HM REVENUE and Customs has announced that it will publish the names, business details and addresses of companies and individuals that have deliberately underpaid their taxes. A spokesperson for Peterborough-based accountants Rawlinsons said: “Within the…
BUSINESS managers should take responsibility for helping employees improve their time-management skills, according to Peterborough Chamber of Commerce. This in turn would benefit the business, as by placing added emphasis on helping their staff to…
A NEW customer service centre is set to open in Peterborough, with the creation of 18 jobs. National company AB Agri is bucking the trend in the recession by employing the new staff in the…
A LIST of all the important things good managers do all the time has been published by the Chartered Institute of Personal Development (CIPD) and the conciliation service ACAS. Poor people management is too often…
INCREASING numbers of businesses are turning to psychics for advice during the recession, according to Russell Grant (left). Mr Grant’s psychic team says that previously one in every three calls was love-related. Now it’s evident…
Failure of majority shareholder may result in bid for whole company SHARES in Peterborough-based travel giant Thomas Cook have risen following the news that another German company is interested in acquiring the shares belonging to…
REGULATIONS to enforce the payment of employment tribunal claims could include the use of bailiff-style enforcement officers, Peterborough businesses have been warned. According to Peterborough-based solicitors Roythorne Christmas, officers could break into company premises and seize…
Email motoring advice service launched MOTORING journalist Ralph Morton has joined Peterboroughbusiness.co.uk as business motoring columnist. Click here to read the column. Every month Ralph’s advice and observations on the world of business motoring will…
A PETERBOROUGH recruitment consultant spent a day as a temp this week to mark National Temporary Workers’ Week. Nel Woolcott, who works at Anne Corder Recuitment, swapped her desk at the agency’s Park Road office…
HERE’S a carefully-cropped version of the front cover of June’s magazine from the city council (see below). The feature on page nine didn’t quite live up to the promise of the cover. Your Peterborough is…