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Reading Time | < 1 min 01 May 2014

1.4 million on zero-hours contracts

Reading Time • < 1 minAround 1.4 million people are employed on zero-hours contracts, an Office for National Statistics (ONS) study has suggested. This is a steep increase from recent ONS research which estimated that 583,000 people were employed on zero-hours c...
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Reading Time | < 1 min 22 Jan 2014

A quarter of young adults live with parents

Reading Time • < 1 minMore than a quarter of adults aged between 20 and 34 lived with their parents in 2013, according to analysis by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The research found that 3.3 million young adults, or 26 per cent of the age group, li...
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Reading Time | 2 mins 13 Aug 2013

‘Teach tax in schools’, say tax groups

Reading Time • 2 minsBasic tax education should be taught in schools, two leading tax groups have told the Department for Education (DfE) as part of a review into the national curriculum. Both the Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIOT) and the Low Incomes Tax R...
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Reading Time | < 1 min 04 Feb 2013

BHP celebrates recent graduate success

Reading Time • < 1 minJane Marshall, who heads up the specialist Charities Team at Barber Harrison & Platt, recently attended the Sheffield Hallam graduation...
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Reading Time | < 1 min 18 Oct 2012

BHP FINANCIAL PLANNING ACHIEVES CHARTERED STATUS

Reading Time • < 1 minBHP Financial Planning Limited, one of Yorkshire’s leading providers of independent financial advice has been awarded the prestigious ‘Chartered Financial...
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Reading Time | 2 mins 18 Apr 2012

Scottish business performance picks up but concerns remain

Reading Time • 2 minsBusinesses in Scotland have seen a slight improvement in performance in the first quarter of 2012 compared to the same period last year, according to figures published by the Scottish Chambers of Commerce (SCC).
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Reading Time | 2 mins 18 Apr 2012

‘Big six’ energy deal to benefit households and businesses

Reading Time • 2 minsAn agreement between the UK's 'big six' energy companies, meaning they will be required to tell customers if they are overpaying and allow them to switch to a better deal , is to cut the bills of millions of consumers and businesses, according to the Government and business groups.
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Reading Time | < 1 min 17 Apr 2012

SMEs urged to embrace overseas trading

Reading Time • < 1 minSmall businesses in the UK should take advantage of trade opportunities in the EU and on a global level to boost company growth and the UK economy, says business and enterprise minister Mark Prisk.
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Reading Time | 2 mins 17 Apr 2012

‘Scrap the 50p tax rate’, businesses tell Chancellor

Reading Time • 2 minsMore than 500 businesses have urged Chancellor George Osborne to cut the 50p top rate of tax in the forthcoming budget in order to help the UK economy.
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