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.

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