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		<title>Pensions Auto Enrolment Workshop Organised by REC</title>
		<description><![CDATA[May 17th will see the first of a number of workshops organised by REC (Recruitment and Employment Confederation) on the subject of pension auto-enrolment for small businesses and employers. This comes ahead of the change in legislation in October 2012 ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bedouingroup.com/news/pensions-auto-enrolment-workshop-organised-by-rec-1652</link>
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		<title>PCG Launches Freelancer Magazine Online</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Contractors will see their own magazine launched online this week as PCG&#8217;s in-house publication Freelancing Matters website goes live . The  website aims to be a source of freelance news, comments and blogs that will fill the gap between the ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bedouingroup.com/news/pcg-launches-freelancer-magazine-online-1647</link>
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		<title>Contractor Tax Deadlines for 2011</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Contractors who manage their own limited companies can now keep abreast of the latest tax deadlines thanks to a new pdf download available from HMRC. This useful download will mean that contractors (or their accountants) should be available to avoid ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bedouingroup.com/news/contractor-tax-deadlines-for-2011-1643</link>
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		<title>Remote Working on the Increase</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A survey by the  Orange National Business Awards recently revealed that around 67% of British businesses believe that advances in technology will mean massive changes over the next ten years. More than 40% of those who took part in the survey ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bedouingroup.com/news/remote-working-on-the-increase-1640</link>
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		<title>Contractors Go Green</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Contractors who work in the UK energy sector should hopefully be seeing more work as the government tries to enhance its environmental credentials and more and more companies turn to energy efficient working styles. Recruitment firm Roevin Engineering this week ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bedouingroup.com/news/contractors-go-green-1637</link>
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		<title>HMRC Brings in the Heavies in Aggressive Dash for Cash</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Those contractors with money still outstanding on their taxes will be interested to hear that HMRC have hired over 1,100 new temporary staff in order to have a large push to reclaim lost revenue. In an article in the Daily ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bedouingroup.com/news/hmrc-brings-in-the-heavies-in-aggressive-dash-for-cash-1633</link>
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		<title>Contractors in Space</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Contractors whose skills are needed to support the space sector could be about to see a benefit from the coalition&#8217;s fresh focus on certain priority research and technology areas, including access to space and telecommunications. Having recognised the potential for ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bedouingroup.com/news/contractors-in-space-1628</link>
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		<title>Public Sector Contractors Offered Chance to Present Ideas</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Contractors with experience of working in the public sector who have ideas on how to increase efficiency, productivity or quality in public sector services will now have a chance to have those ideas heard. The Cabinet Office is looking for ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bedouingroup.com/news/public-sector-contractors-offered-chance-to-present-ideas-1624</link>
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		<title>PCG to Represent Contractors on IR35 Forum</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Professional Contractors Group (PCG) have become the first group to be invited to take part in the government&#8217;s IR35 forum, a forum that has been set up in order to evaluate and monitor HMRC&#8217;s ability to properly and fairly ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bedouingroup.com/news/pcg-to-represent-contractors-on-ir35-forum-1621</link>
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		<title>EU Finally Acknowledges Micro-businesses</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A key report from the European Commission has finally drawn a distinction between Small and Medium Enterprises and micro-businesses. The Small Business Act (SBA), passed recently, is the first European report to go on record as recognising the value of ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bedouingroup.com/news/eu-finally-acknowledges-micro-businesses-1618</link>
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