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  • 20 Mar 2025

    Chancellor should consider tax rises in the Spring Statement

    Chancellor Rachel Reeves should consider increasing taxes at this month's Spring Statement, according to the Resolution Foundation.

  • 19 Mar 2025

    OECD cuts UK growth forecasts

    UK growth will be weaker than previously expected this year and next, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).

  • 18 Mar 2025

    Chancellor unveils plan to cut red tape

    Chancellor unveils plan to cut red tape

  • 17 Mar 2025

    Regulator poised to act on card payment fees

    The Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) is set to act to reduce card payment fees for businesses and consumers in the UK.

  • 14 Mar 2025

    UK economy shrank in January

    Data published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has revealed that the UK economy unexpectedly shrank in January 2025.

  • 13 Mar 2025

    Government must tackle 'archaic' infrastructure

    The British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) has called for the government to 'tackle the problems of the UK's worn out infrastructure' in order to boost economic growth.

  • 12 Mar 2025

    Side hustle trading threshold raised to £3,000 per year

    The reporting threshold for trading income for self assessment is being lifted from £1,000 to £3,000 gross within this parliament, according to the Treasury.

  • 11 Mar 2025

    Concerns over costs mount for business leaders

    The Institute of Directors' (IoD) Economic Confidence Index has revealed that optimism amongst business leaders fell to -64 in February from -59 in January.

  • 10 Mar 2025

    25,000 first-time buyers set to miss Stamp Duty deadline

    25,000 first-time buyers are predicted to miss the 31 March Stamp Duty deadline, according to property website Rightmove.

  • 07 Mar 2025

    Chancellor has set herself a 'fiscal trap' ahead of Spring Statement

    Chancellor Rachel Reeves has set herself a trap with self-imposed fiscal rules that could force her into tax hikes and deeper spending cuts as the economy deteriorates, the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) has warned.

  • 06 Mar 2025

    Employment Rights amendments do little to address employer concerns

    The government's proposed amendments to the Employment Rights Bill will 'do little to alleviate employer concerns', the Institute of Directors (IoD) has warned.

  • 05 Mar 2025

    Private sector activity expected to fall

    Activity in the private sector is expected to fall for the fourth consecutive quarter, according to a growth indicator from the Confederation of British Industry (CBI).

  • 04 Mar 2025

    HMRC 'softens' deadline for National Insurance top-ups

    HMRC has softened the deadline for people to plug gaps in their National Insurance (NI) record.

  • 03 Mar 2025

    Workers 'put in £31 billion of unpaid overtime' in 2024

    UK workers put in £31 billion of unpaid overtime in 2024, according to research carried out by the Trades Union Congress (TUC).

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