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Reading Time | 2 mins 26 Mar 2012

Businesses looking to recruit

Reading Time • 2 minsFigures from the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) have indicated that a number of private sector employers intend to boost their workforces early in 2011.
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Reading Time | 2 mins 26 Mar 2012

Unemployment set to climb

Reading Time • 2 minsUnemployment could rise to 2.7 million in 2011, its highest point in 17 years.
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Reading Time | < 1 min 26 Mar 2012

Limits on employment payment awards to rise

Reading Time • < 1 minThe Government has announced that there will be new limits on the unfair dismissal and redundancy payments made to workers in certain employment rights cases.
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Reading Time | 2 mins 26 Mar 2012

Wage restraint likely in 2011

Reading Time • 2 minsA significant number of UK employers are looking at either freezing or reducing wages in 2011, a new survey has suggested.
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Reading Time | < 1 min 26 Mar 2012

VAT hike means people will work longer to pay their taxes

Reading Time • < 1 minIt will require an extra three days for taxpayers to reach that point in the year when they will have earned enough income to pay their tax bills, the Adam Smith Institute has said.
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Reading Time | < 1 min 26 Mar 2012

Consumer confidence stays at low ebb

Reading Time • < 1 minConsumer confidence held steady in December but, in doing so, remained mired at a 12-month low.
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Reading Time | < 1 min 26 Mar 2012

Measures needed to help businesses cope with the severe winter

Reading Time • < 1 minThe Government and the banks have been urged to lend their support to firms hit hard by the severe winter weather.
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Reading Time | 2 mins 26 Mar 2012

Income splitting under review again

Reading Time • 2 minsThe question of family firms that split income between husbands and wives in order to reduce tax liabilities may come under the scrutiny of the Office of Tax Simplification (OTS).
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Reading Time | 2 mins 26 Mar 2012

Call for more support for exporters

Reading Time • 2 minsA new report has found that manufacturers are looking to the government to provide extra backing for firms that want to export their goods.
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