The European Union has announced an agreement on minimum rights for workers who are in casual or short term employment within the gig economy.
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April 18, 2019
Government announce further support for UK businesses
The Government has announced a further wave of financial support for UK businesses in a bid to ensure that innovative firms are able to access the finances they need to grow.
April 18, 2019
Changes to IR35 rules from April 2020
HMRC has provided a list of how to prepare for the changes of the off-payroll working rules starting from 6 April 2020 that will help to guide medium sized and large business within the private sector. The changes will make the involved organisations in control of taking decision if IR35 applies to services they receive
April 11, 2019
Government names and shames high street giant over late payments
The Government’s Small Business Commissioner Paul Uppal has named and shamed high street health food giant Holland & Barrett over their payment practices.
April 4, 2019
Government launches consultation on tackling SME R&D relief abuse
The Government has launched a consultation on changes to research and development (R&D) tax credits which are intended to prevent businesses from abusing the scheme for small or medium-sized enterprises (SME).
March 28, 2019
Barclays announce £14 billion funding to support UK businesses
Barclays bank has announced plans for a major lending fund worth £14 billion pounds, which will help small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to flourish once the UK has left the European Union (EU).
March 21, 2019
HMRC reveals MTD registration takes seven working days
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has warned that registration for Making Tax Digital (MTD) for VAT will take up to seven days to complete and will not be a real-time service.
March 14, 2019
Chancellor wants to tackle late payments in the UK
Currently, in the UK, late payments are a serious issue, especially for small medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) who have to chase invoices from large suppliers, thus causing a disruption in the channel with resellers.
March 13, 2019
Spring Statement 2019
On any other day, the Chancellor’s Spring Statement would have dominated the headlines. However, with the UK’s scheduled withdrawal from the EU just days away, and the Prime Minister’s latest Brexit deal voted down by the Commons just hours earlier, this seemed more like a sideshow than the main event. The little speculation there was
March 7, 2019
Government announces consultation for plans to make HMRC a preferential creditor
The Government has announced details of the first public consultation on its plans to make HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) a secondary preferential creditor for certain tax debts which are paid by employees and customers after the insolvency of a business.