It has been announced we are officially now in recession. However, the wheels have not fallen off the automotive retail sector and many companies have had a record first quarter. What is more of a...

Old hands in the auto retail industry will tell you that Bank holidays are good for business. But, as always, there is a caveat: it all depends on the weather. If the weather is poor, then customers...

by Harry Bott At the beginning of the year, Gordon Brown gave us a VAT reduction to 15% which caused a degree of business disruption as we all had to change our accounting systems. But at least we...

The VAT change will happen whether we like it or not. But the problem will be exacerbated by the way the holidays fall in the run-up to January 1. Of the 14 days before new year, seven are public...

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has recently decided that, if a worker is sick during a period of pre-planned annual leave, that worker must be allowed to take that holiday another time. And if it...