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Reading Time | < 1 min 12 Mar 2012

VAT rise still looks set for end of December

Reading Time • < 1 minTreasury plans to increase the rate of VAT to 17.5 per cent at the end of the year appear certain to go ahead.
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New online filing system should be ‘delayed’

Reading Time • 2 minsConcerns have been expressed over plans by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) to make the online filing of company tax returns in a new format compulsory.
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Reading Time | 2 mins 12 Mar 2012

Drop in sick leave at private sector firms

Reading Time • 2 minsEmployees working for private firms are taking less time off sick, a new report has revealed.
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Small business internships would help graduate employment

Reading Time • 2 minsThe government has been urged to create 5,000 graduate internships in smaller businesses as a way of combating rising unemployment among those leaving university.
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Reading Time | 2 mins 12 Mar 2012

Review urges firms to engage with their employees

Reading Time • 2 minsAn independent review has said that involving employees fully in the future of their firms will help businesses to innovate and take advantage of new opportunities.
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Reading Time | 2 mins 12 Mar 2012

‘Occupation’ of a building for purposes of disapplying option to tax

Reading Time • 2 minsUnder certain circumstances, an option to tax is disapplied if the person occupying the relevant property does not intend to use it predominantly for taxable purposes.
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Reading Time | 2 mins 12 Mar 2012

High Court hearing for retirement age case

Reading Time • 2 minsA case contesting the right of employers to force workers to retire at 65 has reached the High Court.
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Criticism of climbdown on energy ‘rollover’ contracts

Reading Time • 2 minsA business group has expressed its dismay over a decision to backtrack on plans to ban rollover contracts.
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Reading Time | < 1 min 12 Mar 2012

Pension funds deeper in deficit

Reading Time • < 1 minThe financial shortfall for pension funds worsened in June, according to official figures.
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