Payroll

May- 2019 -

28 May

How Making Tax Digital is going to help the retail sector

Shop closures are an all too familiar scene. A recent study by The Guardian found that English and Welsh town centres have lost 8% of their shops on average since 2013 (equating to 40 shops per town centre). While the sector is riding the waves of a storm, the digitisation…

Nov- 2018 -

15 November

Retailers

Lewis Catchpole

Beaverbrooks operating profit increases to £13.7m

Operating profit before discretionary payments at Beaverbrooks the Jewellers increased to £13.7m during the 53 weeks ended 3 March 2018, its newly published accounts reveal. The company’s annual report and financial statements showed a £1.4m operating profit increase from £12.3m to £13.7m in the 2017/18 period. Annual turnover also increased…

Aug- 2018 -

6 August

Features

Alessandro Carrara

Tests, drugs and the payroll – understanding your obligations as an employer

According to a survey carried out in 2015 on employees from a range of sectors, nearly a third admitted using drugs at work, with a significant number claiming to be ‘under the influence’ every working day. In fact, many of those admitting to taking drugs were using cannabis or other…

Jul- 2018 -

19 July

Retailers

Alessandro Carrara

‘Phantom hours’ costing UK businesses £37m a week

A survey of shift workers in the retail, hospitality and leisure industries has found staff to be overstating their working hours by an average of almost half an hour a week. Staff rota scheduling firm Rotaready, which conducted the survey, said these ‘phantom hours’ are costing UK businesses as much…

Aug- 2017 -

2 August

Appointments

Michael Northcott

EDITOR’S COMMENT: What now for the CMJ?

Much ink has been spilled by the trade press over the sudden and barely explicated departure of Willie Hamilton, the polarising chief executive of the Company of Master Jewellers. Apart from those at the top, it would seem nobody knew he was about to vacate his post, and those in…

Oct- 2016 -

7 October

Retailers

Tom Davis

Beaverbrooks to support Payroll Giving campaign

Beaverbrooks the Jewellers has announced its support for the launch of a new phase of the Geared for Giving campaign. The campaign, which is calling for every employer in the UK with over 250 employees to offer Payroll Giving to their staff, aims to double the amount raised for charities…

Nov- 2015 -

25 November

Current Affairs

Tom Davis

BRC welcomes extension of business rates review

The British Retail Consortium (BRC) has welcomed the extension of the business rates review announced in Chancellor George Osborne’s Autumn Statement today. A major overhaul of the business rates system was announced earlier this year, with uniform rates set to be abolished. Local councils will, by 2020, be able to…

Aug- 2012 -

15 August

Current Affairs