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Employment law made easy
Employers are asked to produce dozens of statements each year to comply with employment law, requiring a mass of paperwork in areas as broad as employment contracts, employee tax details and redundancies.
A new approach is allowing all documents to be submitted on line at www.businesslink.gov.uk. The site has answers to most questions, offers templates for every statement, and guides employers through legal processes.
"When I need to know something about employment law, I need to know I've got it right. With this tool I can look at the website and have it confirmed very quickly. It's made it much easier to find information that's too often been hidden or impossible to find. ...allows you to manage your business with confidence... I would recommend it to any business owner."
Simon Topman, Chief Executive, Acme Whistles
Taking the pain out of PAYE
For the one million employers who don't operate payroll software, calculating PAYE is notoriously difficult, time-consuming and susceptible to errors.
The new P11 calculator has been developed to solve this problem. It's a free tool that vastly simplifies the task of calculating payroll deductions, and greatly reduces the risk of errors. Plus, the calculator automatically adds up deductions at the end of the year, so employers can complete end of year returns accurately and with confidence.
"What an excellent tool. The experience of completing the P11 is now totally painless..."
"This is fantastic... it will save me so much money in extra accountancy costs."
"After struggling for 20-plus years with the complex manual wage system, I can't believe how simple it is now to do my staff wages."
"...it really is a time-saving gem..."
Feedback to HMRC from small business owners
A sensible planning system
A complex and confusing planning system has long been an irritant for businesses. As a result, changes have been introduced to provide a faster, more efficient system with less red tape.
Planning applications can now be submitted online, using a single national application form. This makes the process simpler, faster and more consistent, and gives businesses greater certainty for planning.
"Before using the Planning Portal, preparing and submitting a planning application... took a full working day. Using the Planning Portal we can now do the job in less than an hour."
Rita Weldon, Planning Department, Complete Technical Services Ltd
"This practice continues to deliver considerable efficiency gains in terms of faster planning decisions, lower operating costs and higher staff time savings..."
Martin Stephens, Planning Manager, JCDecaux
Bringing company law into the 21st century
Company law has been substantially rewritten to make it easier to understand, and more flexible to manage, especially for small businesses.
The changes have removed many outdated and often redundant rules such as the need to hold an AGM or employ a company secretary. Quoted companies can now communicate decisions with shareholders by email, saving thousands of pounds on mailouts.
"Companies have been able to communicate with shareholders electronically for a number of years; the wider powers in the new Companies Act allow companies to focus on developing state of the art electronic communications that are easier for shareholders to use whilst saving cost in terms of printing and paper."
David Jackson, Company Secretary, BP
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