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Reading Time | < 1 min 12 Mar 2012

Firms say jobs still under pressure

Reading Time • < 1 minJobs continue to be at risk during the economic downturn, with a significant proportion of employers contemplating redundancies over the next six months.
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No plans for raising retirement age still further

Reading Time • < 1 minThe government has insisted that there is no need to up the state pension retirement age beyond the increase to 68 planned for 2044.
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Business owners failing to plan for selling up

Reading Time • < 1 minOwners underestimate the amount of time it requires to sell their businesses, it has been claimed.
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Reading Time | < 1 min 12 Mar 2012

Fraudsters target online tax returns

Reading Time • < 1 minCriminals are making fraudulent claims for refunds in a new scam aimed at online self-assessment tax returns.
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Reading Time | < 1 min 12 Mar 2012

Employers concerned over swine flu ‘absenteeism’

Reading Time • < 1 minEmployers have been expressing worries that the swine flu outbreak may be encouraging absenteeism.
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Reading Time | < 1 min 12 Mar 2012

New minimum pay rate for apprentices

Reading Time • < 1 minThe minimum weekly wage for apprentices has increased as from 1 August.
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Reading Time | < 1 min 12 Mar 2012

Savers see higher returns

Reading Time • < 1 minCompetition among banks and building societies in their efforts to attract new customers has pushed up the general level of interest rates on savings accounts.
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Reading Time | 2 mins 12 Mar 2012

Conditions improve for smaller manufacturers

Reading Time • 2 minsTrading conditions may not be quite as gloomy for UK manufacturers than they were three months ago, according to the latest CBI survey.
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Easier rates payment scheme could be hit by admin problems

Reading Time • < 1 minA scheme aimed at helping firms pay their business rates may face delays because of problems in implementing it.
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