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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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Reading Time | < 1 min 14 Mar 2012

New VAT filing system due to come into effect

Reading Time • < 1 minHM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has reminded businesses that new rules on how VAT returns are submitted and payments are made will be coming into force next year.
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Reading Time | < 1 min 14 Mar 2012

Online sales show return to form

Reading Time • < 1 minInternet shopping recorded a 15.7 per cent rise in July compared with the previous month, a new survey has revealed.
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Reading Time | 2 mins 14 Mar 2012

Tax breaks would boost ‘value’ of operating leases

Reading Time • 2 minsTax breaks that are available to profitable businesses when buying equipment should be extended to those SMEs that take out new operating leases.
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Reading Time | < 1 min 14 Mar 2012

SME share scheme gets long-term EU support

Reading Time • < 1 minA share scheme designed to help SMEs recruit and keep talented staff has been given the long-term backing of the European Commission.
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Reading Time | 2 mins 14 Mar 2012

Upturn in business confidence heralds ‘end’ of recession

Reading Time • 2 minsA surge in confidence among business professionals could suggest that UK is about to emerge from the recession.
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Reading Time | < 1 min 14 Mar 2012

Government urged to fund more apprenticeships

Reading Time • < 1 minThe government needs to provide extra subsidies for apprenticeship schemes if unemployment among young people is not to become entrenched.
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Reading Time | < 1 min 14 Mar 2012

Stakeholder pensions could be approaching ‘obsolescence’

Reading Time • < 1 minSales of stakeholder pensions have fallen by 28 per cent in the last year, prompting speculation that the schemes are nearing the end of their usefulness.
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