UK business leaders have urged the government not to increase employment costs in the upcoming Autumn Budget, warning that higher taxes could force small firms to raise prices and worsen inflation. A new survey by Employment Hero found that 86 per cent of 1,000 business leaders are worried about what the Budget will mean for their companies, with 59 per ...
The government has launched a major review into youth unemployment, tasking former Labour health secretary Alan Milburn with investigating the growing role of mental health and disability in the rise of economically inactive young people. Nearly one million people aged 16 to 24 in the UK are currently not in education, employment or training (Neets) — a figure that has ...
One in six UK employers expect artificial intelligence to reduce the size of their workforce within the next 12 months, according to a major new survey warning of growing disruption to white-collar employment. Research by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) found that 62 per cent of those expecting job losses believed clerical, junior managerial, professional, or administrative ...
When Jonathan Reynolds announced sweeping tariffs this summer to shield Britain’s steelmakers from a flood of cheap imports, the reaction seemed almost universally positive. “This government is unapologetic in our support for the UK steel sector,” declared Reynolds, then business secretary, promising to defend a “vital industry that underpins Britain’s industrial strength and national security.” Gareth Stace, director-general of the ...
The horse-racing industry is bracing for a £10 million rise in costs after being excluded from new business rate reliefs due to come into force next April — a move that coincides with fears of a fresh tax raid on betting in the upcoming Budget. According to research by Colliers, racing yards are among several categories that will lose access ...
The Conservative Party has pledged to scrap mandatory climate and sustainability reporting requirements and rein in regulators “with a tendency to go woke” in a dramatic effort to boost the number of companies listing on the London Stock Exchange. Andrew Griffith, the shadow business and trade secretary, said that if the Tories win the next general election, they will “take ...
The head of one of Britain’s best-known law firms has warned that Rachel Reeves’s reported plan to raise taxes on limited liability partnerships (LLPs) could drive professionals and entrepreneurs out of the UK, undermining London’s status as a global business hub. James Libson, managing partner of Mishcon de Reya, said proposals to align LLP taxation more closely with standard employment ...
Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ reported plan to impose a 20% “exit tax” on the business assets of wealthy individuals leaving the UK has sparked a furious backlash from the financial sector, with critics warning it could drive away entrepreneurs and investors. The proposed measure — described as a “settling-up charge” — would levy capital gains tax on the holdings of those ...
Let’s get one thing straight: I’m not usually in the business of tutting at shoes. I’m not the keeper of the brogue, nor the patron saint of patent leather. But when a man hosts a dinner at his own three-Michelin-starred restaurant to celebrate the newly knighted Sir David Beckham, and turns up in a tuxedo paired with gleaming white trainers ...
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