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I watched Jeremy Hunt’s Autumn Statement today - there was a bit of good news for everyone I thought. There was certainly a more optimistic feel with this speech compared to last year’s Autumn Statement. He mentioned the headline inflation falling from 11.1% to 4.6%...

This years Autumn statement hopefully won’t be a repeat of last years mini-budget delivered in September 2022. The past year has been a year of challenges for both individuals and businesses in the UK. This Autumn Statement comes with a general election fast...

In the run up to the Autumn Statement, my thoughts had been more focused upon business stimulation and investment over personal gain to provide a boost in what seems like an increasingly flat economy for many. It had been suggested to me that the corporation tax rate...

Bit disappointed to be honest after the big build up this week. National Insurance (NI) cut was expected, but there's not much else to shout about in the latest Autumn Statement. No changes to income tax allowances resulting in more people paying tax where salaries...

The Autumn Statement was not expected to give much away and the Chancellor has confirmed this during his statement. Support for limited companies is being given with the full expensing of capital expenditure being made permanent. I am unable to get excited by this as...

How different this Autumn Statement was compared to previous years, where Jeremy Hunt reversed the vast majority of the announcements made in the mini budget by Kwasi Kwarteng and Liz Truss back in September 2022. Following the turmoil caused by the mini budget last...

Announcements that benefit who exactly? News prior to the Autumn Statement indicated that Jeremy Hunt was going to help businesses, and as someone that provides services to many small businesses, I was excited to hear what he had to say. However having listened to the...

My thoughts on today's Autumn Statement... National Insurance was introduced in 1911 and has changed and expanded ever since. Our history of Classes 1, 2, 3 and 4, has today changed to remove Class 2 contributions.  This will save self employed workers £3.45 per...