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Blog14th Jan 2022

What lies ahead for HR professionals and companies: staying up to date with the latest trends and initiatives

We were thrilled to once again contribute to TMM Recruitment’s North East Salary Guide. The following blog is the content provided by our Employee Benefits Senior Manager, Richard Petrie. You can download and read the full guide here: https://www.tmmrecruitment.com/news/2021-12-21-2022-north-east-salary-guide

Blog12th Jan 2022

HMRC effectively extends Self Assessment deadline by 30 days

HMRC have announced they will effectively push back the Self Assessment filing deadline for submission of the 2020/21 Self Assessment Tax Returns from 31 January 2022 to 28 February 2022. For the second year in a row this gives the…

Blog7th Jan 2022

What is the Psychological Contract?

The psychological contract is a key part of building an attractive employer brand to attract potential recruits and retaining employees. Understanding how this contact is formed, maintained and what elements are vital to individual employees, HR processes, policies, benefits and…

By Anna Phipps

Blog20th Dec 2021

Hosting Christmas Parties: How To Celebrate Safely This Year

2021 has been a challenging year. After the disappointment of the cancellation of last year’s festive plans, organisations and staff alike are keener than ever to get together and have a Christmas celebration this year. For many organisations, this could…

Blog17th Dec 2021

No CGT hikes on the horizon

Last year the Office of Tax Simplification (OTS) proposed that Capital Gains Tax (CGT) rates should mirror Income Tax rates which would have seen the top rate of CGT rise to 45% from 28%, in order to help ‘close the…

Blog16th Dec 2021

2021 Year in Review: Legal Sector

With the end of 2021 approaching, John Beevers  reflects on the trends that have emerged throughout the year and looks forward to 2022. Trends from 2021 It’s been a year of recovery from the economic shock caused by government-enforced lockdowns…

Blog14th Dec 2021

2021 Year in Review: Tech Sector

A good place to start our 2021 Year in Review is to have a look back at the predictions and observations we outlined in our 2020 Year in Review. So, how accurate were they?

Blog13th Dec 2021

2021 Year in Review: Energy Sector

Securing energy supply to meet growing demand

Blog10th Dec 2021

2022-23 Scottish Budget

Kate Forbes delivered the Scottish Government’s Budget for the 2022-23 fiscal year on Thursday 9 December 2021. We outline the tax changes that individuals residing in Scotland should be aware of from a personal tax perspective.

Blog9th Dec 2021

2021 Year in Review: Family Business

Family businesses have continued to show resilience, innovation and entrepreneurship during the last year with the exit from the pandemic being slower than was hoped. Many businesses have continued to do very well and managed to operate throughout, but with…

Blog8th Dec 2021

2021 Year in Review: Public Sector and Not for Profit

In our 2020 Year in Review, we commented that COVID-19 restrictions would continue for some time into 2021 and “maybe even to Autumn” and that the sustainability challenges would remain. Our outlook was overly optimistic; with the threat from COVID-19,…

Blog7th Dec 2021

2021 Year in Review: Construction and Property Sector

Looking back at our 2020 Year in Review for the Construction and Property sector, we summarised 2020 as being a year of ‘unprecedented’ challenges and change, with us recommending that operators in the industry have Cash Management as their main…