Most directors and senior staff in the UK are familiar with restrictive covenants, which generally prevent the employee from competing, or seeking to poach clients for a period after the employment terminates. These restrictive covenants can be enforced by an injunction but, crucially, only in so far as they go no further than is reasonably […]
Key indicators for the health of the UK’s manufacturing and services sectors reached all-time highs in the final quarter of last year, according to a survey by the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC). The BCC’s Quarterly Economic Survey (QES) of nearly 8,000 businesses uses a set of indicators, known as balances, to assess the health […]
As we move ever closer to the end of the first year of reporting PAYE in real time, HMRC are steadily moving towards a culture of compliance rather than implementation. A new penalty regime for RTI comes in from 6 April 2014, specifically to encourage compliance with the information and payment obligations. This will involve […]
Now that the New Year has begun in earnest, and everyone is back into work-mode (although perhaps still struggling a little with some post-Christmas blues), all thoughts have turned towards the looming 31 January online tax return filing deadline. Nevertheless, it is important to spare some time to consideration of less immediate deadlines; in particular the […]