Unlicensed software use cost UK small-to-medium sized businesses over £900,000 in legalisation costs and damages for copyright infringement in 2016, according to new figures from BSA | The Software Alliance. The figure includes settlements and the cost of acquiring new software to become compliant. The total cost to SMEs has risen from £770,192 in 2015,
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HMRC applies to shut down more businesses as it pursues unpaid tax
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HMRC applications to wind up businesses in order to recover unpaid tax rose 12 per cent last year, up to 3,906 in 2016 from 3,485 in 2015, says Funding Options, the online business finance supermarket. Funding Options says that if HMRC is successful in obtaining a winding up order from a court, the business concerned will
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Budget 2017: NI increase for self-employed scrapped by government
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Plans to increase National Insurance levels for self-employed people – announced in the Budget last week – have been dropped. Chancellor Philip Hammond has said the government will not proceed with the increases which were criticised for breaking a 2015 manifesto pledge. The plans set out in the Spring Budget were to lower national insurance contributions
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Europe’s top court legalises workplace headscarf ban
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The European Court of Justice has ruled that employers are entitled to ban workers from wearing headscarves to work. The court ruled that any ban on the ‘visible wearing of any political, philosophical or religious sign’ must be based on internal company rules requiring all employees to ‘dress neutrally’. It cannot be based on the
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Government must be cautious when considering self-employed tax changes
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IPSE, the Association of Independent Professionals and the self employed, responds to the government’s proposed consultation into the tax system for the self-employed workforce. It has been reported that chancellor Phillip Hammond is likely to consult on changes to self-employed taxation system in next week’s Spring Budget. The Treasury believes there is a need to
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Government plans to tackle gender pay gaps only superficial
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New regulations requiring companies to report gender pay gaps between men and women are potentially ‘superficial’ and will not necessarily tackle the complex reasons why females still have lower salaries, new research shows. Employers told researchers from the University of Exeter, University of Bath and Cardiff University that the Government’s proposals would over-simplify issues, just
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Uber drivers’ tribunal win a ‘disaster for UK plc’
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Uber drivers have won the right to be classed as workers rather than self-employed, meaning drivers for the ride-hailing app will be entitled to holiday pay, paid rest breaks and the national minimum wage. Dave Chaplin, CEO and founder of Contractor Calculator says, ‘This is the most high-profile court case concerning employment in recent years
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