Business owners must plan for the 2012 bank holidays as the late May bank holiday is planned to move to Monday the 4th of June as part of the Queens Diamond Jubilee celebrations, with Tuesday 5th June also designated as a bank holiday.
The Federation of Small Business (FSB) has urged the Government to cut employers national insurance contributions (NIC) in order to incentivise small business to take on new staff. The FSB conducted a poll of its members, with nearly one third claimed that cutting NIC for the first six months of any new employment would encourage [...]
Business owners across Britain have backed the Royal Wedding as a public holiday in celebration of the Royal Wedding on the 29th April, recent research by Regus has revealed that two thirds of the 4,000 employers that participated agreed that staff should get the day off. Celia Donne, regional director at Regus, remarked, “Contrary to [...]
Owners of Small to Medium sized Enterprise (SME) tend to recruit members of the family as they firmly believe that they will work hard, according to a report by Hiscox.
Hiscox conducted a survey of 1,000 SME businesses owner, and found that 94% of those who took part took the view that hiring a family member is a positive move.
The Federation of Small Business (FSB) has been highly critical of this proposed move, accusing the Government of making hard working entrepreneurs pay the price of protecting pensions of millionaires.
