WIREDGOV

• Optimism high in service sector after year of growth - CBI’s latest quarterly Service Sector Survey – (Record high economic growth – CBI)
• HMRC secures record breaking £23.9bn tax revenue and publishes ‘HMRC fast facts: Record compliance revenues for the UK’ – (Tribunal tears up Next’s tax relief claim)
• PM marks £1bn investment boost for UK SMEs
• FCA calls on insurance intermediaries to better manage conflicts of interest when dealing with small business clients
• Local Government National Category Strategy for ICT is launched
• £23m to build up enterprise zones will bring more jobs to Bristol, Manchester, Great Yarmouth and Leicestershire ~ Bristol enterprise zone funding boosted by £6m
• Customers save over £2m on mobile voice & data services
• New measures for greater transparency of company payment practices to help smaller firms get paid on time
• Cheshire economy to benefit from £15.6m transport funding

Revenue & Customs Brief 23/14
This brief covers the introduction of a domestic reverse charge for businesses wholesale trading in gas & electricity.

Revenue & Customs Brief 22/14
This brief provides an update to HMRCs position following the decision of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in Fiscale Eenheid PPG Holdings BV cs te Hoogezand (PPG).