Reeves backs Invest in Women Taskforce as funding for female-led firms drops September 18, 2024 Rachel Reeves has backed the Invest in Women Taskforce after a new report revealed that the number of female founders who received private equity investment this year has dropped.
Cut beer duty by five per cent to create 12,000 jobs, pubs urge Chancellor September 18, 2024 Cutting beer duty by five per cent could create up to 12,000 jobs, a beer and pub association has urged the Chancellor ahead of next month’s Budget. The brewery and hospitality industries are urging the government to continue supporting them to invest and maintain the 1,040,000 jobs across the sector. Jobs could be at risk [...]
Scrapping inheritance tax break on AIM stocks risks ‘irrecoverable damage’, City warns September 18, 2024 London's AIM is under threat of "irrecoverable damage" if Labour scraps the inheritance tax relief on the junior market's stocks, City analysts have warned.
Haldane is right – the Chancellor’s doom-mongering is dangerous September 18, 2024 The stories we tell ourselves matter in economics, writes Paul Ormerod
UK tech faces talent exodus if founders are penalised by tax hikes September 17, 2024 Prime Minister Keir Starmer has promised that Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ first Budget will prioritise economic growth and wealth creation. But moves to hike taxes that will hurt Britain’s entrepreneurs are putting that pledge in doubt. As British businessman Sir Martin Sorrell warned in City A.M.: “Increasing capital gains tax, especially without index-linking or time apportionment, [...]
Yes, the UK needs more investment – just not necessarily by government September 17, 2024 After all, the public sector isn't always best suited to overseeing large scale investment projects like the disastrous HS2, writes Julian Jessop
‘Expensive triple lock’ needs to be reformed to get UK finances in order, OECD says September 16, 2024 "The current fiscal trajectory is unsustainable in the long term," the Paris-based organisation said.
Labour’s agenda risks serious economic damage September 16, 2024 Labour ministers, and even large parts of the public, might not shed a tear over the loss of these remote, almost abstract, purveyors of high-end financial services, but they should.
Reeves to scrap key infrastructure bodies as major projects suffer September 15, 2024 The National Infrastructure Commission (NIC) and the Infrastructure Projects Authority (IPA) will be merged into a single body.
Government must ‘offer hope’ to attract investment, CBI chief to argue September 12, 2024 The government must “have and offer hope” in order to attract global investors to bet on and back Britain, the chief executive of the Confederation for British Industry (CBI) will argue. In a rejection of No10 and the Treasury’s gloomy economic language, Rain Newton-Smith will use the CBI’s annual dinner in Glasgow to call for [...]