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Service sector recovery stutters

Bad and a rise in VAT led to an unexpected slowing in Britain's service sector last month.

Markit, Paul Smith

IP boost from Darling

The Pre-Budget Report announcement of a "patent box" regime with a 10% rate of corporation tax on income from patent rights will help stem the exodus of businesses with intellectual property (IP) rights from the UK.

Benelux, Controlled Foreign Companies legislation, Grant Thornton, Paul Smith, Pre-Budget Report, The Treasury

Service sector bouncing back

The service sector showed its strongest activity since the start of the credit crunch in October, a purchasing managers survey showed today.

Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply, Markit, Paul Smith

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