Keir Starmer: ‘I will defend our tough decisions all day long’ October 28, 2024 Speaking in Birmingham ahead of the Budget, the Prime Minister said politicians needed to be honest with the public about the difficult decisions facing the government.
Odey Wealth Management enters liquidation October 28, 2024 Odey Wealth Management, a subsidiary of Crispin Odey’s asset management firm, has filed for voluntary liquidation a year after it began winding down its business. Wealth management and accountancy firm Evelyn Partners was brought in as its liquidator last week after the process was approved by the company’s board on 10 October, Companies House filings [...]
Financial exclusion is a barrier to sustainable growth October 28, 2024 Britain has a two-track financial system, with world-beating services for some and a poverty premium for others, says Charles Randell With a week to go until the Budget, what measures does the Financial Inclusion Commission – a cross-party group of financial experts from business, politics and the charity sector – advise the Chancellor to take [...]
Why these City firms will be the winners and losers of Rachel Reeves’s Budget October 28, 2024 Nervousness has gripped the City over the past month. A vacuum of fiscal policy has been filled by speculation and companies are scrambling to draw up plans ahead of a potentially punitive tax-raiding Budget from Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves. Among the most gloomy warnings have been an inadvertent gutting of London’s junior AIM market [...]
Arm the unemployed with digital skills to get Britain back to work October 28, 2024 Any plan to boost growth and prosperity has to start with turning round sick-note Britain and getting people back to work, says Matt Ashley On the 13 June, three weeks after Rishi Sunak made his surprise call for a July General Election, Labour unveiled a manifesto for wealth creation and economic growth. Sir Keir promised [...]
Jeremy Hunt accuses OBR of making a ‘political intervention’ over Labour’s blackhole review October 28, 2024 Chancellor Rachel Reeves has used the supposed existence of the £22bn blackhole as a justification to hike taxes in Wednesday's Budget.
AIM listings hit 23-year low amid Budget tax speculation October 28, 2024 The number of AIM companies has fallen below 700 for the first time since 2001, new data has confirmed, as London’s junior market has been battered by speculation that a key tax relief for AIM shares may be scrapped in this week’s Budget. Some 92 companies have delisted from AIM in the past year, with [...]
Why businesses are nervous ahead of the Budget October 28, 2024 Businesses are wary as Chancellor Rachel Reeves puts the final touches to her first Budget.
Labour’s pro-business boasts ring hollow October 28, 2024 Rachel Reeves once vowed that if Labour won they “would be the most pro-business government this country has ever seen”. With just two days to go until the Budget, that pre-election pledge appears to be in the gutter. Reassuring the business community was an essential part of Labour’s pitch for power, but almost everything they’ve [...]
Business confidence in UK economy falls ahead of Reeves’s maiden Budget October 28, 2024 Lloyds' Business Barometer fell by three points to 44 in October, down three points on the month before and a four-month low.