Nowhere to go: One in three Brits fear ending up homeless or ‘sofa surfing’ within next five years June 7, 2022 Nearly one in three Brits are concerned they may end up homeless in the next five years due to housing costs. Some 31 per cent of people polled for Amnesty International UK said they are worried about ending up sofa-surfing or in temporary accommodation. It likened navigating England’s housing system to undertaking a “gruelling obstacle [...]
Less time but same pay for thousands of Brits as they move to four day work week on new 100:80:100 model June 6, 2022 The world’s largest trial of a four-day work week begins today in the UK and will continue for six months. The pilot is being trailed by 3,300 workers across 70 UK companies, and is based on the 100:80:100 model – 100 per cent of the pay for 80 per cent of the time, in exchange [...]
Doceo market insights- Chips & Stout: How investment trusts can protect against inflation June 6, 2022 | Sponsored The promise This article will explain how an extra-large portion of chips and the finest Stout is just one of a number of strategies being deployed by investment trusts to tackle the threat of a sustained period of inflation. But first… The problem: too much tomato ketchup “The Federal Reserve and several administrations have [...]
An update from Fund Manager of Triple Point Energy Efficiency Infrastructure, Jonathan Parr June 1, 2022 | Sponsored To watch the update video in full, visit: https://doceo.tv/funds/triple-point-energy-infrastructure The cleanest or greenest energy is the energy that is never used. The Triple Point Energy Efficiency Infrastructure Company plc is helping to reduce carbon emissions within the UK. Investing in energy efficient projects that are crucial for the transition to a low carbon economy and [...]
An update from Fund Manager of abrdn Asian Income, Yoojeong Oh June 1, 2022 | Sponsored To watch the update video in full, visit: https://doceo.tv/funds/abrdn-asian-income Market sentiment remains very jittery. The Russia-Ukraine conflict has further added to several macro challenges in Asia. These include a slowdown in China driven by regulation, the common prosperity policy, the zero-Covid strategy, as well as geopolitics. The spread of Omicron as well as rising inflation, [...]
An update from fund manager of Temple Bar, Ian Lance June 1, 2022 | Sponsored To watch the update video in full, visit: https://doceo.tv/funds/temple-bar Portfolio managers Nick Purves and Ian Lance aim to rotate the Trust’s investment portfolio into those companies which they believe are available at a significant discount to intrinsic value, buying and holding out-of-favour companies until share prices have recovered, at which point they will sell the [...]
Exclusive: Brits slapped with £571m in HMRC fines in crackdown on tax avoidance and late payments May 31, 2022 Penalties imposed by HMRC on taxpayers have jumped by nearly a third, from £445m to £571m in just one year, according to fresh HMRC data, shared exclusively with City A.M. today. The primary reason behind this jump is HMRC increasingly clamping down on tax avoidance as part of its efforts to make up for revenue [...]
Closing the gap: gender lens investing and the future of finance May 31, 2022 | City Talk Public perception of gender equality issues runs in a repetitive cycle. We’ve all seen it. A scandal breaks out, or a study discovers yet another damaging disparity. Think pieces are written, hands are wrung, and companies promise to do better. Then the public’s attention moves on until another cycle starts. Actual change comes very slowly, [...]
Revealed: HMRC now tracking 277 UK businesses it suspects of using tax havens to reduce tax bills May 30, 2022 HMRC is now tracking 277 British businesses it suspects of using ‘tax havens’ to artificially reduce their tax bills in the UK, according to a City law firm. HMRC is concerned that some UK businesses are still avoiding tax in the UK by recording income in countries with zero or near-zero corporation tax. Countries traditionally [...]
Top talent, please come to Britain: New visa for graduates from top 50 non-UK universities May 30, 2022 Top talent from around the world is encouraged to come to Britain as graduates from the top 50 non-UK universities can apply from today to come to the UK through a new visa scheme. The Government hopes its “high potential individual” route, which launches on Monday May 30, will attract the “brightest and best”, at [...]
