Recent news

Latest items of recent news relevant to United Kingdom as reported in our fortnightly newswire ‘Dernières nouvelles’.

United Kingdom: Brexit build-up

The UK Prime Minister, Teresa May, has conceded that there is likely to be a transitional phase following the end of negotiations on leaving the EU during which free movement of people continues as before …

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United Kingdom: Cost of Brexit in common agriculture policy

One of the biggest costs to the UK of Brexit, that could potentially greatly damage the economy, is the loss of payments through the EU’s common agriculture policy …

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United Kingdom: Zero-hours popularity

The reanalysis of labour Force Survey statistics from last year has been widely reported in respect to the growth of employees on zero hours contracts …

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United Kingdom: Annual bonus payments for the CEOs

According to Sky news, the latest annual bonus payments for the CEOs of Barclays, HSBC and Lloyds Banking Group will be £1 …

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United Kingdom: Regulations to assist small businesses

In an attempt to assist small businesses with cash flow the UK has introduced a number of regulations that come into force on April 6th 2017 …

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United Kingdom: Foreign pension sharing

Although companies generally try to steer a wide path around matrimonial disputes involving employees they are often drawn in when settlements are made involving payroll deductions and allocations …

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United Kingdom: Increased penalties

Company car fleet managers should alert all vehicle users about the stronger penalties that will from now on apply for speeding offences that significantly exceed upper limits …

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United Kingdom: The new face of crime

Latest crime survey figures covering the year to September 2016 have been released by the UK’s office of National Statistics …

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EU/UK: Brexit’s beneficiaries

Many EU countries now expect to benefit from Brexit by taking over jobs previously carried out in the UK …

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United Kingdom: Trade union reforms continue

Secondary legislation under the Trade Union Act 2016 is expected to gain parliamentary approval this year …

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United Kingdom: Immigration reforms

From April 3rd 2017 level-two employees seconded to the UK via an intra-company transfer will be required to pay the immigration health surcharge …

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United Kingdom: Salary sacrifice rules change

Companies operating salary sacrifice schemes in the UK need to review them during the next three months because of revised HMRC rules …

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United Kingdom: Tax discrimination for being foreign

The UK tax authorities – HMRC – has issued a consultation paper about how they wish to handle “offshore structures” that may, or may not, seek to evade UK tax …

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United Kingdom: An unlikely tax haven

One of the ironies of Brexit is that it may be driving some companies to establish operations in the UK in order to avoid the hostile approach of the EU to tax deals done between companies and individual country governments …

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United Kingdom: Fresh brexit challenge

A fresh legal battle is facing the UK government over the Brexit decision …

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