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Autumn Statement reaction from Craig Weavers
The tax rises announced during today's Autumn Statement were inevitable following the recent economic turmoil. The Chancellor unveiled a plan on how the Government will repay the immense amounts borrowed for the Covid support packages whilst also supporting households...
Autumn Statement reaction from Graham McNeill
The Autumn Statement was made today (17 Nov 2022) by the Chancellor to MP’s in the House of Commons. Following the debacle of Kwasi Kwarteng's mini-budget, this Autumn Budget was to try and restore order to Britain’s finances. Jeremy Hunt the Chancellor has...
Autumn Statement reaction from Lucy Orrow
Our new(ish) Chancellor set out his plans for the coming years in today's Autumn Statement - Stability, Growth and Public Services. He unusually started with the tax changes – maybe to get the bad news out first. It has been clear over the recent weeks, touted on TV...
Helping staff with the cost of living crisis
The cost of living crisis is likely to have a significant impact on many employees. Businesses will also be adversely effected with inflationary pressure and increased costs. A business may wish to consider alternative ways it can provide extra support to its...
Increasing energy prices
Recently the UK has been experiencing unprecedented increases to energy prices. On top of this there are other rising costs, a shortage in the labour market, and adverse exchange rate movements which are impacting on costs and increasing inflation. Many businesses...
More reaction to the mini-Budget U-turns
After the announcements this morning (17 Oct) by the current Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, Chapter 10 of the IR35 Legislation which was due to be repealed will now stay in place. This means that the decision on if engagements are caught by the IR35 rules will remain with...
Mike Carabine comments on the Chancellor’s Statement (17Oct)
“Plus Ca Change le Plus Ca la Meme Chose” - again I apologise for recycling a sub heading I used in one of my first ever website articles (about West Ham United at the time, as you asked). If football isn’t your thing then perhaps I could compare the events of the...
Nick Forsyth reaction to Government U-turns
When Norman Lamont put up the base rate 5% in one day before conceding defeat and reducing it back to 12% (yes 12%) by nightfall, you could be excused for thinking “we will never see anything like that again” - but here we are 30 years later and eating an even larger...
Pensions. Planning for your future or planning for now?
We are all aware that putting money into a pension enables us to save for our future retirement - but have you considered the savings that are available now? Each year, we all have up to £40,000 of annual allowance for pension contributions. If you are an employee,...
IR35 changes announced in the mini-budget
In the recent mini-budget delivered on 23 September 2022, there was an unexpected change announced to the off-payroll working rules known as IR35. The reforms of 2017 and 2021 will be repealed from 6 April 2023. This means we will go back to contractors providing...
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