As many as 850,000 penalties for late tax returns will be issued over the next fortnight, more than half a million fewer than the same time last year, HM Revenue & Customs has announced.
On-line auction sellers and electricians will be the next targets of campaigns launched by HM Revenue and Customs in its hunt for people who don’t pay the tax they owe.
A North Yorkshire software company is expanding rapidly thanks to an investment received after taking part in the Venturefest Yorkshire Investment Competition, organised by Yorkshire Association of Business Angels.
The Government’s tax agreement with Liechtenstein, which ensures the UK receives its fair share of tax from UK taxpayers with investments in the principality, has been confirmed until April 2016.
A new £15 million fund to invest in creative content within film, TV, games and the digital sector within Yorkshire and Humber has been announced by Screen Yorkshire.
Two companies have each been fined £13,300 and ordered to pay costs of more than £3000 after a potentially-fatal accident at Drax Power Station in North Yorkshire.
By 2015 digital banking will overtake bank branches as the principal way customers choose to interact with their bank, according to a new report by PriceWaterhouseCoopers.
R3 has warned that the UK’s business rescue culture is being hampered by the Government’s refusal to implement legislation to clarify exactly what is an expense of an administration.
Yorkshire chartered accountants Watson Buckle are urging clients to come clean over alleged tax fraud following the launch of a new disclosure facility by HM Revenue and Customs.
Finance Yorkshire calculates it has invested about £13 million in business in Yorkshire and the Humber, unlocking a considerable amount more from Europe.
Both the number and value of mergers and acquisitions involving British targets has dropped by 25% in the fourth quarter of 2011, which recorded the lowest number in seventeen years.
HM Revenue and Customs has been accused of double standards over plans to do spot checks on the record-keeping of thousands of small businesses whilst apparently turning a blind eye to missed payments by larger organisations.
A waste management business focused on processing and recycling black bag household and trade waste has received a £1.25m investment from the Finance Yorkshire Equity Fund.
The concept of introducing fees to employment tribunals has been welcomed by the British Chambers of Commerce, which feels fees would deter vexatious claimants.
Since its launch two years ago, Clarion’s debt recovery team has succeeded in recovering over £12 million of commercial debts for companies in the region.
A North Yorkshire GAP insurance provider is looking to bring new products to market and create more local jobs after becoming the first Malton-based company to receive an investment from Finance Yorkshire.
The Hull Business Development Fund is one of four new lenders accredited to offer loans to small businesses under the Enterprise Finance Guarantee scheme, the Government has announced.
The number of small businesses that have used a bank overdraft or loan has fallen in the past two years, according to the FSB, even though Project Merlin was supposed to increase lending.
