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Winners of the APSCo Staffing Industry Awards 2011 Announced
16 February 2012
The Association of Professional Staffing Companies (Apsco) is a professional body that represents recruitment organisations supplying professional workers and they have announced the winners of their staffing industry awards for the last year. The 2011 APSCo Staffing Industry Awards include; – The Recruitment Company of the Year on £100 million plus annual turnover was awarded ...
Treasury reveals Government commitment to tackling cross border tax evasion
09 February 2012
Earlier this month, we reported how the British Government had pledged to do more to stop tax avoidance by big firms and now it aims to tackle it on an international scale. The UK has collaborated with the Governments of France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United States to set out an approach that deals ...
PCG Offer Top Tips For Contractors To Maximise Their Profits
02 February 2012
All self-employed workers across all industries want to get the best return on investment when undertaking projects for a client. PCG is the leading UK professional association supporting, protecting and promoting the interests of consultants, contractors and freelancers and they have offered some new top tips to maximising income. According to their post by professional freelance ...
50p tax rate set to stay until 2015
25 January 2012
The top rate of tax of 50% for those that earn over £150,000 a year will not be abolished in the near future according to newspaper reports. It was believed that the rate could be cut to 45p either this year or in 2013, but the government has now dismissed this possibility, reports the Daily ...
Recruitment agencies expecting contracts to end early under AWR
18 January 2012
The affects of the Agency Workers Directive are expected to be felt soon and could see many contracts ended prematurely according to new research from the body representing recruitment companies supplying professional workers. A new poll from the Association of Professional Staffing Companies (Apsco) has found that 29% of the association’s members believe that contracts ...
