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Reading Time | < 1 min 15 Jul 2013

Government plans for greater liability of company directors

Reading Time • < 1 minCompany directors should be personally liable for misconduct or company failure, business secretary Vince Cable has said as part of an overhaul of company rules. Launching the 'Transparency and Trust'...
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Reading Time | < 1 min 09 Jul 2013

Buy-to-let landlords unsure of real gains

Reading Time • < 1 minMore than half of buy-to-let landlords fail to take inflation into account when calculating the monetary gains from their property, research from YouGov SixthSense has found. This 'monetary illusion' means many landlords have unrealistic ex...
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Reading Time | < 1 min 08 Jul 2013

Scotland: Firms need clarity on referendum

Reading Time • < 1 minScottish businesses need more clarity on how the referendum will affect them before voting on whether Scotland should remain part of the UK or become independent, the Scottish Chambers of Commerce (SCC) has said. It follows a SCC report in ...
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Reading Time | 2 mins 04 Jul 2013

A third of top businesses legally reduce tax bills

Reading Time • 2 minsA third of the UK's leading businesses use legal tax planning strategies to reduce the amount of tax they pay, research from YouGov shows. The survey, which questioned business decision makers and members of the public, found that 34 per ce...
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Reading Time | < 1 min 02 Jul 2013

Customers increasingly aware of data rights

Reading Time • < 1 minBusinesses will need to realise the commercial importance of handling customer data correctly in order to succeed in 2013, the head of the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has said. Information Commissioner Christopher Graham said th...
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Reading Time | < 1 min 01 Jul 2013

Recurring payments now easier to cancel

Reading Time • < 1 minConsumers will be able to cancel regular payments from their bank account by contacting their card provider as part of a move to simplify the banking system and better protect consumers, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has said. Looki...
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Reading Time | < 1 min 26 Jun 2013

British retail’s ‘great success story’

Reading Time • < 1 minThe director general of the British Retail Consortium (BRC), Helen Dickinson, has told a conference of senior figures from the retail sector that the industry is a 'great British success story' as it has survived, and thrived, through a difficult ...
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Reading Time | < 1 min 25 Jun 2013

SME confidence hits three-year high

Reading Time • < 1 minSMEs are highly optimistic about their turnover prospects and are showing increased business confidence, two separate reports released this week have shown. Confidence amongst small businesses hit a three-year high across all UK regions and...
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Reading Time | < 1 min 24 Jun 2013

Businesses struggle to find skilled staff

Reading Time • < 1 minAlmost two fifths of businesses that need employees with science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) skills have trouble finding the right people, a report by the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) has found. In a survey of 294 e...
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