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An analysis of construction employment trends indicates that companies are looking to recruit fewer permanent staff and make do instead with more temporary workers.The latest Report on Jobs, published by accountants KPMG and the Recruitment & Employment Confederation, says that permanent staff v...

Sales are booming across Apple's App Store, which set records for single-week and single-day sales over the holidays, the company announced Wednesday.Apple customers spent a record $1.42 billion between Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve. Then, the App Store brought in a single-day sales rec...

HMRC is allowing more time to file 2018/19 tax returns and pay loan charge liabilities for taxpayers affected by the proposed amendments to the law.The independent loan charge review, conducted by Sir Amyas Morse, was finally published on 20 December, having been delayed fro...

Staff safe after Acorn Scaffolding (Yorkshire) Ltd calls in administrators.The North Yorkshire based specialists Acorn, provided scaffolding services to housebuilders and the events sector. Past projects included the awarding-winning ‘Steel Yard‘ structure used at Creamfields.Howard Smith and David...

Following a tip-off back in October that GlaxoSmithKline was planning to blanket determine contractors as inside-IR35, Larsen Howie has received an email from an anonymous source confirming that the pharmaceutical corporation is doing exactly that. They’re offering thei...

If your business pays National Minimum Wage (NMW) or just above the threshold and places a requirement on staff regarding uniform, you could be open to a breach of your NMW obligations. With HMRC challenges increasing, Mark Taylor shares how you can ensure you're fully compliant.The NMW is not a ta...