20/11/2009

Restaurants are following the letter of the law in implementing new rules on tipping, which are designed to boost wages for waiting staff, but many are ignoring the spirit of the legislation and charging staff an administration charge for tips left on credit cards...
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30/10/2009

Complete the purchase of your new home before the end of the year and you could save between £1,250 and £1,750

With Stamp Duty rates due to return to the starting rate of £125,000 as at 1st January 2010 if you are looking at buying a property in the £125,000 and £175,000 price bracket now is the time to do it!

Since September of last year, there has been a Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) ‘holiday’, allowing a temporary exemption from the tax for purchases of property worth no more than £175,000...
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21/10/2009

A number of recent cases have raised the issue of car parking once more. With councils increasingly imposing restrictions on on-street car parking and the price of parking ever rising, the issue of having adequate parking rights is rarely out of the spotlight...
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08/10/2009

One in three people over 65 will die with dementia and many are leaving it too late to appoint someone they trust to make decisions on their behalf.

Latest statistics show that around two million people in England and Wales lack the mental capacity to make decisions for themselves and 15,000 people under the age of 65 have dementia...
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23/09/2009

The clock is ticking for companies in the final countdown to the new Companies Act, which comes into effect on 1st October 2009 and will affect every company in the UK.

This is the final stage of implementation for the 2006 Act, but many companies are still unaware of the impact of the new law...
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