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• Review of audit arrangements in FSA approved meat establishments within the UK
• £2m puts boots on the ground to help tourism businesses affected by floods
• The start of a ‘great’ National Apprenticeship Week 2014 – (Almost half of all firms set to hire apprentices by 2019 ~ It's time to celebrate apprenticeships ~ Apprentice opportunities on offer ~ Earning whilst learning: Jobs Growth Wales and Apprenticeships pave a pathway to success ~ Rail Minister celebrates National Apprenticeship Week ~ More businesses blazing the way for apprenticeships ~ SMEs to push up apprenticeship numbers)
• TUC welcomes government’s naming & shaming of minimum wage dodgers
• Budget should promote investment & exports to rebalance economy
• Fair delivery charges for rural areas
• Review set to ensure best business advice and financial support for Welsh firms
• CBI comments on latest Funding for Lending data
• Selling Scotland to the world
• Transfer of Energy-Using Products work to DECC
• New service to understand online copyright laws
• Headhunter reforms to boost female board appointments – (New support for women in business ~ Call for more women to volunteer as mentors)
• New Crown Representatives to help government get value for money
• Public services firms propose new transparency measures
• Inspiring the next generation of budding female entrepreneurs
• Support for industrial disease victims
• Employment Allowance: one month to go until businesses can claim £2k cashback on jobs
• Asbestos victims to get £123,000 in compensation
• Search for location of new High Speed Rail College begins

Revenue & Customs Brief 09/14 - Bitcoins

This brief sets out HM Revenue & Customs' (HMRC) position on the tax treatment of income received from, and charges made in connection with, activities involving Bitcoin and other similar cryptocurrencies, specifically for Value Added Tax, Corporation Tax, Income Tax and Capital Gains Tax.