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Apprenticeships Must Appeal To SMEs 31 Aug 2012 | 03:44 pm
Following recommendations in a review undertaken by jewellery entrepreneur Jason Holt into how SMEs could be encouraged to take on more apprentices, the Government has announced a raft of measures to ...
Deputy Prime Minister Calls For A ‘Wealth’ Tax 30 Aug 2012 | 03:55 pm
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg’s proposal yesterday that there should be an emergency levy on the wealthiest people in the country has received little support from his Coalition colleagues, particul...
Virtual High Street Pilots Could Boost Local Commerce 29 Aug 2012 | 02:00 pm
An internet shopping scheme is being piloted in Hereford, whereby local shoppers can choose from goods supplied by local retailers in a ‘virtual high street’ and can then have all their purchases paid...
MPs Advocate Automatic Information-Sharing On Foreign Tax Affairs 28 Aug 2012 | 03:06 pm
An influential committee made up of a group of cross-party MPs has suggested the introduction of automatic information-sharing arrangement with foreign tax authorities in order to crack down on tax av...
Charities Oppose Changes To Controlled Foreign Company Tax Rules 24 Aug 2012 | 06:39 pm
Following a nine-month investigation into the importance of tax revenue for developing countries, the cross-party International Development Select Committee called on the Government yesterday to drop ...
No Basis for MPs to Claim for Accountants 23 Aug 2012 | 02:45 pm
Following a lengthy and ongoing debate between the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA) and HMRC, economists have claimed that there is no basis on which ministers can claim the cost o...
Business Leaders Concerned Over UK Growth 22 Aug 2012 | 04:37 pm
Business leaders have warned the Chancellor, George Osborne that he must cut taxes, reduce red tape and invest in new infrastructure to boost growth, after a survey found business leaders have serious...
Call for Cut in Pensions 21 Aug 2012 | 04:27 pm
According to the Financial Times the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) are lobbying the Treasury in a bid to convince pension regulators to change the way scheme liabilities are calculated to cu...
Chancellor Urged to Cut Taxes 20 Aug 2012 | 07:29 pm
Some of the UK’s leading economists are calling on the Chancellor, George Osborne, to take radical action in an effort to boost the country’s economic growth and pull Britain out of recessions. The l...
Underlying Confidence in UK Economy 17 Aug 2012 | 07:00 pm
One of the Bank of England’s committee members has claimed that there is a new “underlying sense of confidence” in the UK; as he predicts that the current financial squeeze on household incomes will e...
