Sports Direct is to review all agency worker terms and conditions after the firm was criticised for its employment practices.
Year: 2015
IMF boss to face trial over €400m Paris payout
Christine Lagarde, the head of the International Monetary Fund, has been ordered to stand trial on negligence charges over her handling of a €403 million payout to the tycoon Bernard Tapie when she was French finance minister.
Google enlisted members of US Congress it bankrolled to fight $6bn EU antitrust case
US tech firm has stepped up lobbying efforts with $3.5m charm offensive to persuade EU to drop punitive action over alleged abuse of monopoly position
Npower fined record £26m over customer service failures
The energy firm has been penalised by Ofgem for sending out inaccurate bills and failing to deal with complaints properly
Employers urged to act to meet 21 December deadline for advising HMRC about payrolling benefits in kind
Employers considering payrolling benefits need to tell HMRC by 21 December if they intend to make the switch in April 2016, to minimise the problems on switching from the existing system to the new process.
Over half a million youngsters entered British higher education in 2015
A new educational record was set in 2015 as 532,000 young people were accepted into British universities and colleges, according to UCAS, a 3.1 per cent increase on 2014.
UK retail sales see strong rise in November
UK retail sales increased by 1.7% in November, helped by pre-Christmas spending, official statistics show.
Five lessons for business from one thing black Parents teach their children
Almost every black parent has “that” conversation with their children when they intone words to the effect “You’ve got to work ten times harder than the others to get ahead.” I first heard that from mine around age 13.
Top New Years resolutions for business success.
With many people setting unrealistic resolutions for the upcoming New Year, many forget that although setting a personal New Year’s Eve resolution, setting one or two for your business strategy/management is also a great idea.
Would Santa be sleigh-ed by tax?
Christmas is getting closer which means that Santa Claus will soon be coming to town. But will the man in red need to worry about any tax issues this year while he’s harnessing Rudolph and shaking his belly like a bowlful of jelly?
Gatwick takes aim at rival with pledge to stagger expansion
Gatwick will open a new front in its campaign to build a second runway by promising to stagger the work over two decade
EE recalls all Power Bar mobile phone chargers over fire risk
Telecoms firm says it is aware of incidents in which devices have overheated and customers should stop using them
AstraZeneca buys majority stake in blood cancer specialist Acerta for £2.68bn
The pharmaceuticals giant is hoping that Acerta’s promising leukaemia drug will lead to blockbuster sales
Three Ways Maintaining Employee Engagement is Like Maintaining Your Car
In the world of business we hear a lot of sayings, one of which is the customer is always right and the second is that your business should run like a well-oiled machine.
Locking in value from selling a business: the earn out
The “earn out” is likely to comprise a very significant part of the overall consideration received on the sale of a business: possibly as much as 50% or more of the consideration may ultimately be attributable to it. An understanding of the role of the earn out, how it is structured and how it is taxed is therefore essential in any negotiation of the deal.