Over the past year, HMRC has received almost 900,000 reports from the public about suspicious communication from criminals masquerading as the tax authority. It said more than 100,000 of the…
20% of UK businesses would rather dismiss their contractors than have to deal with IR35, according to research published by recruitment consultancy firm Harvey Nash. The research found that 17%…
The Liberal Democrats and the Labour Party have both pledged to take action to combat late payments that damage small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The Liberal Democrats published their election…
Next April's planned cut in corporation tax is to be put on hold, Prime Minister Boris Johnson told the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) conference on 18 November. The rate…
The number of approvals given for the funding of small businesses through the government's Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) has dropped, according to figures published by HMRC. Of the 3,270 requests…
Dividend payments made by the world's biggest companies to their shareholders have grown for the tenth year in a row, according to research from asset management company Janus Henderson. During…