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Wednesday, December 30, 2009 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
| Tags: Grant Thornton,
awards,
Quoted Company Awards,
shortlist,
QCA,
turnaround
As the proud headline sponsor of the Quoted Company Awards awards since 2005, Grant Thornton is pleased to announce that the 2010 awards have been re-titled as the Grant Thornton Quoted Company Awards. The ceremony will be held in London on 29 January and here are details of the shortlist…
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Wednesday, December 30, 2009 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Media sector
| Tags: innovation,
business,
entrepreneurs,
links,
recession,
growth,
women in business,
CEO,
Twitter,
women,
charity,
Richard Branson,
social media,
equality,
iawards,
Deborah Meaden,
Michael Birch,
Nude Tech Calendar,
Bebo,
Dragons’ Den
What are the most popular stories in business this month? From the London entrepreneurs who are stripping for charity to a mission to find the UK’s next big business, here’s what the Elevate team has been reading about this month…
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Thursday, December 17, 2009 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Media sector
| Tags: business,
Alex Connock,
tax,
media,
investment,
government,
Ten Alps,
AIM,
tax relief,
PBR,
funding,
EIS,
Pre-Budget Report,
advertising,
television,
policy,
Peter Mandelson,
X Factor,
film,
subsidies
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Tuesday, December 15, 2009 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Tax
| Tags: tax,
inheritance tax,
CGT,
pensions,
IHT,
NIC,
disclosure,
analysis,
reaction,
comment,
PBR,
NDO,
Offshore Disclosure Facility,
banks,
Pre-Budget Report,
National Insurance Contribution,
financial sector,
bonus,
HRMC
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Thursday, December 10, 2009 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
My big decision,
Media sector
| Tags: my big decision,
Tim Harford,
Chris Anderson,
economics,
Fons Trompenaars,
Stephen J Dubner,
SuperFreakonomics,
Freakonomics
The co-author of Freakonomics (and now SuperFreakonomics) reveals how he gave up a record deal and a career as a rock star to pursue a normal family life – only to become a famous author instead, thanks to his best-selling ‘rogue economics’ books. But as Stephen Dubner tells
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Wednesday, December 09, 2009 | Posted by: Francesca Lagerberg
Categories:
Tax
| Tags: Francesca Lagerberg,
NIC,
PBR,
Pre-Budget Report,
National Insurance Contribution,
Banks Bonuses
“Today we are going to cover some of the highlights or the lowlights from the Pre-Budget Report. There really was a lot of absence of real detail in this Pre-Budget Report. We were expecting some interesting announcements, some clarity and actually what we got were a lot more questions than answers” - Francesca Lagerberg
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Monday, December 07, 2009 | Posted by: Francesca Lagerberg
Categories:
Business advice,
Tax
| Tags: tax,
employee entertaining,
staff entertaining,
entertaining,
tax implications,
Christmas party,
office party,
xmas
With daylight only being seen through the office window and the recession dragging its heels, the annual Christmas bash becomes a hopeful glimmer on the horizon. If you have been given the unenviable task of organising the Christmas party, or the scrooge like task of setting the budget this year, perhaps you should consider the tax consequences first.
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