Insights

All Topics
All Months
Reading Time | < 1 min 17 Mar 2015

Chancellor shakes up annuity market

Reading Time • < 1 minAnnuity holders will be able to sell their annuity income without incurring a 55% tax charge, under plans announced by the Chancellor George Osborne. Currently people wanting to sell their annuity income incur a 55% - or sometimes 70% - tax...
Read full article
Reading Time | < 1 min 12 Mar 2015

Employees lack access to digital services

Reading Time • < 1 minLess than half of employees think they are able to do their jobs properly due to insufficient access to digital technology, according to a survey by Fujitsu. The technology company surveyed more than 1,400 employees across key economic sect...
Read full article
Reading Time | < 1 min 09 Mar 2015

Pension savers snub retirement advice

Reading Time • < 1 minAlmost three-quarters of over-50s are not currently planning to seek retirement advice after the government's pension reforms are introduced in April, according to research by LV=. This could result in people failing to take advantage of th...
Read full article
Reading Time | < 1 min 06 Mar 2015

Calls to simplify tax status for self-employed

Reading Time • < 1 minWorking out the employment status of workers should be made easier for businesses, according to a report from the Office of Tax Simplification (OTS). Businesses need to know a worker's employment status for tax, legal and auto-enrolment pur...
Read full article
Reading Time | < 1 min 05 Mar 2015

Small costs result in big expenses for SMEs

Reading Time • < 1 minSMEs owners often underestimate the small day-to-day costs of running a business, research by AXA has suggested. The survey found that 41% of business owners are shocked by the cumulative costs incurred by seemingly innocuous items. ...
Read full article
Reading Time | < 1 min 05 Mar 2015

Employees uncertain about pension contributions

Reading Time • < 1 minThe majority of employees on a workplace pension scheme think they should increase their pension contributions, according to a report by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD). The survey of more than 2,200 workers foun...
Read full article
Reading Time | < 1 min 04 Mar 2015

Academy finance specialists reveal their latest survey

Reading Time • < 1 minYorkshire based BHP Chartered Accountants has worked with Kreston International, an association of independent accountancy firms, to produce a report...
Read full article
Reading Time | < 1 min 04 Mar 2015

SMEs in profit at 2007 levels

Reading Time • < 1 minThe number of SMEs making a profit has returned to pre-financial crisis levels in the last 12 months, according to research by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills. The annual Small Business Survey shows that 78%
Read full article
Reading Time | < 1 min 03 Mar 2015

Small business productivity in need of boost

Reading Time • < 1 minImproving the productivity of UK small businesses is "one of the biggest challenges" for policymakers, according to a report by the All Party Parliamentary Small Business Group. The report highlights 7 key steps to boosting economic product...
Read full article
1 … 121 122 123 124 125 … 340