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Reading Time | 2 mins 17 Apr 2012

Fewer than half of employees in a workplace pension scheme

Reading Time • 2 minsThe number of employees saving into a workplace pension scheme has fallen to a record low of 48 per cent, official statistics show.
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Reading Time | 2 mins 17 Apr 2012

More start-ups financing business themselves

Reading Time • 2 minsMore small and medium sized enterprise (SME) owners are dipping into their personal savings to finance their businesses, research by the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has revealed.
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Reading Time | < 1 min 17 Apr 2012

Record number of self-assessment tax returns were filed on time

Reading Time • < 1 minA record 9.45 million self-assessment tax returns were filed on time this year, with a record 7.65 million (80.9 per cent) of them filed online, says HMRC.
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Reading Time | < 1 min 17 Apr 2012

SMEs to be given a helping hand to boost growth

Reading Time • < 1 minA new Government training programme aimed specifically at developing small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) is scheduled to begin in March 2012.
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Reading Time | 2 mins 17 Apr 2012

‘Corporation tax should be cut to 20% in 2012 Budget’, says think-tank

Reading Time • 2 minsThe main rate of corporation tax should be cut to 20 per cent to boost business and economic growth, according to a report published by the Centre of Policy Studies (CPS).
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Reading Time | < 1 min 17 Apr 2012

2012 will see 18% retire in debt

Reading Time • < 1 minNearly one in five of those retiring this year will do so with outstanding debts to pay off, figures released by Prudential have revealed.
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Reading Time | < 1 min 17 Apr 2012

Government launches business start-up and growth campaign

Reading Time • < 1 minThe Government has launched a campaign designed to help new businesses get off the ground and to stimulate growth in existing small businesses.
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Reading Time | < 1 min 17 Apr 2012

Pension jargon puts savers off

Reading Time • < 1 minThe jargon associated with pensions is damaging people's chances of saving for retirement, research from the National Employment Savings Trust (NEST), has revealed.
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Reading Time | < 1 min 17 Apr 2012

All the economy needs is an environment that puts business first

Reading Time • < 1 minIt is only business that can create recovery in the current economic climate, the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) has claimed.
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