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- Compliance is still key 13 June 2008 Martin Hesketh, managing director of Brookson, responds to the latest IR35 hearing at the High Court.
- Could this be the end of the hourly rate? 09 May 2008 A new generation of technology savvy accountancy service providers are forcing traditional high street accountants to look at their customer service practices which could spell the end of charging for accountancy advice on an hourly basis according to Brookson.
- Brookson set for a summer of giving 06 May 2008 Brookson is all set for a summer of charity work with a jam-packed fundraising calendar. Staff have been training hard in preparation for sponsored runs up and down the country, and one team member is even spending time in a Kosovan summer camp.
- Brookson Responds to Question 6
02 May 2008
Brookson Managing Director, Martin Hesketh, was recently invited by Contractor UK to provide a response to HMRC’s Question 6 on its P35 form.
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RIBA award winners announced
July 4, 2008 | BD Online
July 4, 2008 | BD Online
Sixteen RIBA national and 10 European award winners have been named, with next months 20,000 Stirling Prize shortlist to be drawn from the national list as well as the British-designed European winners.
Taxman faces 'duty of care' question
July 4, 2008 | Contractor UK
July 4, 2008 | Contractor UK
A debate about how and when taxpayers should get redress from public sector bodies that act wrongfully could end with proposals for a duty of care on the taxman.
Fuel duty: Gordon Brown and Alistair Darling signal that planned 2p increase will be dropped
July 3, 2008 | Telegraph
July 3, 2008 | Telegraph
The Prime Minister said that he understood the increased pressure on families of the rising cost of oil, along with rising food prices in the supermarkets.
SMEs in construction industry and the fuel crisis
July 3, 2008 | Building Talk
July 3, 2008 | Building Talk
Research from Bibby Financial Services has revealed that more than half of SMEs in construction industry are already passing on increased costs incurred by the fuel crisis.
Poor at the pumps
July 3, 2008 | Guardian Unlimited - Comment is Free
July 3, 2008 | Guardian Unlimited - Comment is Free
Millions of lorry drivers went on strike yesterday, furious over rising fuel prices and a lack of government support. No, not the UK (where, whatever media attention might lead one to believe, the protesting truckers in London yesterday numbered merely in the hundreds), but India.
Road tax rise plan will be watered down, Labour rebels told
July 2, 2008 | Telegraph
July 2, 2008 | Telegraph
Backbench Labour MPs were given assurances yesterday before a crucial Commons vote that the new controversial Vehicle Excise Duty levels would be phased in over a longer period.
Industry round table discusses MSC legislation
July 1, 2008 | Shout 99
July 1, 2008 | Shout 99
Now that the dust has finally settled and recruitment agencies and contractors have returned to some sort of 'normal' operation, Brookson, one of the UK's leading accountancy services and tax advice providers to contractors, gathered some of the industry's key players to discuss the impact the shifting...
Business disillusioned in Browns first year
June 27, 2008 | Financial Times
June 27, 2008 | Financial Times
Business is disappointed and disillusioned with Gordon Browns first year in power, but remains to be convinced that David Cameron would be an improvement, the heads of leading industry bodies have told the Financial Times.
Never a bad time to start a good business
June 26, 2008 | Health and Care
June 26, 2008 | Health and Care
Barclays estimates that there were 98,000 new start-up businesses in England and Wales in the first quarter (Q1) of 2008. Though down on the record figures seen in 2006-early 2007, the figures are the highest in the last three quarters, reflecting, the bank said, the resilience of business start-ups.
