There seems to be a prevalent belief in the business community that to advance and expand your business, it is essential to have external investment.
Category: Opinion
Some of the UKs leading business leaders and opinion formers share their insight and ideas for growth
Buy to Let landlords are essential to UK PLC and government mustn’t suffocate them with red tape
The Government needs to take care to ensure that responsible buy to let landlords are not burdened with so much regulatory red tape and costs that they decide to sell up – exacerbating the shortage of decent homes to rent.
VAT Tax cut would be popular with the public
The Prime Minister, Boris Johnson’s desire to loosen the tax purse strings in the wake of ‘Partygate’ and the vote of no confidence is likely to be resisted by the Chancellor say leading tax and advisory firm Blick Rothenberg.
Successful entrepreneurs seldom do it alone
Becoming a successful business owner can be a hard slog – but getting it right may bring huge rewards.
Government VAT policies discriminate in favour of diesel and petrol cars
Businesses are not required to have a petrol pump on their premises to claim refunds of VAT on fossil fuel expenses, why is it not the same for EV charging?
Where is the help for the forgotten small business owners?
UK Business Forums reacts to Rishi Sunak’s Cost of Living announcement
Huge gains of wealthiest Brits should be taxed more to help households with cost of living crisis
As Sunday Times Rich List shows record number of UK billionaires, their gains should be taxed the same as income from work
IOD calls on government to introduce lower corporation tax rate for net zero firms
The Institute of Directors has published a white paper ‘The Green Incentive: how to put net zero at the heart of business planning’.
Why Apple CEO is right to call staff back to the office
Responding to the criticism received by Apple CEO, Tim Cook, for asking staff to return to the office, global workplace creation expert, Unispace, has highlighted that the business leader was right to take this step.
Absence of Employment Bill suggests skills agenda slipping down Government’s priority list
The absence of the Employment Bill in the Queen’s Speech delivered by Prince Charles today suggests that the skills agenda is slipping down the Government’s priority list.
UK SMEs can become the change biodiversity needs
The UN predicts one million of the eight million species on the planet will be extinct by 2039, while UK biodiversity is already at a 50 per cent loss.
Covid didn’t doom all shops – just the bad ones
Brian Bickell – alias Mr Carnaby Street – has to dodge shoppers and tourists taking pictures for Instagram as he wends his way through the legendary London thoroughfare.
Facebook became Meta – Are we all about to jump in to the Metaverse?
On October 28, 2021, Mark Zuckerberg wrote a founder’s letter to outline the brand’s decision to change its name to Meta, suggesting this phase as being the beginning of the next chapter for the internet. He went on to say:
Could the Bank of England’s cure for inflation create a UK wide recession?
The UK’s recession indicators are not yet flashing red but another surprise jump in consumer price inflation in March will add to fears that economic growth will shudder to a halt in the second half of the year.
Transport & logistics is the UK’s fastest growing sector – but wages lag behind
The boom in postal and courier services means the number of business premises operated by transport companies has grown faster than any other sector, new Government figures reveal.
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