Alistair Darling dies aged 70: Heartfelt tributes paid to ‘one of the great chancellors’ November 30, 2023 Former Labour Chancellor Alistair Darling has died aged 70, his family have confirmed.
Brexit: UK Supreme Court rules Northern Ireland Protocol is lawful February 8, 2023 The UK Supreme Court has ruled the Northern Ireland Protocol is lawful, rejecting a legal challenge to the Brexit process. The legality of the contentious trading arrangements has been challenged by a collective of unionists and Brexiteers. Judge Lord Stephens said in his ruling: “The most fundamental rule of UK constitutional law is that Parliament, [...]
Apple supplier Foxconn ‘cautious’ about demand as inflations spreads August 10, 2022 Taiwanese Apple supplier Foxconn is “cautious” about upcoming demand, supply chains and operating performance, it’s chairman said today, as inflation spreads and tensions with China rise. Foxconn, also known as Hon Hai Technology Group, is one of the world’s biggest suppliers of semiconductors or computer chips. The Taiwanese tech giant hit a record half-year revenue [...]
HMRC uses unprecedented amounts of data and ‘nudge’ letters in crackdown on foreign tax evaders April 23, 2022 The number of overseas investors confessing to tax evasion in the UK has more than quadrupled to 338 this year from 78 in the previous year, according to new data shared with City A.M. today. Many of these disclosures are from overseas investors in buy-to-let property who are coming clean about unpaid tax on their [...]
MJ Gleeson doubles home sales as appetite for affordable property offsets inflation July 11, 2022 Low-cost housebuilder MJ Gleeson has doubled its home sales in the past five years, leaving significant material and labour cost increases in the dust. In an upbeat trading update today, the company boasted a more than 10 per cent jump in sales to a total of 2,000 in the year to 30 June. “Notwithstanding the [...]
The NHS has lost its edge for clinical trials, but private firms can pull it back June 20, 2023 An NHS choked by bureaucracy is losing ground-breaking clinical trials, and it needs to the private sector to help save its reputation, writes Elena Siniscalco
Money stolen from crypto fraud soars despite crash July 11, 2022 The money stolen from crypto frauds has increased over the past year even as a crash has seen cryptocurrency prices plummet. Crypto fraudsters stole 58 per cent more money in the past 12 months with victims in the UK generally losing £36,250 per fraud, a report by cyber security company NordVPN revealed today. Total losses from crypto fraud [...]
Edinburgh Fringe could be forced to close due to rising costs, warns chief executive April 11, 2023 The head of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society has warned the annual Edinburgh Fringe event is under “existential threat” due to rising costs faced by companies and venues. Speaking on Barry Fearn’s Leading Conversations podcast, Society chief executive Shona McCarthy said the lack of support had left the Fringe “cracking at the seams” before the [...]
Sizewell C- Creating both Energy and Opportunity April 14, 2022 Julia Pyke, Financial Director, Sizewell C Keeping Consumer Costs Down The focus on energy for many people is price. As gas prices continue to boom, fuel poverty becomes more common. Whilst renewable energy such as wind absolutely has a place in the market. Julia was clear on the advantages that Nuclear brings. The reliability of [...]
Tax the childless? We need to build a country economically fit for families July 6, 2022 Last weekend, something unusual occurred – a demographics expert went viral. Not usually the purview of front-page news, a piece by Dr Paul Morland, of Oxford University, on how Britain could improve its falling fertility rate provoked accusations of Nazism and of treating women as incubators. Certainly, some of Morland’s suggestions were stupid, some even [...]