Autumn Statement: Pay attention, the good stuff’s in the small print November 23, 2023 Is it churlish to criticise a politician for a political intervention? One wouldn’t groan at Harry Kane for a well struck penalty or a ballet dancer for a well-executed plié, so maybe it’s harsh to look at Jeremy Hunt’s Autumn Statement in any other context than whether it worked on its own terms. In that [...]
Pubs raise a glass to Hunt’s alcohol duty freeze and rates relief November 22, 2023 The UK's struggling pub sector has said it was "extremely pleased" with the news that alcohol duty will be frozen and business rates relief has been extended.
‘Largest business tax cut in modern British history’: Hunt makes full expensing permanent November 22, 2023 Jeremy Hunt has confirmed British firms are set to benefit from “the largest business tax cut in modern British history” as he announced full expensing would be made permanent.
UK and South Korea to sign new agreement during state visit November 21, 2023 The UK and South Korea are set to sign a new long-term agreement covering defence and technology co-operation as President Yoon Suk Yeol arrives for a three-day state visit.
Keir Starmer makes his play for the ‘powerhouse’ City of London November 20, 2023 Keir Starmer, in his most pro-City and pro-business intervention yet, has promised to work with City chiefs in an exclusive interview
Brace yourselves, the era of the ‘alternative budget’ has arrived November 20, 2023 It started when Liz Truss’s faction of 60 or so MPs, who go under the banner Conservative Growth Coalition, pre-announced – to drum up anticipation – and then two months later published their Budget for Growth.
Coutts appoints Kleinwort’s Fahad Kamal as CIO in latest staff change November 20, 2023 Former Kleinwort Hambros chief investment officer Fahad Kamal has been appointed CIO at the private bank owned by Britain's Natwest, according to a post on LinkedIn on Monday.
Nationwide boss Debbie Crosbie rules out Natwest CEO job November 19, 2023 Nationwide's chief executive Debbie Crosbie has ruled out a move to Natwest as the troubled bank looks for a new boss.
British manufacturing sector gets £4.5bn shot in the arm from Jeremy Hunt November 17, 2023 Funding was announced by chancellor Jeremy Hunt this evening, ahead of the much-vaunted Autumn statement next Wednesday, which is likely to focus on productivity in the workforce.
London’s economy is a microcosm for our success but we’re ignoring ways to help it November 17, 2023 London’s West End is a microcosm of much of the wider economy: it has small independent businesses in sectors such as food, big high street chains in its bars and retail.