Financial News

Bonuses row 'threatens business'

George Osborne promises to fight an "anti-business culture", warning that the row over bonuses and pay threatens to undermine jobs and prosperity.

Jobs boost for economy in January

Employers added permanent jobs for the first time in four months in January, says the Recruitment and Employment Confederation.

Theme parks help Disney profits

Profits for Walt Disney have risen thanks to the rising popularity of its theme parks and earnings from its television channels.

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?

Did you miss the Self Assessment deadline?

If you missed the Self Assessment tax return deadline and can show that you should not have been in the SA regime, you may be able to avoid any penalties. Introduction LITRG look at HMRC’s guidance as to their policy on...

HMRC Climbs Down over Business Records Checks

HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) announced last Friday that there would be "a fresh approach to Business Records Checks in 2012".  Whilst continuing to affirm the perceived benefit of Business Records Checks (BRCs) to HMRC and to businesses, HMRC said that the BRC "should be amended to be a more tightly...