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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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Reading Time | < 1 min 12 Mar 2012

Scottish tourism industry website was badly handled, MSPs say

Reading Time • < 1 minVisitScotland, the Government body set up to promote the Scottish tourism and hospitality industry, made significant mistakes when setting up its dedicated website, according to the Scottish Parliament's Public Audit Committee.
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Reading Time | < 1 min 12 Mar 2012

Strict new measures to back employment tribunal payments

Reading Time • < 1 minNew enforcement measures are to be introduced to make sure that employers pay the full amount of any tribunal awards.
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Reading Time | < 1 min 12 Mar 2012

Health and safety should be treated seriously by smaller firms

Reading Time • < 1 minSmall businesses are being urged to be mindful of complying with the rules on health and safety ahead of the publication of a new official strategy.
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Reading Time | 2 mins 12 Mar 2012

Pensions tax relief measures need to be reconsidered

Reading Time • 2 minsPension industry groups are warning that government plans to cut the tax relief available to higher earners on their pension contributions could have an adverse impact on the whole savings and retirement system.
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Reading Time | 2 mins 12 Mar 2012

Important issues to remember when deregistering from VAT

Reading Time • 2 minsDeregistration from VAT is often a fairly straightforward process. However, there are some important aspects to bear in mind which, if misunderstood, could prove costly.
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Reading Time | < 1 min 12 Mar 2012

Employers urged to avoid late-filing penalties for annual returns

Reading Time • < 1 minFirms have been reminded by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) that the date for submitting their 2008-09 employer annual returns has passed but that they could still avoid late-filing penalties.
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Reading Time | < 1 min 12 Mar 2012

Businesses should ‘persist’ in chasing funding

Reading Time • < 1 minBusinesses are being advised not to take refusals of help with funding from banks as the final word on the matter.
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Reading Time | < 1 min 12 Mar 2012

More and more firms are keeping wages on hold

Reading Time • < 1 minOne in three of the businesses included in a recent survey froze their wages in April.
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