Lloyds to replace senior staff’s union negotiations with ‘people forums’ November 13, 2024 Lloyds Banking Group is to stop recognising the trade union membership of some senior employees by replacing union negotiations with so-called “people forums”.
The Naked Truth November 13, 2024 Charles and Ruth Simpson, co-founders of Simpsons’ Wine Estate and Domaine Sainte Rose, tell Libby Brodie about their journey with Naked Wines How did you get Naked? We started working with Naked Wines in 2012 and they were with us from the outset, helping us through our first vintage in 2016. An amazing 1,200 Angels pre-purchased a case [...]
Experian lifts margin outlook as revenue rises November 13, 2024 Revenue was up six per cent in the six months to September, rising to $3.6bn from $3.4bn in the same period last year.
Fuller’s pub boss warns Budget tax changes will drive hospitality to the brink November 13, 2024 The boss of pub chain Fuller, Smith and Turner has made a stark warning about the effect of recent tax rises on hospitality, warning it will increase inflation and drive businesses “to the wall”. Chair of the London-listed firm known as Fuller’s, Michael Turner, said that the changes to employer’s national insurance contributions (NICs) announced [...]
The Notebook: Closing the gender pensions gap remains at least 20 years out of sight November 13, 2024 The gender pensions gap means many women are facing poverty in retirement. And without urgent action, it may never close, writes Scottish Widows MD Jackie Leiper.
London Stock Exchange boss: Britain needs to re-think ‘weird’ view of capital markets November 13, 2024 The UK needs to view London’s capital markets as a “driver of the domestic economy” rather just a venue for share trading, the boss of the London Stock Exchange said yesterday. At an event hosted by investment bank UBS, Julia Hoggett, who has led the exchange since 2021, called on pension funds to back British [...]
Working mothers will pay for Labour’s tax rises November 13, 2024 Employers’ national insurance hikes will increase the cost of childcare and put nurseries out of business, making life for working mothers even harder than it already is, says Alys Denby Governments are notoriously bad at picking winners, but Britain is about to find out what happens when leaders are more interested in picking losers. From [...]
Tax changes could lead to ‘fire sale’ of family SMEs, experts warn November 12, 2024 Industry leaders have warned there will be an influx of for-sale signs on UK businesses as their owners and subsequent heirs begin to cope with a change in inheritance tax (IHT). The concern comes following the announcement in Reeves’ Autumn Budget that business assets worth more than £1m would no longer be exempt from IHT [...]
Meeting the challenges of the reinsurance market November 12, 2024 Touching all parts of the sector, Aon is one of the giants of the global insurance industry. Insurers play a crucial role in creating a more resilient world, but they are up against a rapidly changing environment with interconnected, emerging risks and intense competition. Now more than ever, insurers need comprehensive services and global perspectives [...]
Employer National Insurance hike a ‘significant burden’ and will impact working people, warns Thwaites November 12, 2024 The hike in employer National Insurance contribution (NICs), which was revealed by Chancellor Rachel Reeves in her Budget, will place a “significant burden” on historic brewer, pub and hotel owner, Daniel Thwaites, the company has said. The Lancashire-headquartered group added that the increase, together with the rise in the National Living Wage, “make it less [...]