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Reading Time | 3 mins 26 Mar 2012

Government drops plans on equal pay rules

Reading Time • 3 minsThe Government has decided not to go ahead with new rules that would have obliged larger employers to disclose differences in pay between male and female employees.
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Reading Time | < 1 min 26 Mar 2012

Move to help SMEs secure government business

Reading Time • < 1 minThe government has launched a new online facility that will make it easier for SMEs to share their experiences of pitching for government contracts.
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Reading Time | 2 mins 26 Mar 2012

Businesses get warning on price offers

Reading Time • 2 minsRetailers and manufacturers have been warned by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) not to mislead customers through the use of pricing gimmicks.
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Reading Time | 2 mins 26 Mar 2012

Small business rate reforms may jeopardise relief

Reading Time • 2 minsReforms to the business rate system that are intended to help could actually have an adverse effect on the tax breaks available to small enterprises, the Forum of Private Business (FPB) has argued.
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Reading Time | < 1 min 26 Mar 2012

HMRC announces new advisory fuel rates

Reading Time • < 1 minHM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has published new advisory fuel rates for company cars.
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Reading Time | 2 mins 26 Mar 2012

Growth review receives a welcome

Reading Time • 2 minsThe announcement in his autumn statement by the Chancellor, George Osborne of a review into the measures needed to stimulate business growth won a positive response from business groups.
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Reading Time | 2 mins 26 Mar 2012

OBR report erring on the side of optimism, says business

Reading Time • 2 minsThe reaction of the business community to the Office of Budget Responsibility's latest set of economic forecasts was tinged with suspicions that they take too rosy an outlook.
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Reading Time | 2 mins 26 Mar 2012

Vow to remove barriers to business growth

Reading Time • 2 minsThe Chancellor's autumn statement saw the government commit itself to further reforms of the business regulatory system in an effort to improve conditions for entrepreneurs.
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Reading Time | < 1 min 26 Mar 2012

Advising employers to prepare for new agency worker rules

Reading Time • < 1 minEmployers are being offered advice on how best to deal with the new temporary worker regulations that are due to come into force next year.
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