and bonuses when making holiday pay calculations...
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Reading Time | < 1 min 29 Jun 2015

HMRC temporarily suspends overseas pension scheme list

Reading Time • < 1 minHMRC has temporarily suspended the published list of Recognised Overseas Pension Schemes (ROPS), until it can produce an updated version on 1 July. The reason given for the temporary suspension was that HMRC wanted to determine that all sch...
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