Latest Contractor News
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Digital RTW checks extended to 2022
REC: ‘Digital right to work checks have been a resounding success during the pandemic, allowing companies to hire quickly and safely as well as improving compliance’.
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Government urged to delay digital tax reform
CIOT: ‘The Government is keen to build trust in the tax system, but rushing in changes to its fundamental building blocks, in order to make possible the introduction of a policy which remains controversial, will not help that aim’.
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A hike in NICs would be a ‘severe blow’ to SMEs, says FSB
FSB: ‘Breaking a manifesto promise by increasing NICs just at the moment when firms are struggling to get back on their feet would be devastating for small businesses and the local communities they serve’.
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Employers need to encourage staff to take their annual leave
Activ Absence: ‘Since the start of the pandemic staff have been accruing holiday, as many decided not to take time off when they couldn’t travel during lockdowns’.
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Record number of vacancies posted, but more pressure on recruitment sector
APSCo: ‘For staffing companies, there’s mounting pressure to source top talent in a competitive market the likes of which many haven’t experienced before’.
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Recruitment sector feeling the pressure
Talent.com: ‘Many recruitment teams are already over-stretched – with some experiencing cutbacks themselves during the pandemic – and the increased competition for talent and demand for new resources will only add undue pressures for many teams’.
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Nearly half of businesses say the pandemic sparked creative thinking
Lloyds Bank: ‘So many [businesses] have made permanent changes to survive, with many growing revenue or finding new revenue streams from the pivots they have made to adapt to new trading conditions’.
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Millions of homes and businesses to benefit from government broadband upgrade
Digital Secretary Oliver Dowden: ‘Millions more rural homes and businesses will now be lifted out of the digital slow lane thanks to our mammoth £5 billion investment and one the quickest rollouts in Europe’.
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