This was the final Autumn Statement of the current Parliament ahead of the election in May 2015. Delivered with passion, George Osborne hailed the UK as having “the fastest growing major advanced economy in the world”. He announced that the … Continue reading
856,000 claim Employment Allowance
Almost one million employers are benefitting from the Employment Allowance across the UK, according to new figures.
Tax debt recovery safeguards strengthened
The government says it has improved safeguards to protect vulnerable taxpayers in its plans to recover tax and tax credit debts directly from taxpayers’ bank accounts.
Staging date awareness still low in smallest firms
New research has found that fewer than half of the smallest employers know their staging date – the date when they must start auto-enrolling eligible workers into a qualifying workplace pension scheme.
Export support soars by 50%
The number of businesses receiving export support has increased by 50 per cent in the last financial year, the government has announced.