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The man appointed by Andy Burnham to lead the business rates review for pubs and hotels has previously called for the tax to be cut by…
UK business confidence has climbed to 63 per cent following the changes in Government, Barclays' Q2 Business Prosperity Index shows, with most firms planning to raise…
Energy bills support will be back on the table at the budget, Andy Burnham has signalled, after Ofgem raised the price cap by 4 per cent…
The HMRC PAYE review covers around 45 million accounts, with P800 tax calculation letters already being issued and checks running until November 2026. Overpayments are being…
Andy Burnham has ordered a business rates review of the way pubs and hotels are valued, appointing an expert who has called for "fundamental reform, not…
Restaurant group profits across Britain's 100 largest operators have fallen by almost half in a year, to £204 million, as higher employers' national insurance, a rising…
UK productivity growth has been far stronger than the official numbers show, according to new Resolution Foundation research which says flawed Office for National Statistics measurements…
The number of UK companies in critical financial distress rose 9 per cent year-on-year to 53,756 in the three months to June, according to BTG's latest…
UK borrowing July 2026 figures from the ONS show the government borrowed £1.8 billion in a month that usually produces a surplus, leaving the deficit more…
Talk of a Harry and Meghan tax masterstroke is premature, according to Parker Walsh's Molly Monks, who says there is no "magic date" in August, split-year…
Councils are sitting on an estimated £2.2bn of unspent Community Infrastructure Levy receipts, and Blick Rothenberg says the Government should let them spend a share of…
The competition regulator has opened a drip pricing investigation into Trainline, Virgin Atlantic and RED Driving School over concerns that mandatory fees were not shown to…
UK inflation climbed to 2.9 per cent in July, its highest since March, after a 13 per cent rise in the Ofgem energy price cap took…
Personal insolvencies in England and Wales were 14 per cent higher in July than a year earlier, driven by a rise in individual voluntary arrangements that…
UK borrowing costs hit a near two-decade high on Tuesday as the government sold ten-year gilts at 5.155 per cent, the highest rate since August 2007.