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Small businesses must balance the cost of changing all their prices with the cost of absorbing the VAT increase when the rate reverts to 17.5% at the beginning of 2010, a legal expert has warned.
Research by the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) and recruitment consultancy Harvey Nash indicates that fewer employers are implementing a recruitment freeze as the economy improves but many are still cautious about increasing pay.
Employers should exercise caution when using social networking websites to vet potential employees because it could leave them open to discrimination claims, the Law Society has warned.
The Government has confirmed it will implement the Agency Workers Directive in 2011, which was announced in the Queen's speech last week.
Businesses trading abroad could be caught out by possible new UK bribery laws, a legal expert has warned.
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Take care, and thanks, again,
Cliff.
Nice to see you again yesterday, over at Sunderland tonight for their 1st Birthday and thought I saw your name on the delegate list.
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