With the coalition Government committed to raising the proportion of revenue from environmental taxation, the CBI has published a new report calling on the Government to undertake an independent review of its existing environmental tax landscape.

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The number of green taxes and climate change policies has reached a ‘tipping point’ and will now start to affect jobs and investment in the UK, it has been warned.

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British people using secret Swiss bank accounts to dodge taxes are being targeted in a new deal orchestrated by Chancellor George Osborne.

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Shadow chancellor Ed Balls has called for an emergency temporary VAT reduction, allowing consumers greater financial freedom from rising taxes and prices.

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Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) will use new tools to find information on individuals and companies suspected of cheating on their taxes.

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The Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR) has released figures showing that the disposable income of households in the UK will fall by two percent in 2011, leaving incomes at their lowest peacetime level since 1921.

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A survey of more than 2,000 members of the British public shows the overwhelming majority of people believe that businesses are ‘good’ for Britain as long as they comply with the law, pay their taxes, and make a profit (82 percent).

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The Local Data Company, which tracks 800 UK town centres, has found that one in five shops is either facing closure or has already shut.

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New statistics from the Forum of Private Business suggest that recruitment confidence amongst Britain’s SMEs is dwindling.

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Small businesses have been warned that they should avoid using the Government’s Time to Pay (TTP) scheme as an alternative to seeking credit.

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The Trades Union Congress (TUC) has announced that the Government’s ambition to be the ‘greenest Government ever’ is missing its targets.

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Official figures have shown that more than half a million new companies have been formed under the Coalition Government.

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Small businesses across the UK are the country’s best chance of seeing economic growth, according to an industry expert.

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Puma has published a paper detailing its impact on the environment, becoming the first major corporation in the world to do so.

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UK workers are seventh worst off in the world in terms of tax, and pay more than employees in the US and Japan.

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The CBI called on the Chancellor to use his March Budget to score the growth and investment policy goals he put forward in his Autumn Statement and give the UK economy and jobs a real boost.

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Chancellor George Osborne today expressed his ambition to make the UK a world leader in using and promoting open data.

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UK business secretary Vince Cable has announced that he wants all banks to publish lending figures to SMEs and to give full details of why customers are turned down for loans.

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A new report has revealed the true issues with living standards in Britain, giving figures that show 20 million people in the UK have cut their spending in the first half of 2011.

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