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Reading Time | < 1 min 14 Mar 2012

Action needed on late payment, says FSB

Reading Time • < 1 minSome small firms are having to wait up to four months for invoices to be settled by larger customers, the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has claimed.
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Reading Time | 2 mins 14 Mar 2012

Government venture capital schemes must be ‘smarter’

Reading Time • 2 minsGovernment supported venture capital schemes should be overhauled if they are to have a greater impact on business performance, a new study has argued.
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Reading Time | 2 mins 14 Mar 2012

HMRC and Companies House team up on online filing

Reading Time • 2 minsHM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) and Companies House have announced that they have adopted a common approach to the online filing of company tax returns.
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Reading Time | 2 mins 14 Mar 2012

Fuel duty rises

Reading Time • 2 minsThe latest rise in fuel duty, which sees 2p added to the cost of a litre, has come into effect.
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Reading Time | 2 mins 14 Mar 2012

Defined benefit pensions under growing pressure

Reading Time • 2 minsAlmost one in five defined benefit pensions schemes have been closed to employees who are already members, a new survey has found.
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Reading Time | 2 mins 14 Mar 2012

Businesses split over question of environmental taxes

Reading Time • 2 minsSmall businesses are divided over how effective green taxes are at promoting good environmental practices, a new survey has revealed.
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Reading Time | < 1 min 14 Mar 2012

Firms advised against employment law ‘complacency’

Reading Time • < 1 minThe recent rise in the number of tribunals, fuelled by recession-lead redundancies, should alert firms to the importance of complying with employment law.
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Reading Time | < 1 min 14 Mar 2012

Warning on business energy contracts

Reading Time • < 1 minElectricity providers have been told that they could face an official investigation into their competition practices if they persist in asking firms for large advance deposits.
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Reading Time | < 1 min 14 Mar 2012

Pay rises slip to record low

Reading Time • < 1 minAverage pay increases offered by UK firms have dipped to just 1 per cent, the lowest figure since records began.
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