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SMEs Call For Lower Tax Rate 8th January 2018. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMES) could now be paying a higher rate of tax than bigger businesses, an accountancy firm has claimed. Moore Stephens has found that SMEs paid a rate

Consumer Spending Slumps 8th January 2018. UK household spending fell by 0.3 percent in 2017 compared with the previous year, according to figures from Visa. The festive period was a particularly disappointing time for retailers, with spending down 1 percent

Construction Suppliers Demand End to Late Payments 8th January 2018.      Construction suppliers are supporting new legislation that will tackle the late payment culture that they say is undermining investment in the industry and harming small companies. Business groups

Gender Pay Figures Revealed 8th January 2017. Women are paid less than half than men at some of Britain’s major companies, new gender pay gap figures have revealed. Ahead of the April deadline 527 companies have released their gender pay figures. This