Enshrining a right to work from home into law would be anti-business and set back any chance of a quick recovery from the pandemic.
Category: Opinion
Some of the UKs leading business leaders and opinion formers share their insight and ideas for growth
Pandemic insolvencies: ‘The worst is yet to come’
When government support measures come to an end later this year, a raft of businesses that have been reliant on them for survival are likely to fail
Tax Day impact on the future of the high street
The government announced during the 2020 Budget that it would conduct a full review of the business rates system after consistent calls from business owners over the negative impact and burden the tax has on sustaining growth.
The green ‘key’ to building back better
Net-zero carbon buildings have been high on several successive governments’ wish list for at least a decade.
Vaccine passports are inevitable, not just for travel as a spark for economic recovery
When I started talking about vaccine passports some months ago, I didn’t think it was a huge stretch to imagine a United Kingdom where society would soon be divided into vaccine ‘haves’ and ‘have nots’
‘Pro-growth’ data reforms bring opportunities and risks
On 1 January 2021, following the end of the Brexit transition period, the UK’s data protection laws were changed. Out went the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation, and in came the UK’s very own version of the GDPR.
The excluded remain so, but the fight for Forgotten Ltd remains
Millions still fighting for survival during the Coronavirus crisis, excluded from help by Rishi Sunak’s Budget 2021
The budget 2021: Looking beyond coronavirus
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has clearly turned his mind to how the economy starts to trade its way out of the mountain of debt accrued to support businesses during the Coronavirus pandemic.
Generation of women-led businesses could be lost to the economy if Britain fails to start childcare revolution
A generation of women could be lost to the economy if a revolution is not started in how childcare is provided in the UK, a leading woman entrepreneur has warned.
Despite good feedback there are still groups of people left struggling
Whilst the Budget 2021 has given a largely ‘hopeful vision’ for many, other excluded groups have been left struggling.
A positive response from the property industry to Budget 2021. Do you agree?
Despite the increase on Capital Gains Tax, word from the property sector has generally been positive. Especially with the opportunity to claim the ‘Super Deduction’ rate of 130% .
Rishi Sunak has published a budget punishing successful UK businesses
Whilst much of what the chancellor had to say has been welcomed by many SMEs the increase in corporation tax to 25 per cent on businesses making over £200,000 of profits from 2023 has been seen as a failure of the chancellor.
The Chancellor is prolonging the agony by extending the furlough yet again
It’s strange to think that someone who has worked as an investment banker and is now the Chancellor under a Tory Government would turn out to be such a softy.
Why economics, great business thinking and a sound investment strategy are powerful weapons in climate battle
Renewable energy is perhaps the most crucial technology of the 21st century. The modern data economy has created enormous growth in global energy demands, among both citizens and business alike.
Despite the risks, is Bitcoin becoming mainstream?
2020 was a record-breaking year for Bitcoin, and this year may not be any different. Despite its spectacular drop last week, the crypto frenzy is far from over. Banks, well-known business leaders and investors all seem to jump on the digital currency bandwagon.
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