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Monday, 30 November 2009

The UK Border Agency has today released recent statistics on immigration and asylum cases. The figures show that overall net migration to the UK has fallen – however half a million migrants still come to the UK looking for jobs and to study.

The UK Border Agency figures show that applications for asylum have dropped  5,055 for the third quarter of 2009 – a 24 per cent reduction compared to the same quarter in 2008. Decisions on asylum cases have risen 38 percent compared with the case quarter in 2008 with the number of approvals falling 12 percent.

The figures also show that migration to the UK from Eastern Europeans coming to the UK work under the Worker Registration Scheme have dropped to 29,085 – down from 41,265 during the same period last year.

Border and Immigration Minister Phil Woolas has said:

“Net-migration is falling, showing that migrants come to the UK for short periods of time, work, contribute to the economy and then return home.”

However, figures published by the Office for National Statistics shows and increase in migration to the UK. Despite the recession, the latest figures show that migration to the UK is still rising with more and more migrants wishing to settle in the UK. Figures show that 590,000 immigrants came to settle in the UK in 2008 – up from 574,000 in 2007

 

 

 

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Tax Relief on SIA Licence Fee

29 November 2009 Great News for security officer  :

Refrence website             http://sia.homeoffice.gov.uk/home/about_sia/news/nr_040524.htm

 SIA negotiates tax relief for security workers
The Security Industry Authority has gained agreement from the Inland Revenue for the SIA licence fee to be tax deductible – which is great news for those employed in the private security industry.
The Inland Revenue has agreed to update existing tax relief regulations so that SIA licence fees paid by workers in the private security industry will qualify for the relief.

Security workers who pay their own licence fee will be able to claim tax relief against their taxable income. For a worker paying the basic rate of tax the relief is worth £41.80, and for those on a higher tax rate the relief is £76.80.

There will also be no tax or national insurance liability where an employer is paying the fee on behalf of employees.

The Inland Revenue regulation that covers the relief is The Income Tax (Professional Fees) Order 2004 SI No.1360.

To claim the relief contact your nearest Inland Revenue enquiry centre, details of which can be found in the telephone book or on the Inland Revenue’s web site

To locate your local nearest Inland Revenue enquiry centre and their contact number click the following link :

http://search2.hmrc.gov.uk/kbroker/hmrc/locator/locator.jsp?type=1

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Google to challenge Microsoft and Apple

November 21, 2009

GOOGLE’S new operating system, which is designed to bypass computer hard drives and work via the internet, got its first public preview on Thursday.

Chrome OS, due to be released in about a year, could pose the first real competition for Microsoft’s and Apple’s computer operating systems.

Chrome’s main difference is that applications and other materials that normally exist on hard drives will live online.

It will initially only be available for the small netbook computers that use solid-state drives.

One of the main advantages of the operating system, as extolled by Google’s product manager, Sundar Pichai, is speed.

At a news conference at the company’s US headquarters in California, the entire online system appeared on the screen of a demonstration computer less than 10 seconds after rebooting.

Mr Pichai compared it to hitting the ”on” button of a television. ”You turn it on, and you should be on the web,” he said.

The operating system’s on-screen interface looks much like a browser. On top are tabs showing programs for email, documents, a chess game, an e-reader and other offerings.

Panels that pop up from the bottom of the screen can be used to play music, for instant messaging or to show a quick video while browsing the web or doing work.

Mr Pichai said simplicity was the aim for consumers. ”We just want computers to be delightful and work,” he said.

One of the keys to Chrome’s success will likely be how much users can do with it, given that it will not be using much of the software in common use now.

Mr Pichai announced that the company would make the system’s computer code public so that outside developers could start making applications for it.

Google released an animated video on YouTube (which it owns) to explain Chrome OS.

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