7 steps to becoming a ‘CEO Academy’
Source: World Economic Forum Any discussion of CEO succession planning has to start with a single fact: most companies do a good job of developing internal candidates. According to one recent […]
CEST exposed as biased and hopelessly unreliable as ContractorCalculator re-tests evidence
Source: ContractorCalculator HMRC’s Check Employment Status for Tax (CEST) tool has been exposed as biased and hopelessly unreliable, after a comprehensive re-testing of HMRC’s CEST test data obtained under FOI […]
How to build a more inclusive workplace
Source: World Economic Forum When psychologist Daniel Kahneman began exploring cognitive blindspots in the 1960s, he likely had little inkling that his work would later be recognised with a Nobel […]
The IIM Interim Management Survey has been released for 2018
Source: Institute of Interim Management The Institute of Interim Management has released its annual survey for 2018. Some of the key findings were: Interim managers are mostly in their 40’s, […]
FOI investigation into HMRC’s digital tool CEST reveals thousands of contractors have been wrongly taxed
Source: Contractor Calculator An FOI investigation indicates that 54% of assessments carried out by HMRC’s Check Employment Status for Tax (CEST) tool obtained a “IR35 does not apply” result. This […]
The devastating impact of IR35 on business and the UK economy
Source: Julia Kermode, FCSA April 6th 2017 might have been just another date at the start of another new tax year but for many in the public sector it has […]
Why mental health needs to be discussed in the boardroom
Author: Rianna Fulham, Business Grapevine The stigma around mental health is slowly shrinking as discussions about depression, anxiety and other silent illnesses become more commonplace. In recent years, celebrities and business leaders have […]
Have your say. Should we Scrap IR35 legislation reform proposals for public sector off-payroll workers?
The Petition The proposal is to make ‘engagers’ deduct PAYE tax & NIC at source for self-employed people operating via a Limited Company if the end client is in the […]
The Supertemp Hiring Dilemma
Words by Rorie Devine, Business Zone The HR realm is loaded with binary options: hunters versus farmers, extroverts versus introverts, INTPs versus ISTPs on the Myers-Briggs scale — the list […]
Transformational leadership needed to take businesses to new level
Words from Consultancy.uk Faced with rapidly changing global developments, executives should embrace transformational leadership as one way through which they can drive their business to respond to tomorrows challenges – […]