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The latest flooring headlines from floorinsite for the contract and residential sectors covering all aspects of your flooring business.
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Ageing Population Will Compound Skills Shortage
Employers will face a serious skills shortage over the next 20 years if they do not act to promote greater…
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Start-Ups To Hit Record Number In 2015
The number of new start-ups starting business in 2015 is expected to reach a record 600,000, according to StartUp Britain.…
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Help To Buy Eases Pressure On Families To Fund Deposits
Over half of prospective first-time buyers say that they would use the government’s Help to Buy scheme to help them…
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Summer Budget Must Provide Stability And Certainty, Says CBI
The chancellor should use the Summer Budget on 8 July to ensure that businesses of all sizes have the stability…
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Future Retirees Predict Lower Standard Of Living
Future retirees aged 45 to 55 years-old expect to retire on around a fifth less than people retiring in 2015,…
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HMRC Relaxes PAYE Late Filing Penalties
HMRC will begin relaxing automatic late filing penalties for people who send PAYE information late, officials have indicated. The revenue…
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Envirocall secure Midlands Waste Transfer Licence
Envirocall Limited, the specialist asbestos removal and management company based at Elmdon House in Coleshill have successfully achieved a Waste…
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Employers ‘Feel The Pinch’ Of Skills Shortages
More than three quarters of employers have experienced recruitment difficulties in the past year, according to research by the Chartered…
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Pension Freedoms Prove Popular
Around 60,000 people have taken part of their pension as cash in the 10 weeks since the government’s pension freedoms…
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Apprenticeships To Be Given Legal Protection
The government has kicked off its plans to create 3 million new apprenticeships by granting the term legal protection, the…
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Lone Star Funds signs agreement to acquire Balta Group
Lone Star Funds, a global private equity firm, have signed a definitive agreement to acquire Balta Group, the leading European…
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Optimism For First-Time Buyer Market Grows
Confidence in the first-time buyer market has grown over the past 3 years, a report by Halifax has suggested. The…
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Business Rates Review Must Create ‘Fair’ System, Says CBI
The government’s ongoing business rate review must aim to create a ‘simple, fair and competitive system’, the Confederation of British…
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Households Prioritise Possessions Over Life Insurance Protection
Fewer than 4 in 10 people view life insurance as essential, according to a report by Scottish Widows. The research,…
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Flexible Working Not Included In Job Descriptions In Adverts
Employers do not include flexible working on job descriptions, research by Timewise has found. Just 6% of all jobs with…
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Retired Households Face Higher Tax Bills
Retired households face an average annual tax bill of £6,500, research by Prudential has found. Analysis of data from the…
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Employees Value Inclusive Workplace
More than half of employees want their workplace to have an inclusive ‘family feel’, a survey by the Chartered Institute…
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Intellectual Property Theft Puts Business Development At Risk
A quarter of businesses with intellectual property rights have had their patent violated over the past 5 years, research by…
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Company Sick Pay Not Available To Third Of Workers
More than a third of UK workers are not entitled to company sick pay, according to a survey by LV=.…
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Life Insurance Payouts Fail To Match Mortgage Costs
Under-insurance is causing a ‘protection gap’ for UK families planning to use life insurance payouts to pay down their mortgage.…
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UTC Swindon is first joint Johnson Matthey Sustainability Award winner
UTC Swindon, the specialist engineering university technical college, and Johnson Matthey Fuel Cells, have jointly won the 2013/14 Johnson Matthey…
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Gypsumtools Sponsor Rising Motocross Star
A young, up and coming Motocross star has been given a handy boost thanks to sponsorship from UK plastering supplies…
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Stand Out For Less With Which Trusted Traders
NSCC is delighted to be working with Which? to offer NSCC Specialist Contractors a discount on their first year’s membership…
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Become a B&Q Homefit Approved Tradesman
B&Q is looking for NSCC Specialist Contractors to become B&Q Homefit Approved Tradesmen in a number of trades across the…
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Build UK To Provide Stronger Industry Voice
The new representative organisation for the contracting supply chain, which will be formed as a result of the merger between…
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