Financial News

Ofcom plans simplified phone numbers

Some people are "put off" making important calls because of confusion over the amount they will be charged, according to the telecoms regulator.

Contactless 'charging errors' at M&S

Some Marks and Spencer customers say its contactless payment terminals have taken cash from cards other than the ones intended for payment.

Morrisons agrees deal with Ocado

Morrisons, the UK's fourth largest supermarket chain, says it will launch online shopping by January 2014 after agreeing a tie-up with Ocado.

News Corp reaches for the Sky with takeover offer

News Corporation, the media group headed by Rupert Murdoch, confirmed this morning that it had made an offer to take full control of BSkyB, the satellite broadcaster in which it has a 39 per cent stake.

China primes house tax to halt runaway prices

China is considering a wealth tax on homeowners as it grasps at new weapons to halt a frantic rise in property prices that many fear poses the biggest threat to the Chinese economy.

Business big shot: Steve Wiener

It is a dilemma familiar to anyone still clinging to analogue radios or cathode-ray televisions: pay to go digital or wait until prices drop?

RTI: HMRC Giving Out Incomplete NINOs?

In its press release yesterday, PAYE for Employers: National Insurance Numbers without Suffixes, HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has admitted to sending out a number of NINos without the "A", "B", "C" or "D" suffix at the end. Apparently this is occurring when: The employer sends...

Tax Insider Tip: Claim Entrepreneurs’ Relief

Entrepreneurs’ relief provides relief against capital gains tax on qualifying gains made by an individual on the disposal of all or part of the business, the assets in the business after it has stopped trading and shares in a personal trading company. HMRC Helpsheet 275 has more details on the relief. Gains that qualify...