Business and Other Briefings
Faltering speed of delivery on infrastructure could undermine efforts to secure the recovery
Reducing energy demand & encouraging Scottish renewables
Cable – End of the line for dodgy company bosses
Cable announces plans to boost fairness for workers
Police & Crime Commissioners driving forward local plans for better police procurement decisions – (PAC publishes Police Procurement Report)
Government Carbon Offsetting eAuction
New measures to strengthen UK’s competition regime
Chief Secretary announces government action on tax avoidance & evasion
Last call for 2014 nominations for prestigious Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service
FSA tender into listeria growth and survival
All public bodies to adopt SME-friendly business rules
OFT agrees reforms to UK defined contribution pensions market - (CBI comments on OFT workplace pensions study)
Manufacturing recovery continues to strengthen – CBI survey
Revenue & Customs Brief 28/13
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has set out their policy on withholding repayment claims in avoidance cases. HMRC aims to stop tax avoiders from acquiring an advantage, even a temporary advantage, over the majority of taxpayers who don't try to get around the rules.