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Budget

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Feature

Maternity rights can cost some companies dear

Critics argue smaller companies should be exempt from maternity rights while under pressure

20 May 2011

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Feature

What do FDs think of the ConDem coalition?

A year in and two Budgets later, what do finance directors think of the government's plans to get the UK working again?

15 Apr 2011

Feature

English enterprise zones leave FDs cold

Finance directors are not won over by the government’s plans to boost growth

15 Apr 2011

Analysis

Budget offers hope for green business

Whether intended or not, policies in the Budget will benefit green companies

15 Apr 2011

Feature

Green fleet is still on government's agenda

Despite the cut in fuel duty, the government is pushing greener company car fleets

15 Apr 2011

Opinion

Osborne's Budget is a case of dreams versus reality

The 2011 Budget was a statement of intent that still glosses over the structural facts of a post-recession economy

15 Apr 2011

Opinion

WPP redomiciling: Where is the quid pro quo?

Jaimie Kaffash on the pointlessness of attracting WPP and chums home if they do not create jobs here in return for a better tax climate

01 Apr 2011

News

Improvements to EIS miss the mark

Changes do not address SMEs' immediate concerns

29 Mar 2011

Opinion

The Budget 2011 – a plan for growth, or a hope for growth?

Financial Director's resident tax expert responds to the plan for growth laid out in the Budget

24 Mar 2011

News

Budget 2011: Charity FDs welcome Gift Aid, travel duty reductions

Caron Bradshaw lauds the Budget for having listened to the sector, but seeks more on shared service VAT for charities

23 Mar 2011

News

Budget 2011: live coverage

Financial Director is tweeting live on the 2011 Budget

23 Mar 2011

Opinion

George Osborne needs to have nerve

The rookie chancellor also requires good fortune in order to enjoy policy success in 2011

24 Jan 2011

News

€15bn savings and a cut in the minimum wage: Ireland's austerity budget

The country retains low corporation tax rate but raises VAT

24 Nov 2010

Opinion

Comprehensive Spending Review answers few questions

It will be politics, not economics, that will determine if cuts made now instead of later were the right move

22 Nov 2010

Opinion

A sensible approach to pensions

Linking public sector pensions to CPI rather than RPI is good politics, but can make for very bad economics

24 Aug 2010

Opinion

Editor's letter: Murder on Whitehall

The public sector recession is here

06 Jul 2010

Feature

Where next for UK pensions policy?

UK pensions policy has run its course. David Jetuah reports on a special event to discuss the future with FDs

05 Jul 2010

News

Osborne's Budget lacking environmental tax initiatives

It will be 2011 at the earliest before any commitments are made to low-carbon infrastructure projects

05 Jul 2010

Analysis

Osborne's 'Bloodbath Budget' leaves public sector FDs with tough job

Onlookers hail the chancellor’s Budget as brave. But it is public sector FDs that must play axeman to hit recovery targets, says Melanie Stern

05 Jul 2010

Analysis

FDs fear current Budget's lack of detail

The Budget lacked detail on future taxation and the reasons behind hiking bank lending targets – both headline pressures for FDs

26 Apr 2010

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