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Reading Time | < 1 min 12 Mar 2012

Level of R&D tax credit rejections ‘increasing’

Reading Time • < 1 minConcerns have been expressed at the number of research and development tax credit claims that are being turned down.
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Reading Time | 2 mins 12 Mar 2012

Skills funding described as ‘untenable’

Reading Time • 2 minsGovernment plans for funding workplace skills programmes need urgent clarification, a leading business organisation has said.
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Reading Time | < 1 min 12 Mar 2012

HMRC turns to agencies on late payments

Reading Time • < 1 minHM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is to run a six-month trial using debt collection agencies to chase late tax payments.
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Reading Time | 2 mins 12 Mar 2012

Firms need extra time to deal with pension deficits

Reading Time • 2 minsThe CBI has urged a change to the pension system in order to allow businesses extra breathing space in which to make good the shortfalls in their final salary schemes.
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Reading Time | < 1 min 12 Mar 2012

Default retirement age should be dropped

Reading Time • < 1 minLaws that allow employers to oblige employees to retire at 65 should be scrapped.
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Reading Time | < 1 min 12 Mar 2012

Business lending still in a trough

Reading Time • < 1 minLending to both large and small firms remains weak, the Bank of England has said.
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Reading Time | 2 mins 12 Mar 2012

Pension decision time for those approaching 50

Reading Time • 2 minsAnyone fortunate enough to be contemplating an early retirement may have to make a decision on when they stop work sooner rather than later.
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Reading Time | 2 mins 12 Mar 2012

Pensions rule still under debate

Reading Time • 2 minsHigh earners were also shocked to hear that not only would tax relief for pensions be restricted from 2011, but that the Government also intends to restrict their ability to contribute this year and next, in the run up to the new rules.
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Reading Time | 3 mins 12 Mar 2012

Managing a business during a recession

Reading Time • 3 minsPredictions abound as to how long the current economic downturn will last and how heavy the price that UK businesses will have to pay.
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