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8th July 2008
Recession 'looming', firms warn
The UK is at serious risk of a recession, the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) has warned. The BCC's Quarterly Economic Survey, which polled the opinion of nearly 5,000 UK firms, reveals that...
8th July 2008
Small firms welcome prospect of VAT relief
Small businesses have reacted enthusiastically to European proposals to allow lower VAT on locally supplied and labour-intensive services, potentially to a rate as low as 5%. Yesterday's...
7th July 2008
Butcher fined over low wages
The owners of a Sheffield butcher shop have been ordered to pay over £11,000 in compensation for failing to meet the minimum wage. David Jackson and his daughter Pauline Smout, of Jackson's...
7th July 2008
Fuel tax pressure grows
Business groups have repeated their call for the Government to scrap the forthcoming 2p increase in fuel duty, as the Tories propose a new tax system to compensate for fluctuating oil prices. ...
4th July 2008
Conservatives: make tax simpler
The tax system urgently needs to be simplified, a group of MPs and professionals has recommended. The Conservative tax working party, set up in 2007 by shadow chancellor George Osborne, has...
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