UK property market surges but warnings of Budget’s impact linger November 29, 2024 Transactions in the UK residential property hit over 100,000 in October but expects warn the full impact of the Budget has yet to be filtered in
Hargreaves Lansdown launches five online VCTs after Budget tax hikes November 25, 2024 Hargreaves Lansdown has launched a new online venture capital trust (VCT) investment service following tax hikes introduced in last month’s Budget. The new service will begin by offering five VCTs, which includes two AIM VCTs from Octopus and its Apollo VCT, Blackfinch Spring VCT and Calculus VCT. The news comes following a host of tax [...]
Investors shed Kingfisher stocks as trading update a ‘clear disappointment’ November 25, 2024 After a strong run for much of the year, Kingfisher stocks have plummeted more than 13 per cent this morning as investors reacted to an underwhelming sales update. The top end of its previously-guided profit forecast of between £510m and £550m has been shaved to between £510m and £540n. While the estimate “does not represent [...]
What should an office for value for money do? November 21, 2024 There's no point in raising money if it won't be spent well. Joe Hill lays out how the office for value for money could actually help.
What Trump 2.0 means for the tax bills of UK businesses November 20, 2024 Tariffs, investment and deglobalisation: KPMG tax expert Tim Sarson takes us through what Trump's second presidency means for UK businesses.
We can have our cake and eat it, says boss of London private jet hub November 19, 2024 London Biggin Hill Airport chief executive David Winstanley argues business aviation can decarbonise without slowing growth.
Non-doms: South Africa’s richest woman is fighting to stay in the UK November 18, 2024 When it comes to leaving countries in a hurry, Magda Wierzycka has plenty of experience. At just 12 years old, the South African entrepreneur and her parents fled their native Poland under the the cover of night, becoming refugees after its communist government declared martial law. Ending up in South Africa – via an Austrian [...]
We need to regulate for growth, not just for risk November 15, 2024 In her Mansion House speech, the Chancellor did not shy away from the need to deliver reform to support financial services to innovate, grow and finance investment across Britain, says Tulip Siddiq Financial services are at the heart of our economy, employing 1.2m people – from London to Edinburgh, from Manchester to Belfast. The sector [...]
Reeves warns financial regulation has gone ‘too far’ in pledge to unleash the City November 14, 2024 The Chancellor Rachel Reeves warned that financial regulation had “gone too far” last night as she pledged to rip up red tape and put the City watchdogs on a growth footing. In her maiden Mansion House speech in the Square Mile, Reeves said that regulatory measures brought in since the financial crisis in 2008 have [...]
Founders warn of hiring freeze ahead of national insurance hike November 14, 2024 A majority of founders are warning they will have to implement a hiring freeze ahead of the employers’ National Insurance Contributions (NICs) increase set to come into effect this spring. The warning signs follow Rachel Reeves’ announcement in the Budget last month of a 1.2 per cent increase to employers’ NICs, taking the total to [...]