Tax receipts are up, but the chancellor, Rachel Reeves still has to survive the heat of next week’s Budget, say leading audit, tax and business advisory firm, Blick Rothenberg. Tom Goddard, a senior associate at the firm, said: “HMRC’s latest statistics show tax receipts are still growing above inflation. Excitement over the Ashes, which started […]
Once seen as hard to monetise, Britain’s creative industries are now powering a new generation of entrepreneurs – with GoDaddy data showing that a rising number of creative entrepreneurs are turning their talent into sustainable income. The findings come from the GoDaddy Small Business Research Lab, an international research initiative that studies the economic impact […]
Decarbonising heavy vehicles is fundamental to the UK’s ambitions for net zero so SMMT’s latest market figures, published this week, show an encouraging picture whereby a quarter of all new buses, coaches and minibuses joining UK roads are now zero emission. That green growth is helped by strong demand for single and double decker buses, such that, despite a […]
Commenting on this morning’s borrowing figures, Julian Jessop, economics fellow at the free market think tank the Institute of Economic Affairs, said: “The latest bad news on the public finances will increase the pressure on the chancellor to raise the ‘fiscal headroom’ in next week’s Budget. This should provide a bigger buffer against future shocks. […]
The number of estate agency firms in the UK has soared, new figures show, fuelled by a wave of entrepreneurial property professionals inspired by Netflix shows such as Selling Sunset and Channel 4’s Britain’s Most Expensive Houses. The boom has been enabled by the rise of Instagram as a virtual shopfront, enabling ambitious agents to turn their social […]
AI stocks whiplash is forcing investors to confront what global financial advisory giant deVere has been warning for more than six months. The abrupt swing in sentiment has not created a new problem; it’s illuminated one the market chose not to acknowledge. deVere Group CEO Nigel Green has spent months explaining that the pace of AI […]
Metro Bank has opened a new store in Salford, as part of Metro Bank’s regional expansion and growth. The store model supports the bank’s business and commercial banking growth strategy. Salford Metro Bank opened this week Salford is the second of three new store openings in the North in 2025 – following Chester in July and […]
The UK’s only provider of personal guarantee insurance (PGI) to small business owners – Purbeck Insurance Services – is calling on the government to use the 26 November Budget to give small businesses the certainty and stability they urgently need. The plea comes as new data reveals firms are pulling back on investment, borrowing more […]
Retailers have been experiencing a slow in sales in the lead up to the UK Government Budget and Black Friday sales. Some retailers have expressed anxieties that Rachel Reeves is due to announce her plans just a couple of days before Black Friday, which is one of the biggest spending days of the year. When paired with […]
The UK Budget next week is likely to trigger an exodus of assets out of Britain, warns the CEO of one of the world’s largest independent financial advisory organisations. The stark warning from Nigel Green of deVere comes as finance minister Rachel Reeves is dealing with a considerable black hole in the public finances which […]
