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Good News and Bad News for Business Investment Levels
The good news is that the first quarter of 2010 saw investment by UK businesses rise by 7.8% compared to the previous quarter, the fastest rate since 1987, according to the Office for National Statistics.
read more...Head in the Clouds!
While ‘cloud computing’ provides businesses an effective way of managing data, hardware and software requirements by using internet-based resources, many still don’t understand its full potential.
read more...Public Sector Feels the Chill of Pay Freezes
Recent research on pay confirms that it is the public sector and not the private sector which is being hit hardest by pay freezes and this is felt most keenly in places with a relatively high proportion of public sector workers such as Exeter.
read more...Energy Efficient Buildings
An EU Energy Efficiency Directive has been published setting out new rules for the energy performance of both new and existing buildings.
read more...Working Safely
As part of an EU initiative, the Health & Safety Executive is helping promote workplace safety by encouraging an integrated and structured approach to maintenance, highlighting the risks during maintenance and repair work and how to avoid them.
read more...On-Line Filing Puts an End to Late Filing Concession
The fifteen-year-old HMRC concession, ESC B46, that allowed late filing of company tax returns or employers’/contractors’ end-of-year returns, provided that they are received by the last working day within seven days of the filing date, has come to an end.
read more...Bank of England Summary of Business Conditions
July summary now available to download at our online information centre.
read more...Beware the Taxman's Dash for Cash
A prominent chartered tax adviseris urging businesses to ensure their affairs are in order as Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs (HMRC) is being tasked by the Government to get in as much money as quickly as possible.
read more...RDA Grants
Francis Clark express their disapointment on why a blanket ban on all grant funding should not apply to SWRDA.
read more...Summer Charities Newsletter 2010
The new Charities newsletter is now available for download from the Information Centre.
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