Vertu Motors enjoys record revenue after bumpy year May 15, 2024 Used car dealership Vertu Motors saw revenue and pre-tax profit rise in its annual results after a bumpy previous year forced the firm to issue a profit warning.
Encourage investment and tackle skills shortages in Spring Budget, businesses say February 26, 2024 Chancellor Jeremy Hunt is unlikely to have significant scope for major tax cuts given the constrained fiscal position, but businesses are hoping Hunt will announce further measures to boost the economy.
Budget 2021: Sunak puts low tax conservatism to the sword October 28, 2021 Chancellor Rishi Sunak will heap extra financial pain on households across the UK as he puts low tax conservatism to the sword. Sunak’s wave of spending will lay the groundwork for a permanently more punitive tax regime that will intensify the cost living crisis, leaving Brits “worse off in the short term”, the Institute for [...]
A carbon tax will allow capitalism to save the climate September 3, 2021 The Extinction Rebels are back at their barricades. This week, they smashed windows at JP Morgan’s offices and blockaded London Bridge. Speaking to LBC in the aftermath, Sadiq Khan worried they are alienating the public from their cause. They are certainly an uncompromising lot. Arla, the milk-maker, was a target of their ire. Even the [...]
Why The Open organisers R&A have swung back to £8.5m profit September 9, 2024 The body recorded a profit after tax of £8.5m for the year ending 31 December 2023, an improvement of more than £10m on its loss of £2.2m in 2022.
First we need to cut fuel duty, then we must redesign our road taxes entirely March 8, 2022 In early 2011 at The Sun, I pestered the editor for long enough about rising petrol prices that he decided the newspaper should be doing something about it. A campaign to freeze fuel duty was born – with all the old-school trimmings. We even took post bags full of petitions signed by readers up Downing [...]
IFS: Reeves tweaking debt rule won’t change fiscal fundamentals August 7, 2024 The Chancellor has inherited a very difficult fiscal position, with many public services in need of funding boosts while both the tax burden and national debt stand at their highest level for many decades.
Acast: That Peter Crouch Podcast maker cuts loss as UK sales pass £50m August 5, 2024 Acast, the giant behind the likes of That Peter Crouch Podcast, saw its pre-tax loss cut during its latest financial year as its turnover passed the £50m mark.
Analysis: Jeremy Hunt has been E for Everywhere, man January 27, 2023 Jeremy Hunt, the Chancellor, today said financial stability had to come before tax cuts, but said a competitive ’low tax environment’ would be the backbone of future growth. Sascha O’Sullivan looks at his speech.
Center Parcs: Holiday giant’s profit hit as consumers tighten the purse strings August 1, 2024 Holiday park operator Center Parcs has seen a sharp fall in its pre-tax profit as "lower levels of disposable income" eroded consumer spending, according to newly-filed documents.