People claiming tax credits have been told that they should tell HM Revenue and Customs if their circumstances have changed, to make sure they don't get more cash than they should.

Starting this coming April, claimants in households where income goes up in excess of £5,000 for that tax year are going to face a reduction in how much they get in tax credits that year.

As people chasing career development and claiming credits might know, previously, it was income rises of £10,000 that came with a reduction in tax credits.

Capita’s consulting business is the latest company to join the Institute of Consulting’s growing practice membership base.

Capita works with leading organisations in the private and public sectors to help transform business processes by increasing efficiencies and identifying cost saving opportunities.

As part of the membership, The Institute of Consulting will be working with Capita’s Talent Management Practice (TMP), which supports the professional development of all new management consultants, upon joining the business.

The Institute of Consulting today held it's presentation lunch and handed out its regional awards for outstanding contribution to business and economic activity across Northern Ireland.

Speaking at the "Catching the Rising Tide" lunch held in Titanic, Belfast, Martin Rice, Northern Ireland Regional Chair of the Institute of Consulting said: "It's during tough times like these that the roles of the business consultant and the Institute of Consulting are becoming increasingly important across the island of Ireland.

Last Friday (June 8th) both the Institute of Consulting website and the National Consultants' Register were temporarily unavailable, affecting access to the sites and online resources during the morning.

We discovered that the downtime was as a result of a technical failure at our hosting supplier, which took the morning to resolve. This failure affected all of their clients, not just the Institute of Consulting. We have been advised by the supplier that the fault has been fixed and appropriate measures are being taken to ensure it does not happen again.