News

New service aims to ease employment dispute burden
04 March 2014

​The head of the service that will provide free support to help employers and employees resolve employment disputes more quickly has been highlighting the benefits it offers.
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Employers risk tougher health and safety penalties
12 February 2014

Employers who breach serious health and safety laws are risking tougher penalties, including prison sentences, according to a new report.
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RTI updates issued
12 February 2014

​HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has issued updated guidance for employers on the Real Time Information (RTI) reporting of PAYE information.
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Flexible working guidance launched
07 February 2014

Workplace specialists Acas has published new guidance to help employers prepare for a change in the law on flexible working.
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Changes on way for employee share schemes
07 February 2014

​HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has announced changes to the way that new and existing employee share schemes and arrangements are administered.
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Trade drive targets mid-sized businesses
03 February 2014

​Every mid-sized business in the country is to be offered tailored trade advice and an intensive support programme to help them start exporting or break into new markets.
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PM urges small firms to make most of support
03 February 2014

Prime Minister David Cameron has urged the UK’s 4.9 million small businesses to take advantage of measures that could save them up to £10,000 each a year.
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From Autumn Statement to winter payment: SMEs set to profit in 2014
08 January 2014

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) featured heavily in Chancellor George Osborne’s Autumn Statement on December 5, namely the much welcomed announcement of a business rates cap and tailored tax reliefs to small firms.
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Start-ups made easier as restrictive names list is reduced
08 January 2014

​A third of a list of ‘sensitive’ start-up business names that otherwise would have been subject to approval before official registration has been cut by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS).
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Electronic prompt issued from HMRC to help employers with PAYE
08 January 2014

​A friendly online reminder designed to help employers keep up to date with their Pay-As-You-Earn (PAYE) has been introduced by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC). The electronic message informs the employer that they have not sent one or more of the Full Payment Submissions (FPS) that were expected for the last month. Acting as a prompt, it plainly states that an FPS is due each time their employees are paid.
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