13/01/2009

January is never the best of times for self-assessment taxpayers such as the self-employed. This is the month when they not only have to pay the first instalment of their twice-yearly Income Tax and National Insurance contributions, but also face the final deadline for getting their tax returns to HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC)...
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13/01/2009

Since early January, more help has been available for any homeowners who are struggling to pay mortgages after losing their jobs – and more is on the way.

The Government has doubled the size of loans covered by its Support for Mortgage Interest scheme, from £100,000 to £200,000...
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13/01/2009

In a recent report, the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) calculated the true average cost of making an employee redundant as £16,375.

The CIPD says that this is what it costs a firm before it can achieve a single penny’s-worth of savings through the redundancy...
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18/12/2008

As employers everywhere put the last-minute touches to their plans for the office Christmas party, a local solicitor has highlighted some of the legal issues that can rapidly turn the season of goodwill into a festive fiasco...
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18/12/2008

Now that some time has passed since Chancellor Alistair Darling announced the 2008 Pre-Budget Report (PBR), a local solicitor has worked out its main implications for the average person...
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