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Released today, lending and savings figures from the BSA show that building societies approved 29% of all new mortgages in Q3 2017, and savers deposited £1.3 billion in building society accounts.
Chris Bryce, CEO of IPSE, urges MPs to stop a ‘disastrous’ policy decision that will ‘unfairly punish’ one of the most productive sectors of our workforce.
Ahead of the Budget, Conservative MP Bob Blackman urges the Chancellor to take note of the Taylor Review recommendations on how best to support the self-employed.
The Road Haulage Association writes in advance of the Budget in which it wants the Chancellor to ensure smooth border and customs checks for hauliers post Brexit, to work with the sector to help reduce the 45,000 driver shortage and to cut fuel duty by 3 pence per litre.
British workers have already lost almost a week in wages because of the historic vote for Brexit, new analysis has claimed.
New analysis from the Equality and Human Rights Commission shows that the poorest in society are being hit the hardest and are set to lose 10% of their incomes; whilst the richest will lose barely 1%.
Lloyd Blankfein, the chief executive of Goldman Sachs, has suggested Britain hold another referendum on whether to quit the European Union.
Conservative MP, Steve Double urges the Chancellor to show that Britain is both Brexit-ready and open for business by cutting Air Passenger Duty
Ahead of the Budget on 22nd November, UKLPG is calling on the Chancellor to reconsider the Climate Change Levy (CCL) proposals which threaten Scotland’s climate change and energy strategy by stifling rural decarbonisation efforts.
Chris Sanger, Head of Tax Policy at EY, predicts what he expects to see in Hammond’s first Autumn Budget.
Jacob Rees-Mogg has urged the Government to follow through on the controversial pledge to hand £350m a week to the NHS after Britain quits the EU.
Today, home furnishings retailer IKEA announces total sales of £1.814 billion in the UK for the financial year ending 31 August 2017 (FY17), an uplift of +5.8% compared to the previous year. This is IKEA UK’s sixth consecutive year of growth, with a +57% increase in sales over the last six years.
The UK could end up “like an old people’s home that can’t pay for itself” after Brexit, George Freeman has warned.
The Government's fiscal watchdog should use climate change data in its economic forecasting, John McDonnell has said.
Philip Hammond is sounding out the implications of a Budget revamp of VAT for small firms that could raise up to £2bn a year for the Treasury.
Philip Hammond should take National Insurance payments from pensioners to help struggling millennials, a leading thinktank has said.
A new report by design, engineering and project management consultancy, Atkins, has found that a risk adverse culture within the infrastructure sector and a lack of certainty about which new technologies to invest in could cost the UK millions of pounds in efficiency savings and restrict the ability of its businesses to capitalise on the global digital revolution. Atkins became a member of the SNC-Lavalin Group on July 3, 2017.
A former government minister has called for an end to austerity - and warned the Conservatives will lose the next election if public spending cuts continue.
The social and economic value that responsible finance providers generate is significant; for every £1 responsible finance providers lend, they generate £7 in economic value, says Responsible Finance.
Shadow Business and International Trade Minister Bill Esterson calls for a judge-led inquiry into RBS due to "inappropriate action taken by some at RBS and at other banks" which has he writes "caused much pain for those involved and accelerated a breakdown in trust".
Mark Carney has said business investment in Britain is falling behind the rest of the world as a result of Brexit uncertainty.
Mark Carney has said the fall in the pound after the EU referendum was a key factor in the decision to raise interest rates for the first time in over ten years.
The Government will publish an edited version of papers detailing the impact of Brexit on the economy, the Leader of the Commons has said.
The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has increased rates to 0.5%. The MPC had cut the base interest rate to an historic low of 0.25% in August 2016, two months after the EU referendum.