Government to spend tens of millions more to crack down hard on tax fraud December 9, 2022 The Autumn Statement revealed that the government will spend an additional £79m to fight tax fraud in the next five years, as HMRC is promised greater resources to tackle the tax gap. This marks a 27 per cent increase on the £292m investment announced at last year’s Budget. Through the extra £79m, HMRC expects to raise an [...]
Hipgnosis boss ‘shares shareholder disappointment’ as star talent fails to revive flagging stock December 8, 2022 The music impresario behind the Hipgnosis songs fund – which has bought up back catalogues from a host of major artists – bemoaned his outfit’s lagging share price in a market update yesterday. “I share the disappointment of shareholders that the true value of our iconic songs is not being reflected in today’s share price,” [...]
Wise shares tumble after analysts predict ‘disruptor will get disrupted’ December 8, 2022 Shares in fintech firm Wise have plummeted today after a note from investment bank Liberum told investors to dump the stock over mounting competition fears.
Incorporating business purpose into corporate social responsibility: how and why December 8, 2022 | Sponsored Consumers, candidates and society, in general, seek to live in and create a much fairer world where the organisations they purchase from or are employed by mirror their personal values and purpose. This fairer world benefits all of us – especially young people facing a rapidly changing world. More and more organisations are placing social [...]
Millions of Brits to pull back on pension to ease unprecedented ‘financial squeeze’ December 7, 2022 Close to one in four Brits with a pension are considering withdrawing money from it, or stopping paying in, or reducing the size of their contributions, to ease the pressure on their finances, according to a survey. More than two-fifths of 16 to 24-year-olds and just under two-fifths of 25 to 34-year-olds are likely to [...]
Vodafone group CEO Nick Read to step down within weeks December 5, 2022 Vodafone chief Nick Read will exit the company at the end of December as its share price continues to plunge and investors are left increasingly disgruntled. After four years at the top spot, Read steered Vodafone through the pandemic, narrowing the company’s focus on Europe and Africa, and cutting costs. Nonetheless, telecom expert at CCS [...]
You Should Lay The Groundwork For Your 2023 Pay Rise Now December 5, 2022 There is no doubt it has been a tough year for many people. Inflation has skyrocketed, prices have risen across the board, with energy costs coming under particular scrutiny. Confirming the pressure many feel is the Bank of England’s just-released biannual household survey. The bank indicates that prices for consumers have increased by around 11% [...]
Link between long-Covid and work absence is strongest in older workers, ONS says December 5, 2022 A link between so-called ‘long Covid’ and absence from the labour market has been highlighted for the first time since the pandemic. Latest figures from the Office for National Statistics show 23.3 per cent of 16-64 year-olds with long-covid were economically inactive as of July of this year. This, compared to 21.4 per cent being [...]
Capital People: Meet the Bond Street watch dealer serving Daniel Craig and the uber-rich December 2, 2022 London watch dealer Raj Jain has an interesting backstory, having bought and sold rare, antique and luxury watches in both the UK and Mumbai since the 1980s. An industry stalwart, he has been based in London’s fabulous and famous Bond Street area for almost three decades with a watch shop that’s “like a museum” but [...]
City of entrepreneurs: Half of ALL Londoners aspire to set up own company in 2023 December 2, 2022 More than half of all Londoners have either started their own business or aspire to do so in 2023, compared to nearly a third of people overall across the UK. Making their own money and being their own boss are top of the agenda for Londoners, nearly one in five stating that they want to [...]
