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Find out about green taxes for businesses - tax relief for becoming more energy efficient and schemes for off-setting your environmental impact.
Environmental taxes encourage your business to operate in a more…
Climate Change Levy (CCL) is paid at either the: main rates carbon price…
You can claim capital allowances when you buy energy efficient, or low or…
You pay tax on top of your normal landfill fees if your business gets rid…
This is a tax on sand, gravel and rock that’s either been: dug from the…
The UK Emissions Trading Scheme (UK ETS) covers all businesses from…
This is a tax on finished plastic packaging components that contain less…
Employment status (worker, employee, self-employed, director or contractor) affects employment rights and employer responsibilities in the workplace
In employment law a person’s employment status helps determine: their…
A person is generally classed as a ‘worker’ if: they have a contract or…
An employee is someone who works under an employment contract. A person…
An employee shareholder is someone who works under an employment contract…
A person is self-employed if they run their business for themselves and…
Company directors run limited companies on behalf of shareholders.…
A person who’s been appointed to a position by a company or organisation…
A court or employment tribunal (known as an industrial tribunal in…
Minimum wage rates for different types of paid employment - time work, output work, unmeasured work, salaried hours work.
The National Minimum Wage is worked out at an hourly rate, but it applies…
Workers paid according to the number of hours they are at work are classed…
Most people paid an annual salary are classed as doing ‘salaried hours…
Workers paid per task they perform or piece of work they do (known as…
If the work is not covered by any of the other types of work, it’s…
Low Newton is a prison and young offender institution (YOI) in Brasside, near Durham, for women aged 18 and over.
The Ministry of Defence (MOD) carries out low flying for training across the UK - low flying areas (LFAs), tactical training areas (TTAs)
A contract is an agreement between employee and employer setting out implied and explicit terms and conditions - written statement of particulars, collective agreements
Estimates are the means of obtaining from Parliament, the legal authority to consume resources and spend cash the government needs to finance department's agreed spending programme
Information for students about what living cost funding is available (including student finance for 2026 to 2027 and 2025 to 2026) for those living in England.
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