Minimum Corporate Tax rate to be imposed on the UK

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It's only a bubble if the central banks raise interest rates, if they don't then it's inflation. If it's inflation those who hold cash will lose, if it's a bubble then the shareholders lose.

Take your pick.

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Not only, apparently Andrew was considering turning up in an Admiral's uniform even though he isn't. This was probably the last straw....

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So to summarise EU is viewed as hostile because they only exported 11 million vaccine doses to the UK.

That's interesting....

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hmm

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...premium-europe...

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You need to check the contract, if you are paid per hour and there is no clause regarding minimum hours then basically no; it is no different than a zero hours contract, but you could try the angle that the agency/client was unreasonable and sue for damages. I don't think this is worth the effort. I...

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A sucker is not a particularly effective way to fix something. A 3M adhesive sticker would be better.

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This is one of the problems of going direct. I would be very suspicious that this is going anywhere as it is only the Purchasing dept who can arrange contracts....

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Luxembourg and Monaco don't need to worry as they're on the "Board". I remember when Switzerland got hammered when the US got tough on offshore financial centres, Luxembourg got a free pass.

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It looks like you probably can, but you'll need the advice of an accountant to make sure you don't get on the wrong side of HMRC, as the tax will need to be refunded, and potentially you could face penalties.

https://www.businessrescueexpert.co....members-volunt...

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The productivity at our company went up. Fortunately productivity is easy to measure as basically it is how many hours we book to the customer and they have no idea where we work, so no-one really cares if we work at home or not. I can see though in companies where employees are a cost instead of a...

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This is pretty standard double entry book keeping. Just let the accountant handle it. It is simply a loan without interest, and the loan just enables them to balance the books. The loan is paid off over several months.

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I'm not sure about that in Germany in the last couple of days the number of vaccines administered has shot-up to almost 750,000 per day. Van de Leyen's pressure on vaccine manufacturers seems to have worked....

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Not only has he lost $20 billion, he now owes the banks several billion.

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You can pick up a decent wine in Germany for £3, all local. I've never drunk a good wine in the UK.

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Apparently it will be rebranded to Britishleylandvax....

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One thing that is great about Brexit is that all the hypotheses such as the positive effects of a mass exodus of nursing staff or the revival of the shellfish industry can be tested in real time.

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The increased salaries will compensate for the increases in the costs of goods and services, win win....

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Isn't that the whole point of Singapore on Thames?

Perhaps they should rename it the "Grimsby on Thames" strategy....

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Europeans Are Optimistic About Global Tax Agreement by June

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...premium-europe

That's the end of "Singapore on Thames"....

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I wouldn't advise this if you are misleading clients into thinking you will be working for them full-time. You might or might not get away with it. If you want to do this I would be up front about the fact that you'll be working for them part time and depending on availability.