News: September 2011 Avoiding penalties You may have suffered a penalty from HMRC due to late filing of a tax form, and no doubt you will have felt aggrieved but at the same

News: September 2011 Cutting employee costs in a recession As businesses further tighten the purse strings the likelihood of training budgets being cut increases. However, employees still need to learn new skills and

News: September 2011 Review of taxations of pensioners This is often seen as overly complex, with many pensioners subject to PAYE before retirement but self-assessment afterwards when they may have several small sources

News: September 2011 Don't just work 'in' the business - work 'on' the business Today's business manager is short on time and therefore must prioritise the most important tasks. However, many business owners

News: September 2011 Junior ISAs The recent volatility of the FTSE 100 might make people wary of investing in stocks and shares, but this new tax-efficient product does have plenty of long-term attractions

News: September 2011 Search engine optimisation As business people, many if not all of us have been contacted at some stage by a salesperson offering to "optimize" our company's website in order to

News: September 2011 Gifts of pre-eminent objects and works of art to the nation The aim of this new scheme is to stimulate lifetime giving by encouraging taxpayers to donate pre-eminent objects, or

News: August 2011 New Apple operating system - OSX Lion For the ever increasing number of businesses who have switched from using windows based computers to Apple machines, the big news is the

News: August 2011 LISS This is not just a pleasant country town in Hampshire — it also stands for Litigation and Settlements Strategy and has just been re-launched by HMRC. There are mixed

News: August 2011 Good reasons to hire summer interns Social Responsibility - Hiring summer interns can be a great PR strategy. Interns should be seen as temporary staff who will benefit from some