A new HM Revenue and Customs team has been set up to tackle the problem of employers who breach the rules on the national minimum wage.

Prospective tax rises and the return of VAT to the old rate of 17.5 per cent may have had an adverse effect on consumer confidence.

Online businesses saw sales soar during the Christmas period.

The minimum wage for young workers should be frozen in 2010 to make sure that efforts to tackle youth unemployment are not hampered.

The Association of British Insurers (ABI) has produced a series of proposals aimed at improving the returns that employees receive from defined contribution pensions.

Indications that the UK economy is emerging from recession were reinforced by new figures detailing an upturn in growth in the services industry.

The jobs market could be returning to its pre-credit crunch levels.

Shoppers in the UK who buy goods on the internet from countries outside the EU can now spend more without being liable to customs duty.

Self-assessment taxpayers are being reminded that the date for filing their returns is looming.

The government should use taxation to push the economy towards a more environment friendly basis.