The owner of a profitable boat hire business who was refused a payment holiday on a bank loan has managed to keep his head above water thanks to the efforts of a partner at Weybridge-based chartered accountancy firm TWP. With much of its business coming from hiring out boats for cruising on the River Thames, […]
Weybridge-based chartered accountancy firm TWP continues to expand with the addition of a new corporate tax manager to its team. Sarah Gardner has joined TWP after spending four years at large City firm BDO, where she trained and qualified as a chartered accountant through the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW). Prior […]
The government has announced new areas it will consider reforming as part of its ongoing review of employment red tape, including the rules protecting employees’ terms and conditions of employment when a business changes hands. Employment Relations Minister Edward Davey, who outlined the plans on 11 May, said: ‘The areas we are reviewing are priorities […]
The UK cheque guarantee scheme, for businesses and individuals using cheques to make or receive payments, will close on 30 June 2011 The Payments Council, the organisation that sets the strategy for UK payments, set the date for closing the scheme in 2009, following a decline in the use of guaranteed cheques. Under the scheme, […]
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has announced it is to target individuals and businesses who are trading above the VAT threshold but have not registered for VAT in a new drive against rule breakers The campaign will be launched in the summer, following discussions with interested parties to help HMRC design the campaign. The VAT […]
A new Business Growth Fund (BGF) has been launched to help Britain’s smaller and medium sized businesses with an annual turnover of around £10 million to £100 million. The independent fund of up to £2.5 billion is backed by five of the UK’s main banking groups – Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds, RBS and Standard Chartered – […]
The Pensions Regulator has started writing to the first employers who will need to automatically enrol employees into a workplace pension scheme to remind them of their new responsibilities. It announced on 17 May that over the next six months, it will be sending letters marking 18 months until the first automatic enrolment to nearly […]
A new report from the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) says nearly half of employers believe that health and safety rules are making their lives more difficult. The survey of nearly 6,000 employers found that 47 per cent claimed that regulation around health and safety issues was a burden on their business. A fifth of […]
The Government has launched a consultation on plans to introduce a new system of flexible parental leave from 2015. The Modern Workplaces consultation, announced on 16 May and running until 8 August, will also focus on: how to extend the right to flexible working to all employees changes to the Working Time Regulations as a […]
Time is ticking away for businesses to make sure they have taken the steps appropriate to their operations to prepare for the Bribery Act, which comes into effect on 1 July 2011. The implementation of the Act was held up following a delay in publication of guidance on its measures, which had been due early […]
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