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UK - The Inland Revenue has removed an anomaly which had led to the "double counting" of car and fuel benefits in tax calculations.

UK - Workplace problems are the main reason people use employee assistance programmes, a survey by PPC Worldwide shows.

UK - Property investment in the West End reached a record high of £1.39bn over the second quarter of 2004, Jones Lang LaSalle claims.

UK - British Airways chairman Lord Marshall has hit out at new corporate governance guidelines which were forcing him to stand down because he reached the age of 70.

UK - A growing number of employers are looking at ways of reducing early retirement costs, Watson Wyatt claims.

UK - Financial services firms with high compliance standards are to be recognised at an awards dinner in September.

UK - Legal & General is calling for more industry involvement in the design of property investment funds.

UK - The Pensions Management Institute claims the government should be applauding trustees for the way they have addressed issues raised by the Myners Report.

UK - National Association of Pension Funds' fears that impending legislation will kill defined benefit provision have been reinforced by a Watson Wyatt survey.

UK - The National Association of Pension Fund's corporate governance service RREV is considering changing its stance on company directors' length of service and independence.