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Reading Time | < 1 min 21 Mar 2012

Economic worries prompt savings

Reading Time • < 1 minMore people are saving money on a regular basis than at any time in the last two years, according to new research.
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Reading Time | 2 mins 21 Mar 2012

Health and safety rules stifling businesses

Reading Time • 2 minsThe government's review of the UK's health and safety laws needs to concentrate on removing administrative barriers to enterprise and business growth, according to the Forum of Private Business.
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Reading Time | 2 mins 21 Mar 2012

Spending review looms

Reading Time • 2 minsSpending reviews have been part of the governmental landscape since the late 1990s, but none have garnered quite the anticipation of the one which the Coalition government is to deliver on 20 October.
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Reading Time | < 1 min 21 Mar 2012

Firms yet to face up to impact of cuts

Reading Time • < 1 minBusinesses are failing to appreciate the likely effects of the cuts in public expenditure to be announced in the forthcoming spending review.
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Reading Time | < 1 min 21 Mar 2012

Jobs market experiences weakening growth

Reading Time • < 1 minThe British labour market is showing signs of slowing down, according to a new report.
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Reading Time | < 1 min 21 Mar 2012

Call for more competitive corporation tax

Reading Time • < 1 minA leading business group has argued that the UK's tax system must be made more competitive in order to keep and attract firms.
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Reading Time | < 1 min 21 Mar 2012

Retirement income often less than hoped for

Reading Time • < 1 minMany people are retiring on pension incomes that are substantially below the level for which they had planned while in work.
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Reading Time | 2 mins 21 Mar 2012

Marriage tax break may help balance loss of child benefits

Reading Time • 2 minsThere has been speculation that the government may reinstate tax breaks for more married couples as a way of offsetting plans to scrap child benefit payments for higher earners.
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Reading Time | 2 mins 21 Mar 2012

Growth plans required as well as cuts

Reading Time • 2 minsBusiness groups have emphasised that cuts in government spending are not enough by themselves to encourage economic recovery.
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