Late commercial payments: charging interest and debt recovery
Interest on late commercial payments If you are a supplier of goods and services and another business own your unpaid invoices, you can claim statutory interest on the rate of 8% plus the Bank of England base rate and the recovery cost under the Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998 (“the Act”)…
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Trust Registration Service – Important information for all Trustees
From October 2020 HM Revenue & Customs extended the requirement for all eligible Trusts to be registered with their Trust Registration Service (TRS). The TRS is a register which contains the details of the beneficial ownership of Trusts. The TRS will hold details of Trusts whether the Trust is liable to pay tax or…
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COVID and Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit
It seems that the consideration for additional conditions to the Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit is the theme of our articles lately. Following on from our recent article on heat, which you can read here, the government appears to be considering allowing those who work for the NHS to claim IIDB when suffering from the…
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Compensation limits – Will the FSCS increase them for pensions in line with the Financial Ombudsman Services increase?
If you have been provided with negligent financial advice, you can make a complaint to the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) or to the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) for compensation. This is to try and recover any losses that you have suffered and to put you back in the position you would have been…
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Unprecedented difficulties with dental treatment in the UK
Research has found that 9 in 10 NHS dental practices across the UK are not accepting new adult patients for treatment under the health service. 8 in 10 dental practices are not taking on children. The British Dental Association has said that NHS dentistry was at a ‘tipping point’ after a decade of under-investment.…
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Working at Heights can have Catastrophic Results
Certain roles carry an inherent risk and working at heights presents obvious challenges in terms of employees’ health and safety. The HSE website gives clear advice and sets out that, even if a job takes mere minutes, sensible precautions (such as harnesses for example) should be taken. Anyone working at height should be properly…
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When is it too hot to work? Elevated temperatures and the current Workplace Regulations.
The South China Morning post has recently reported that the Chinese Labour Chief, Chris Sun yuk-han has refused to make heatstroke an occupational disease after Hong Kong has recently suffered record temperatures. Something we believe everyone here in the UK also has some sympathy with lately. An observatory in Hong Kong has shown that…
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Wrong use of inhalers placing asthma suffers at risk
Research by charity, Asthma + Lung UK[1], has found that as many as one in five people with Asthma may be unknowingly using the wrong inhaler. There are two types of inhaler: A reliever inhaler, which reduces symptoms, and: A preventer inhaler, which should be used on a daily basis to keep down inflammation and swelling in…
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Noise and the Nightclub Worker
Loud music and noise are seen as essential parts of the events industry. Inevitably, this leads to staff at major risk of hearing problems and deafness.
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