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Reading Time | 2 mins 14 Mar 2012

Employee training system needs ‘reform’

Reading Time • 2 minsThere needs to be a redirection of government-funded training programmes, the CBI has argued, if the UK economy is both to recover and thrive.
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Closer scrutiny for inheritance tax valuations

Reading Time • < 1 minThe rules on how estates are valued for inheritance tax could be tightened up.
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Job losses predicted to continue into the recovery

Reading Time • 2 minsEmployers look set to shed more jobs in the final quarter of the year, suggesting that the UK labour market will remain under pressure even as the economy emerges from the downturn.
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Reading Time | < 1 min 14 Mar 2012

Chancellor called on to drop IR35 rules

Reading Time • < 1 minAlistair Darling has been urged to scrap the IR35 regime.
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Businesses get guidance on corporate giving

Reading Time • < 1 minThe government has issued a new guide detailing the tax incentives open to businesses that make donations to charities.
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Reading Time | 2 mins 14 Mar 2012

New EU rules on refunds could ‘affect’ consumer confidence

Reading Time • 2 minsThe rules that allow consumers to get their money back on faulty goods could be at risk because of proposed European changes, it has been claimed, and any change may harm consumer confidence.
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Workplace stress is costing employers dear

Reading Time • < 1 minA new report has called on employers to devote more resources to combating stress and anxiety at work.
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Savings accounts squeezed on interest rates

Reading Time • < 1 minOne in ten of variable rate savings accounts have seen their interest rates cut over the past six months.
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Job vacancies on the increase

Reading Time • < 1 minBoth permanent and temporary job vacancies showed a rise last month.
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