Guidance on calculating the minimum wage has been issued by the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy. The guidance provides practical advice …
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Tax News
A new Structures and Buildings Allowance (SBA) for new non-residential structures and buildings is now available on eligible construction costs inc…
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More information on Making Tax Digital (MTD) is now available to help businesses and agents understand what they need to do in the run up to mandat…
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Guidance from HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) contains information about the penalties HMRC may charge you for a VAT, excise duty and landfill tax wron…
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Investors claiming income tax relief, reinvestment relief and disposal relief under the Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme now have fresh guidance f…
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A new digital service is allowing people to submit appeals over their tax bill entirely online. The initiative means people no longer have to print…
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More than two thirds of income taxpayers will pay less tax next year on their current income, Finance Secretary Derek Mackay has confirmed as he pu…
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HMRC has issued VAT Notes 2017 Issue 1 to assist businesses who trade in very specific industries with changes to the VAT rules. The guidance notes…
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The Liverpool office of business advisers Grant Thornton has launched a new “Innovation Team” to support the region’s rapidly expanding scien…
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This month, a number of new tax changes come into effect. These are as follows:
- Corporation Tax will be reduced from 20% to 19% fro…
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The VAT Flat Rate Scheme (FRS) is a simplified accounting scheme for small businesses. Businesses with limited costs, such as many labour-only busi…
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Intellectual Property Law News
How the exhaustion of intellectual property (IP) rights would be affected if the UK leaves the EU in March 2019 with no deal is being considered by…
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If you have been appointed a data controller under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), are you clear what your responsibilities are? The…
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The UK will ratify the Hague Agreement in its own right by the end of March 2018 giving UK businesses the option of opting to register their indust…
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The Intellectual Property Office has issued guidance on the coming into force of the Intellectual Property (Unjustified Threats) Act which received…
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There are numerous events throughout the UK and abroad which have an intellectual property or business focus. The The Intellectual Property Office …
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The UK government has confirmed it is proceeding with preparations to ratify the Unified Patent Court Agreement despite questions over the situatio…
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The Intellectual Property Office has updated its guidelines on how it examines patent applications for biotechnological inventions under the Patent…
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You can now file international trade mark applications with the UK IPO by e-mail. Following feedback from customers, in April 2016 the UK IPO launc…
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There has been much speculation on the future of many intellectual property laws following the recent EU Referendum outcome. The Intellectual Prope…
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Employment News
If you’re a European Union (EU) citizen living in the UK, you and your family can apply for ‘settled status’ if you want to continue living h…
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The Supreme Court has upheld the decision from the employment tribunal and the Court of Appeal that Pimlico Plumber Gary Smith was a “worker” w…
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Information provided to organisations supporting the rehabilitation of offenders can be accessed through the Justice Data Lab. This gives organisat…
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Find out what is needed to become “disability confident committed”, or a “disability confident employer or leader”. The Department for Work…
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The hourly rate for the minimum wage depends on your age and whether you’re an apprentice. You must be at least school leaving age to get the Nat…
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Employment tribunal awards, and various other amounts payable under employment legislation, will go up from 6 April 2018.
Under s…
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Getting a full Gender Recognition Certificate may affect National Insurance, pensions and other social security benefits. The Department for Work a…
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As an employer, you may be asked to deduct money an employee owes the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) from their pay. This is called a Direc…
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Business Funding News
Liverpool City Region has a new Health and Life Sciences Board to set out the future development and direction of Health and Life Science economic …
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Sir Nigel Knowles, Chair of the Sheffield City Region, has welcomed both Theresa May’s newly-unveiled Industrial Strategy Green Paper, and the ne…
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Three new economic development and business support programmes have been launched in Cumbria as part of the allocation of remaining EU funding stre…
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Businesses are starting to reap the rewards of a £2 million funding pot aimed at creating more than 200 jobs in Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire o…
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The Swindon and Wiltshire LEP, along with the Rural Payments Agency, is organising a day event announcing the launch of £3.9m rural business grant…
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Cheshire and Warrington Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) is encouraging bids for investment in projects from an £8m European Regional Developmen…
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A £7.2m programme to help companies widen their digital reach and impact – part funded through the D2N2 Local Enterprise Partnership – will ho…
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Environment Secretary, Andrea Leadsom, has announced that £120m will be made available to support the rural economy. The South East Midlands Local…
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£120 million of funding will be made available to support farmers, grow businesses, and generate thousands of jobs in rural communities, announced…
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Start up Spring is a fresh initiative to boost regional business growth. Delivered by Impetus Business Loans in Worcestershire, it will help indivi…
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Business Regulation News
If you are a company director and you wish to restrict access to your information on the public register, Companies House has issued guidance to te…
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The gig economy continues to trouble the regulators as traditional rules struggle to fit around new ways of doing business. However, the European C…
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From 1 October 2017, every UK business can access advice they can trust from one place. Through Primary Authority, businesses can form a statutory …
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The Digital Economy Act 2017 has already received Royal Assent and is slowly coming into effect. More provisions were brought into force on 31st Ju…
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The Apprenticeship Levy is coming and South East Midlands LEP is explaining how it will work. In spring 2017 the way the government funds apprentic…
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The Pensions Regulator (TPR) is a great resource for small businesses looking for advice on what actions they should take to meet the auto-enrolmen…
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Greater Lincolnshire residents support the idea of new devolved powers and responsibilities for the area, but they are less enthusiastic about havi…
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The Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act received Royal Assent in March 2015.
All companies will be affected in some way, as the Act…
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Business Support News
Which small businesses will be eligible to use the Small Business Commissioner’s services has been set out in Regulations by the Department for B…
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The Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport has issued a policy paper on the Digital Charter. The Department states: “We want to make the …
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The Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy has published its white paper which sets out a long-term plan to boost the productiv…
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From 1 October 2017, every UK business can access advice they can trust from one place. Through Primary Authority, businesses can form a statutory …
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East Coast College is moving forward with the creation of a new Energy Skills Centre, thanks to a £10m investment from New Anglia LEP’s Growth D…
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£9 million of additional funding to support businesses in the region to grow, innovate and boost productivity has been agreed by the West Yorkshir…
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Coventry & Warwickshire LEP has announced a new business growth programme. The Aston Programme for Small Business Growth has been developed to supp…
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Business owners in Leeds City Region are being urged to apply for a national export support programme, CommonwealthFirst delivered in partners…
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The Liverpool office of business advisers Grant Thornton has launched a new “Innovation Team” to support the region’s rapidly expanding scien…
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The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, and the London Economic Action Partnership (LEAP) have announced the launch of Start, Scale, Grow, a totally free …
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