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Reading Time | 2 mins 19 Mar 2012

Pay rises remain under pressure

Reading Time • 2 minsFirms are beginning to hire again as they recover from the recession, but above-inflation pay rises are still a rarity, a new survey has revealed.
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Reading Time | < 1 min 19 Mar 2012

Promise to review IR35 is ‘welcome’

Reading Time • < 1 minAn organisation representing contractors has welcomed the government's decision to review the IR35 tax system.
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Reading Time | 2 mins 19 Mar 2012

Employers ‘unconvinced’ on value of new regulations

Reading Time • 2 minsFirms have offered a mixed picture on the value to their businesses of a range of employment regulations.
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Reading Time | 2 mins 19 Mar 2012

Red tape needs ‘cutting’

Reading Time • 2 minsThe coalition government has been urged to reduce the administrative burden placed on businesses by the need to comply with various regulations.
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Reading Time | 6 mins 19 Mar 2012

Coalition government unveils fuller set of business-related policies

Reading Time • 6 minsThe Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition government has published a broader account of the measures it intends to take in a number of areas.
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Reading Time | 2 mins 19 Mar 2012

Chancellor planning long-term cuts in corporation tax

Reading Time • 2 minsThe Chancellor, George Osborne has pledged that the government will simplify the business tax system and will introduce a five-year plan to reduce corporation tax.
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Reading Time | < 1 min 19 Mar 2012

Impose taxes on child benefit, says think-tank

Reading Time • < 1 minChild benefit should be subject to a tax charge, and the revenue made available to lift the overall value of the benefit, the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) has argued.
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Reading Time | 2 mins 19 Mar 2012

Inflation and VAT concerns make life worse for savers

Reading Time • 2 minsNews that the UK consumer price index rate of inflation made a surprise jump to 3.7 per cent last month will add to the discomfort of the nation's savers.
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Reading Time | 2 mins 19 Mar 2012

New ‘anxieties’ over plans to raise CGT

Reading Time • 2 minsUnease over government plans to raise the rate of capital gains tax for non-business assets seems to be growing.
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