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Reading Time | 2 mins 12 Mar 2012

‘Inconsistent’ lending policies hampering small business borrowing

Reading Time • 2 minsSmall firms are failing to secure finance because banks are not being consistent in their lending policies.
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Reading Time | 2 mins 12 Mar 2012

Changes to policy on zero-rating VAT for charitable use

Reading Time • 2 minsThe VAT extra statutory concession 3.29, which allows charities to ignore small amounts of non-qualifying use (up to 10 per cent) when deciding whether the construction of a new building qualifies for zero-rating, is being phased out.
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Reading Time | 2 mins 12 Mar 2012

New accountancy rules on leasing may hit small firms

Reading Time • 2 minsMany thousands of smaller businesses could see an increase in their administrative burdens if new accounting rules on leasing come into effect, it has been claimed.
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Reading Time | < 1 min 12 Mar 2012

Penalty warning on late P11D(b) Returns

Reading Time • < 1 minHM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has said that, as from 13 July, it has started to send penalty notices to employers who have not yet filed their 2007-08 form P11D(b) Annual Returns.
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Reading Time | 2 mins 12 Mar 2012

Small firms warned to prepare for rise in flu numbers

Reading Time • 2 minsSmall employers have been offered a series of tips on how best to cope with any large increase in swine flu cases.
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Reading Time | < 1 min 12 Mar 2012

HMRC aims to secure details of more landlords

Reading Time • < 1 minHM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has put forward plans to increase the power it has to collect tax from landlords.
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Reading Time | 2 mins 12 Mar 2012

New tax measures could harm business

Reading Time • 2 minsIncreases in business and personal tax pose a risk to the health of the UK economy, a survey has suggested.
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Reading Time | < 1 min 12 Mar 2012

Design can help businesses survive the recession

Reading Time • < 1 minA better and more informed use of design could be vital in helping UK firms both to come through the recession and to thrive when the economy picks up.
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Reading Time | 2 mins 12 Mar 2012

Worst of recession over but recovery will be tough

Reading Time • 2 minsThe economy may be emerging from the depths of the recession but firms will still encounter difficulties on the road to recovery, the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) has said.
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