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Reading Time | < 1 min 17 Apr 2012

New business regulation body launched

Reading Time • < 1 minThe Government has launched a new independent body to monitor business regulation in a bid to give businesses a voice in policy and red-tape decision making.
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Reading Time | 2 mins 17 Apr 2012

Warning over changes to unfair dismissal laws

Reading Time • 2 minsUpcoming changes to employment law and regulations could result in an additional 2.7 million workers with an increased risk of losing their jobs, the Trade Union Congress (TUC) has warned.
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Reading Time | 2 mins 17 Apr 2012

UK businesses committed to ‘going green’

Reading Time • 2 minsSmall and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) in the UK are more committed to sustainability, including saving energy, minimising waste, and recycling, compared to their European Union (EU) counterparts, a new European Commission study has found.
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Reading Time | 2 mins 17 Apr 2012

UK economy shows improvement although still ‘weak’

Reading Time • 2 minsThe UK economy has shown 'encouraging' signs of improvement in the first three months of this year, although the pace of recovery is still 'too slow', the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) has said.
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Reading Time | 2 mins 17 Apr 2012

Government criticised over Finance Bill 2012

Reading Time • 2 minsThe Government has been criticised for its 686 page Finance Bill, the longest published on record, after Chancellor George Osborne pledged to create a 'fairer, more efficient and simpler tax system' in this year's Budget.
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Reading Time | 2 mins 17 Apr 2012

Sunday trading laws to be relaxed over Olympics

Reading Time • 2 minsSunday trading laws will be suspended for eight weekends over this year's Olympic and Paralympic games, if a proposed Bill is passed through Parliament.
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Reading Time | 2 mins 17 Apr 2012

Treasury publishes review into financial crisis

Reading Time • 2 minsThe Treasury has published an internal review of how it handled the 2007/8 financial crisis, admitting its staff were 'stretched' and that it 'did not see the crisis coming'.
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Reading Time | < 1 min 17 Apr 2012

Finance Bill 2012 published

Reading Time • < 1 minThe Government has published the Finance Bill 2012, in which tax measures announced in Budget 2011 and 2012 come into force.
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Reading Time | < 1 min 17 Apr 2012

ISAs: Have you made the most of your allowance?

Reading Time • < 1 minWith the end of the financial year approaching, investors have less than a week to make the most of their annual tax-efficient Individual Savings Account (ISA) allowance.
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