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Details of a new regional national insurance holiday for start-up businesses have been published by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC).

Government plans to introduce a workplace parking levy (WPL) have been criticised by the Forum of Private Business (FPB), which claims the charge amounts to a ‘stealth tax’.

More than half of employers have given their backing to Government plans for automatic enrolment into a workplace pension scheme, a new report has revealed.

An increasing number of Britons are digging into their savings to cover shortfalls in their income, new research suggests.

The Chancellor’s Emergency Budget has hit pensioners and low income families the hardest, a leading economic think tank has claimed.

We did it!!

On August 22nd 2010, 11 members of the PM+M team completed a 14,500ft tandem skydive in aid of both the East Lancashire Hospice and RNIB.

Plans to include 21-year-olds in the adult rate of the National Minimum Wage (NMW) will cost employers almost £50 million, according to Government estimations.

Inflation slowed in July but still remains above the Government's 2% target.

Businesses are being urged to register for a new energy saving scheme to help them save money on their bills.

Self-employed workers and their partners are to receive the right to maternity leave and pension benefits following the introduction of a new European Directive earlier this month.

The default retirement age (DRA) will be abolished from 1 October 2011, the Government has announced.

Some 65,000 second home owners could lose out under Government plans to reduce the tax benefits available for furnished holiday lettings (FHLs).

The 2010 Emergency Budget revealed a number of measures that will affect the pension system.

East Lancashire based accountancy firm PM+M have become the only accountancy firm in the northwest to have been awarded corporate membership of the International Centre for Families in Business (ICFIB).

Jackie Fisher has been promoted to partner at PM+M after ten years working at the company.

A recent European Court of Justice case brought by courier company TNT has cast doubts on whether the UK VAT exemption for certain postal services is correct. 

Some of the UK's leading business groups have been setting out their priorities ahead of the General Election on 6 May.

The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills has launched a new task force, which will advise the Government on the role and responsibilities of the new Small Business Credit Adjudicator (SBCA).

Some Individual Savings Accounts (ISAs) promoted on comparison websites could be in breach of guidelines set out by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC), experts have warned.

The start of the 2010/11 tax year sees the introduction of a new 50% top rate of income tax for individuals earning in excess of £150,000 a year.

A plethora of changes to tax legislation and benefits have now come into effect, marking the beginning of the new tax year.