For new employers and start-up businesses Taking on your first member of staff? You’ll need to assess them to see if you need to put them into a workplace pension – and make contributions on their behalf. It’s the law. Every employer has automatic enrolment duties, even if they only have one member of staff. […]
The twenty-first edition of the Forum of Private Business Health and Safety guide will be available for our members from 11th April 2018. It is a vital business resource for any business owner not only our members and it will give you peace of mind to know that you will be fully up to speed and compliant […]
Small Business Saturday reaches millions of customers and businesses each year – you can get involved now! Another year making a Big Difference Small Business Saturday is back on the 1st December and this year it promises to be bigger and better than ever before! Small firms and micro-businesses from all over the UK can […]
Messages for new employers and start-up businesses Thinking of employing your first member of staff? Make sure you know your automatic enrolment duties. It’s the law. As a new employer, you’ll have a number of things you’ll need to think about – such as deciding how much to pay, drawing up a contract of employment, […]
We want to stress how important this message is for members and non-members with reference to Pension Auto-enrolment Please don’t ignore any letters that you may receive from The Pensions Regulator, especially Compliance Notice’s as these usually relate to fines and penalties and these will simply not go away until they are dealt with. Penalties can […]
New advice for employers and employees that outlines what kind of workplace behaviours could be considered as sexual harassment and how to report it. Sexual harassment is defined as “unwanted conduct of a sexual nature”. It has the purpose or effect of violating the dignity of a worker, or creating an intimidating, hostile, degrading, […]
HMRC has a variety of useful online support if you need help with your tax return. HMRC’s YouTube channel has a range of short videos on ‘Self Assessment’ covering topics such as: Expenses if you’re self-employed Paying your Self Assessment tax bill Viewing your calculation For more information dip into the ‘business expenses for the self-employed’ e-learning […]
Every employer has automatic enrolment duties. They need to assess their staff, put them into a workplace pension scheme if they meet certain criteria, write to them to tell them what they’ve done, and complete and submit a declaration of compliance with The Pensions Regulator (TPR). To date, nearly 9 million people have been automatically […]
