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Reading Time | < 1 min 12 Mar 2012

Employers concerned over swine flu ‘absenteeism’

Reading Time • < 1 minEmployers have been expressing worries that the swine flu outbreak may be encouraging absenteeism.
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Reading Time | < 1 min 12 Mar 2012

New minimum pay rate for apprentices

Reading Time • < 1 minThe minimum weekly wage for apprentices has increased as from 1 August.
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Reading Time | < 1 min 12 Mar 2012

Savers see higher returns

Reading Time • < 1 minCompetition among banks and building societies in their efforts to attract new customers has pushed up the general level of interest rates on savings accounts.
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Reading Time | 2 mins 12 Mar 2012

Conditions improve for smaller manufacturers

Reading Time • 2 minsTrading conditions may not be quite as gloomy for UK manufacturers than they were three months ago, according to the latest CBI survey.
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Reading Time | < 1 min 12 Mar 2012

Easier rates payment scheme could be hit by admin problems

Reading Time • < 1 minA scheme aimed at helping firms pay their business rates may face delays because of problems in implementing it.
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Reading Time | 2 mins 12 Mar 2012

Small firms will need help to thrive after the recession

Reading Time • 2 minsThe government has been called on to provide SMEs with help once the economy emerges from the downturn.
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Reading Time | < 1 min 12 Mar 2012

VAT dropped from carbon credits

Reading Time • < 1 minThe government has acted to prevent the risk of fraud by removing VAT from carbon credits.
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Reading Time | 3 mins 12 Mar 2012

Keep new temporary worker regulations simple

Reading Time • 3 minsEmployment groups have called on the government to ensure that new rules giving temporary workers the right to equal treatment do not add to the administrative burdens of employers.
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Reading Time | 2 mins 12 Mar 2012

Workplace parking tax scheme given go-ahead

Reading Time • 2 minsThe government has given the green light to a scheme that will see businesses paying tax on staff parking spaces.
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