Business News - January
Taxman to review record checks project - January 2012
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) is to carry out a review of its Business Record Checks project, designed to tackle poor record-keeping by small and medium-sized enterprises.
Employment tribunal fees plan unveiled - January 2012
The government has outlined its plans for charging fees to take cases to employment tribunals, designed to cut a multi-million pound bill for the taxpayer and ease pressure on businesses.
‘Excessive’ payment surcharges to be outlawed - January 2012
Businesses will be banned from levying “excessively high” surcharges on all forms of payment before the end of this year, under government plans.
Website owners ‘need to get to work’ on cookies law - January 2012
Website owners must try harder to comply with the new cookies law, according to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO).
Acas chief warns of social media challenge - January 2012
Social media is likely to be one of the biggest workplace issues in 2012, the head of employment relations service Acas has warned.
Time running out for tobacco displays - January 2012
Time is ticking away for the first retailers to be affected by a ban on tobacco displays to ensure their premises are compliant with the law.
E-trader jailed over VAT fraud - January 2012
An online trader has been jailed for attempting to evade more than £420,000 of VAT, ahead of the launch of an HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) campaign targeting people who use e-marketplaces to buy and sell goods and who fail to pay tax owed.
Savers can reinvest lost ISA funds - January 2012
The Treasury has announced new rules to protect savers who have invested in an ISA with a financial institution which subsequently collapses.
HSBC fined for mis-selling of investment products - January 2012
The selling of unsuitable investment products to elderly customers by HSBC subsidiary NHFA Limited has resulted in the banking giant being fined a record £10.5 million by the Financial Services Authority (FSA).
Government considers unfreezing expat pensions - January 2012
According to the International Consortium of British Pensioners (ICBP), the government has set up a working group to investigate the possibility of unfreezing the state pensions of around half a million UK pensioners who currently live overseas.
Terry Parker, Aeroship Freightforwarding Ltd
