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Concerns arise around cost of bottle recycling scheme
£1.8bn scheme designed to incentivise recycling.ICAS calls for rise in Scottish £500k charity audit threshold
Demand for Scottish auditors outpacing supply, ICAS says.Employers ramp up counter-offers to retain staff
Number of counter-offers increase by 51% in last 12 months.Four in ten experienced scam attempt in the last year
Average loss of funds was £4,715 per person.Corporate insolvencies down 6% in July
Insolvencies remain higher than pre-pandemic levels.Inflation falls to 6.8% in July
Flights and hotels keep prices high.Pay growth ends 18 month wage squeeze
Higher pay may alarm inflation-busting policymakers.One million more pulled into tax on savings
Over 2.7m will pay tax on cash interest in 2023/24.Govt. to reform personal insolvency framework
Policy will align framework with ‘the needs of 21st century stakeholders’.CIOT: remove CIS deductions on landlord payments
Construction tax rules ‘cause problems’ between tenants and landlords.