Shares drop as Deliveroo founder sells £47m stake to settle tax bill December 2, 2021 Deliveroo's stock is down 4.5 per cent after takeaway business founder Will Shu had to sell off £47m of his shares to pay a tax liability.
J2O maker Britvic ups dividend and vows to buy back £75m worth of shares as pre-tax profits soar May 17, 2022 Soft drinks conglomerate Britvic today announced plans to launch a £75m share buyback scheme and upped its dividend by 20 per cent, after posting “strong” results for the six months running up to 31 March 2022. The Tango and J2O maker said its pre-tax profits increased 48.7 per cent to £45.8m, after its revenues jumped [...]
Post-Brexit travel: New £200 ‘Global Britain tax’ on flights to destinations more than 5,500 miles from UK April 21, 2022 Government plans for a new so-called ‘Global Britain tax’ will make it harder and more expensive for British businesses and investors to forge important new relationships with markets outside Europe, with up to £200 in additional taxes being put on the cost of flights, business leaders warned today. In fact, passengers flying to fast-growing destinations [...]
Mel Stride MP urges chancellor to slash taxes to ease cost of living crisis November 29, 2021 The chairman of an influential group of MPs that scrutinises the spending plans of the government has told Tory chancellor Rishi Sunak to slash taxes to ease the cost of living crisis looming over Brits. Speaking to the PA news agency, Conservative MP Mel Stride, who chairs the Treasury Committee, called on the chancellor to [...]
Crackdown launched on second home owners who pretend to let properties out to holidaymakers to save tax January 15, 2022 The government is proposing strict new measures to crack down on second home owners who pretend to let their properties out to holidaymakers to save on taxes as they will be forced to pay more under the proposals. The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) is moving to close a loophole in the [...]
Redrow: Another housebuilder warns on ‘standstill’ market as mortgage rates bite September 13, 2023 Redrow has become the latest housebuilder to be battered by a cratering market as it posts a four per cent slide in profit before tax to £395m in its full year results.
Ireland scraps low corporation tax to fall in line with global peers October 8, 2021 Ireland is set to hike its corporate tax rate from 12.5 per cent to 15 per cent, as the country signs up to a global tax reform for minimum rate internationals. Its low tax rate had previously drawn in tech giants like Apple and Facebook, who both centre their European operations there. The reform, finalised [...]
Guild Esports: Beckham-backed gaming group slashes costs as revenue dips June 28, 2024 The David Beckham-backed gaming company Guild Esports has cut its pre-tax loss after slashing its costs amid a "challenging macroeconomic environment" for the company, according to a newly filed half-year report.
HMRC: Accountants urge Brits to fight taxman as penalties spike to new record January 10, 2024 The value of HMRC tax penalties surged by 25 per cent between 2022 and 2023 to its the highest level on record, new data has shown, as the government faces criticism for unfairly fining struggling businesses.
Budget 2021: Bank surcharge slashed but lenders still stung by higher taxes October 27, 2021 UK banks will still be stung by a higher tax rate on their profits even though Chancellor Rishi Sunak confirmed he will slash the bank surcharge. Sunak told the House of Commons today that the bank surcharge will drop to three per cent from eight per cent in 2023. However, the increase in the headline [...]