Small and medium-sized firms are being invited by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) to sign up to receive regular emails giving help and support.

Legal professionals, solicitors and hairdressers are among the latest groups to be targeted in a new tax crackdown by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC).

The first cash from the government £82.5 million Start-Up Loans scheme is now being distributed to young entrepreneurs, with the aim of helping to launch up to 30,000 new companies.

Changes to VAT arrangements, originally announced in the March 2012 Budget, take effect from 1 October.

HM Revenue & Customs has amended the advisory fuel rates for company cars with effect from 1 September 2012.

New measures designed to give firms more flexibility in managing their workforce and to cut employment red tape, have been announced.

More than half a million people will be saving in a workplace pension for the first time by Christmas, according to new government figures.