Employee Finance & Tax
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Whether they're Millennials starting out on their careers or middle managers or senior executives taking up a new post, relocating employees and international assignees need to hit the ground running if they are to maximise their employer's ROI.
Arranging their finances – from tax and banking to pensions and foreign exchange – can play an important part in helping international assignees settle quickly in their new environment and focus on their new role from day one. This section contains a wealth of practical financial guidance – essential reading for both employees and employers.
Latest Employee Finance News
Expats enthuse about settling in Gulf states
Gulf states occupy five of the top ten places in the world where expatriates find it easiest to settle, according to a new index from InterNations.
Latest Tax News
Businesses say rate hike must not choke growth
Business leaders in the UK are pinning their hopes on incentives to boost growth in the Government's Autumn Statement later this month, after the Bank of England raised interest rates to three per cent on Thursday.
Banking
UK sees only marginal GDP slowdown
The UK economy shrank in the second quarter by much less than economists had been forecasting, according to official figures published on Thursday.
UK recession warning as rates rise
Business groups reacted with grim resignation on Thursday as the Bank of England raised the base interest rate by half a percentage point to 1.75%, representing the biggest rise in 27 years and the highest rate in the UK since 2008.
ECB set to force more relocations from UK
More senior figures in UK-based investment banks could be forced by the European Central Bank to relocate to post-Brexit hubs established in the eurozone.
Foreign Exchange
Bank of England raises interest rates by 0.25%
The long-anticipated move returns the UK base rate to its pre-EU referendum level as inflation exceeds its target and unemployment is at an historic low.
Global Cost of Living
‘Give migration experts visa powers’ - CBI Head
The panel of experts that advises the UK government on immigration matters should be given independent powers to relax visa requirements to solve current skills shortages, according to the head of the nation's largest business organisation.
