Business Roundup - March 2010

The end of recession and the beginning of recovery?


The recession: a brief history

The UK economy has finally emerged from one of its
deepest economic downturns and the worst since the
1930s, or so official figures released in January suggest.

Preliminary data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS)
showed that in the last three months of 2009 the economy
expanded by 0.1 per cent, ending six consecutive quarters
of contraction. However, the rate of growth was well below
the 0.4 per cent anticipated by some analysts.

Here we look at how the UK economy came to be mired in
such a profound and long recession.

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The recession: the present and the future

The recession has exerted enormous pressure on both
businesses and consumers. Businesses have struggled
to obtain credit; consumers have tightened belts.

So where has the recession left us?

And where do we go from here on business growth,
inflation and savings?

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More paternity leave for fathers

 

Fathers of newborn children are to be given an
entitlement to substantially more paternity leave
under new rules that will come into effect in April 2011.

Other employment issues have also been in the news.
The government's consultation into the future of the default
retirement age of 65 has closed.

Meanwhile planned regulations that will give temporary
workers many of the same employment rights as permanent
staff have entered the process of legislation.

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Online filing date looms for employers

The date when many more employers will have to file their
employer annual returns electronically is approaching.

By the 19 May, large numbers of small employers with
fewer than 50 staff must submit their annual returns online.

HM Revenue and Customs has also reminded taxpayers that
they need to use the tax authority's new bank accounts
when making payments.

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Business Features

Incorrect tax codes cause concern


HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has responded to worries
that a proportion of the new tax codes that are currently
being issued may be incorrect.
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Planning a marketing campaign


The third of four articles on the benefits of marketing and
advertising- whatever the size of your business.
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Out of the office for a while


Apart from holidays, and maternity and paternity leave, when
are staff entitled to time off work?
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What sort of worker?


A brief guide to various types of employment.
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For the month ahead

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Personal Corner

Savers soon to enjoy higher ISA threshold


Changes in the regulations mean that the total amount
that people can save in an ISA account in a tax year is
rising as from 6 April 2010.
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Investment funds prove attractive to investors


Poor returns on conventional deposit accounts saw more
and more savers choosing instead to put their money into
investment funds last year.
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Pension incomes in long downturn


Retirement incomes have seen a sharp fall over the past ten
years, a new study has revealed.
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Corporates outpace individuals in share ownership


Just one in ten shares listed on the London Stock Exchange were
owned by individuals at the end of 2008.
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News Round-up

 

Businesses to get letters about online VAT filing
http://www.hollandandcompany.co.uk/item/30745/601/160/260

Raise VAT not national insurance, business group urges
http://www.hollandandcompany.co.uk/item/30726/601/160/260

Small firms need alternative sources of finance
http://www.hollandandcompany.co.uk/item/30709/601/160/260

Government training scheme 'helped' during the recession
http://www.hollandandcompany.co.uk/item/30641/601/160/260

Small firms offered free course in procuring public contracts
http://www.hollandandcompany.co.uk/item/30477/601/160/260

 


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