Pension Auto Enrolment

OK – so you may or may not know much about pension auto enrolment.  Hopefully, if you are an employer you know about it because it will, or may already affect you.   In case you don’t here are the basics (but this is not the real story – that comes later). BASICS POINT ONE – […]

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The Real Reason SME’s won’t Hire

So, I was just reading about the Beecroft review (again) and they have completely missed the point.  Yes, its probably a good idea to extend the unfair dismissal period to 2 years.  In some jobs it could take a year or more to really get a rocking performance out of someone and if you were […]

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Vince Cable is going to discuss me with George Osbourne – apparently!

Let me explain. 2 weeks ago I was interviewed (not just me) for a Radio 4 show which was aimed at asking the businesses of Greater Manchester what the government need to do to support business in the North West. I raised a point about the new initiative on employer NI – which says that […]

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Regulation Freedom Day 10 Feb 2011

Yesterday was Regulation Freedom Day according to the IoD This is a bit like the calculation of when the average person has to work to in the year before they start earning any money after all taxes etc are taken out of their pay. So for the average company Director the 10th Feb marks how […]

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Top Lawyer Slams Tax Man for More Unfair Taxes

Posted on February 10, 2011 by recruitmentadvice James Quarmby, a leading tax lawyer has slammed the tax mans plans to tax employees on income and benefits that have never been received. James is tax Partner at Thomas Eggar LLP, said plans introduced in the draft Finance Bill in December 2010, were an “affront to the […]

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