If you are like many of our entrepreneurial clients who are bootstrapping their early years businesses then you won’t have any staff and the only one on the payroll is yourself, yet you still have to comply with the red tape of informing HM Revenue & Customs every month or quarter that your PAYE/NIC is […]
From 29 February 2008 there will be tough penalties for anyone employing illegal migrants.
In October 2007 I posted about employing foreign workers - legally, well from 29 February 2008 the penalty for getting it wrong can be up to £10,000 for each illegal worker, and that is only for those employers who unknowingly break the […]
Do you have a company car? Are you thinking about taking a company car? Do you run your own Limited company? Should you have a company car?
As everyone knows the cost of having your employer provide a company car can be expensive, but how many of you know what it will cost you before you […]
As I promised on Friday today I am going to cover attracting and hopefully retain the best staff for your business.
Most small businesses feel that they loose out in the war for talent, after all bigger business can usually offer bigger salaries and greater career progression, although much of this may have some truth to […]
The Construction Industry Scheme recently underwent a revamp, and the new scheme came into effect from 6 April 2007.
The new scheme puts an awful lot more responsibility back on to the employing contractor than ever before, not really helping with reducing all that red tape is it Gordon?
The argument put forward for the new […]
In a recent news release the Federation of Small Business surveyed 2,826 small firms and discovered that 78% of them are trying to deal with employment paperwork themselves, and more worrying a third of them do not know where to get Government advice on legislation affecting small businesses.
My advice, don’t let the complexities of employment […]
The government had planned to extend Statutory Maternity Pay, Maternity Allowance and Statutory Adoption Pay, however, these plans have now been delayed and will not be implemented in April 2009.
These changes would have seen paid Statutory Maternity Pay rise from 39 weeks to 52 weeks and the introduction of Additional Paternity Leave and Pay.
The Additional […]
Reading the local newspaper yesterday evening I came across an article about raids the Border and Immigration Agency carried out in the local Victorian Seaside resort of Southport last Saturday.
Two restaurants were raided, resulting in a Turkish and one Tunisian man being taken away to face deportation. The owners and managers of these businesses […]
A quick reminder to all those small businesses that may have missed this one, from 1 October 2007 the minimum holiday entitlement was raised from 20 days to 24 days for a 5 day week. This can either include bank holidays of which there are eight, or it can be 24 days holiday plus bank holidays, it depends […]
This new act comes into force on 8 April 2008, so a bit of advance warning here, but make sure you prepare today. The act itself has been brought about to make those businesses who ignore the health and safety of their staff accountable.
Unlike a lot of new acts and regulation I think this one […]
