MPs consider changes to help tackle increasing cost of living With inflation increasing energy and food prices, ministers have pitched ideas to help tackle the cost-of-living crisis. Inflation figures published Read More
Half of small firms do not expect to grow over coming year, FSB finds Research carried out by the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has found that close to half of UK small firms Read More
HMRC starts chasing up SEISS overpayments HMRC has started to recover overpayments of Self-employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS) grants. From April, HMRC is writing to taxpayers Read More
Energy bosses call for price cap to be scrapped to prevent ‘horrific’ winter Bosses of the UK’s largest energy firms have called on the government to intervene with ‘unprecedented’ measures to prevent a Read More
NIC increase causes businesses to raise prices The increase in national insurance contributions (NICs) will cause a third of businesses to raise their prices, according to the Read More
Rise in VAT will mean higher prices, Businesses warn Businesses have warned that the recent rise in VAT will increase prices for customers. From 1 April VAT increased from Read More
Our 2022 Spring Statement summary Against a backdrop of rising inflation, Chancellor Rishi Sunak presented his first Spring Statement on Wednesday 23 March 2022. In Read More
Chancellor announces rise in national insurance threshold Chancellor Rishi Sunak used the 2022 Spring Statement to announce that the starting threshold for national insurance will increase to Read More
Bank of England raises interest rates for third month in a row The Bank of England has raised interest rates for the third month in a row. The Bank also warned that Read More
FSB urges Chancellor to ‘deliver on low tax pledge’ at Spring Statement The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has called on Chancellor Rishi Sunak to deliver on the government’s low tax pledge Read More