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Reading Time | < 1 min 19 Mar 2012

New paternity leave plans may be amended

Reading Time • < 1 minNew rules which will allow fathers to take longer periods of paternity leave could be changed by the coalition government.
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Reading Time | 2 mins 19 Mar 2012

UK economy shows quarterly surge in growth

Reading Time • 2 minsThe UK economy expanded at twice the forecast rate during the second quarter of the year.
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Reading Time | 2 mins 19 Mar 2012

Reform local regulation body, not scrap it

Reading Time • 2 minsThe body responsible for monitoring the effects of business red tape on a local scale should be reformed rather than abolished, the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has said.
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Reading Time | < 1 min 19 Mar 2012

VAT increase could be ‘detrimental’

Reading Time • < 1 minAs many as one in three firms are worried that the planned increase in VAT could have an adverse effect on their business, a new survey has claimed.
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Reading Time | < 1 min 19 Mar 2012

Substantial backlog for HM Revenue and Customs

Reading Time • < 1 minA review by the National Audit Office (NAO) has found that HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is facing a backlog of some 18 million tax cases.
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Reading Time | 2 mins 19 Mar 2012

Tax measures will hit consumer budgets

Reading Time • 2 minsThe effects of the emergency Budget will be felt adversely by most households and consumers in the UK, a leading economics group has predicted.
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Reading Time | 2 mins 19 Mar 2012

All start-ups should get NIC holiday as confidence stays fragile

Reading Time • 2 minsA leading business group has urged the government to extend the promise of a national insurance contribution holiday for new businesses right across the country as a new survey shows business confidence in decline.
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Reading Time | < 1 min 19 Mar 2012

Possible graduate tax could boost apprenticeships

Reading Time • < 1 minMooted plans to introduce a graduate tax as a way of helping to fund higher education could have the effect of increasing the value of apprenticeships.
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Reading Time | 4 mins 19 Mar 2012

Tax system to be simplified

Reading Time • 4 minsThe UK tax system is be streamlined and made simpler in an effort to boost levels of investment in business, the government has announced.
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