Earlier this month the ECJ ruled that employers should pay VAT on retail vouchers handed out to staff as part of their salary sacrifice scheme. This landmark ruling has caused a bit of a stir in the employee benefits industry, with speculation that other salary sacrifice schemes could be open to review. One of the [...]

I was reading this morning that the Government has ordered a review of the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) framework guidance. The guidance includes learning goals for children under 5 and has historically split opinion amongst parents and childcarers. Some think it offers children the best start in life regardless of their background, whilst others [...]

For parents looking to start using childcare vouchers, or employees looking to introduce a scheme to staff, now is the time to do it. As I mentioned in my last post, we’re in a strong position under the coalition Government, but there are changes in store next year. From 6th April 2011, childcare voucher scheme [...]

The government published full details of their coalition agreement last week. You can read it on our News/Publications page. The agreement states that, overall, the most pressing task for the Government is debt reduction and this morning, George Osborne revealed that spending cuts of £6.2 billion will be made. Amongst the cuts is the removal [...]