Tuesday, 7. June 2011
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One of the biggest challenges faced by businesses and consumers is access to finance. Vince Cable, Business Secretary, appeared before MP’s recently and strongly expressed his disappointment that the banking industry was still not honouring its pledge to lend more money to businesses. Referring to British Banking Association (BBA) figures he Read more »
Thursday, 21. January 2010
The Government is planning to apply a £15 surcharge to fixed penalties. Known as a victim’s surcharge it is currently applied to more serious offences such as criminal damage or domestic violence and can only be handed out by the courts. It was introduced in 2007 as a way to contribute towards the victim support services. The recently announced plans will attach the surcharge to fixed penalties where the Read more »
Wednesday, 27. August 2008
After all the public outcry over the Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) reforms that were proposed by the Chancellor, a cross party committee has come out in favour of the proposals. When the Chancellor announced his plans to introduce the green banding retrospectively on not only new cars but also old cars pushing millions of used cars into higher tax bands the Tories and some Labour MPs condemned him for Read more »