Spring Budget 2024: Small firms left waiting for more as VAT change gets lukewarm reception March 6, 2024 Small businesses have been left waiting for more following today's Spring Budget announcement.
Spring Budget 2024: OBR upgrades UK growth forecasts on lower inflation and growing population March 6, 2024 The OBR is markedly more optimistic than the Bank of England and has upgraded next year's prospects are better than expected
Spring Budget 2024: British ISA ‘doomed to fail’ as new policy gets mixed reaction March 6, 2024 The British ISA unveiled at today’s Spring Budget has provoked mixed reactions from the finance industry, with some arguing that it is “doomed to fail”. The new British ISA, which will be launched following a three-month consultation, allows savers to invest an extra £5,000 tax-free in UK equities, on top of the £20,000 ISA allowance. [...]
Spring Budget 2024: Business leaders livid ‘overwhelming’ case for one tax cut didn’t land March 6, 2024 Bosses, including the chief of Marks and Spencer and the head of British Airways, have reacted with fury this afternoon, following the Chancellor’s snub of the tourist tax.
Spring Budget 2024: Is levelling up coming to Canary Wharf? Hunt injects £243m into new homes in banking district March 6, 2024 Canary Wharf is set to receive a multi-million pound cash injection to build more homes in the capital’s banking district.
Spring Budget 2024: Changes to ‘unfair’ child benefit withdrawal for £50,000-plus earners March 6, 2024 Hunt said he will consult on moving the child benefit to a household-based system, which will be introduced by April 2026.
Spring Budget 2024: Hunt confirms vaping tax and one-off tobacco duty hike to fund NI cut March 6, 2024 Jeremy Hunt has confirmed the UK government will introduce a tax on vaping and e-cigarettes in a bid to raise the funds necessary for a two pence cut to National Insurance.
Spring Budget 2024: British Savings Bond introduced to help investors ‘save for the long term’ March 6, 2024 A new British Savings Bond has been introduced at today’s Spring Budget, which will be delivered through state-owned savings bank National Savings and Investments. In today’s fiscal event, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt said he would be making it “easier for people to save for the long term” through the introduction of the British Savings Bond, that [...]
Spring Budget 2024: Hunt plans Natwest government share sale this summer as Farage says debanking row ‘far from over’ March 6, 2024 Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has outlined plans for the government to begin selling part of its stake in Natwest to the general public "at the earliest opportunity" this summer, as part of wider efforts to boost stock market investment.
Spring Budget 2024: Cash goes into plan to boost UK creative industries March 6, 2024 The Chancellor has announced a raft of tax relief changes for Britain's creative industries sector during his Spring Budget 2024 announcement.
