June 2010

Here’s what’s been hitting the headlines over recent weeks:

FEATURE ARTICLE

Emergency budget better for construction than feared: On June 22nd the most eagerly anticipated Budget in recent years, containing significant changes to personal and business taxation, was delivered by the new Chancellor George Osbourne. MORE...

NEWS ROUND-UP

Growth is coming: Ship Shape senses signs of market recovery with a 30% uplift in recruitment demand. MORE...

HMRC is bank of last resort: Recent company insolvency figures could be hiding a tsunami of company failures as HMRC increasingly flexes its muscles. MORE...

Construction staff fourth most sought after: According to the KPMG Report on Jobs and the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) construction and engineering staff are the fourth most sought after types of workers. MORE...

Contractor fined after lift fatality: The Kent-based contractor J.Brown Services has been fined £20,000 and ordered to pay £25,000 in costs after a fitter was crushed to death in a lift accident. MORE...

LDA seeks Gallions Quarter developers: The London Development Agency (LDA) is searching for development partners for its site in the Albert Basin in East London’s Royal Docks. MORE...

Piccadilly work could be delayed: There is continued uncertainty about the work on the London Underground network as it looks likely that an upgrade of the Piccadilly line will be put back by delays on work on the Northern line. MORE...

Call for clarity in IR35 review: A contractor accountancy firm has called for the review of IR35 to focus on clarity. MORE...

Taxman’s convictions fall: The number of criminal convictions for tax offences against individuals secured by HMRC has fallen by 28 percent year on year. MORE...

Should contractors use the HMRC contract review service?: According to Seb Maley from Qdos Consulting the answer to that question is an emphatic no. MORE...

ODA sources sustainable PVC: The ODA has procured a new and more sustainable type of PVC for the Olympic Stadium project in a move that the ODA hopes will have an impact throughout the project’s supply chain. MORE...

Olympics wind turbine scrapped: The plans to build a massive wind turbine at the Olympic Park are to be scrapped. MORE...

First Glass Panels Installed on Shard: The first of the 11,000 glass panels that will make up the façade of London Bridge’s Shard of Glass skyscraper were recently installed. MORE...

Crossrail advertises Liverpool Street contract: Crossrail has issued invitations to tender for another contract, the £35 million construction project for the construction of the Liverpool Street power substation. MORE...

Crossrail invites bids for Connaught Tunnel: Crossrail has given contractors the opportunity to bid for the refurbishment of Connaught Tunnel, a Victorian tunnel located in the docklands. MORE...

HMRC to host iXBRL show: On Wednesday 30th June HMRC will be holding an exhibition to promote systems for filing Corporation Tax information in the inline extensible Business Reporting Language (iXBRL) format for companies and anyone involved in submitting online company tax returns. MORE...

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