Spring Budget 2017: Three measures addressing business rates concerns
Business rates raise £25bn a year, and chancellor Philip Hammond has addressed concerns from company leaders with three new measures.
Spring Budget 2017: A juicy £200m for broadband – and plans to dominate mobile technology
There’s a new government strategy to roll out fibre broadband and 5G coverage, with chancellor Philip Hammond using the Spring Budget to unveil how Britain will dominate the world in terms of mobile technology.
A 500-word Spring Budget summary for entrepreneurs and SME business owners
The chancellor claimed to be “listening to the voice of business” in his speech, so here is a Spring Budget summary for SMEs and entrepreneurs in 500 words.
Spring Budget 2017: National Living Wage increase amounts to £500 per employee
With a National Living Wage increase set to take place from April, chancellor Philip Hammond confirmed during the Spring Budget 2017 that the extra amount payable per staff member will be £500.
Spring Budget 2017: Tough new penalties for tax dodgers
According to Hammond, since 2010 the government has secured £140bn in additional tax revenue by taking robust action to tackle avoidance, evasion, and non-compliance.
Spring Budget 2017: NICs will rise for self-employed workers
While the rights given to self-employed workers will improve, any loopholes allowing tax avoidance will be searched for and closed. This was an announcement made by chancellor Philip Hammond in the 2017 Spring Budget.
Spring Budget 2017: £270m for disruptive technologies to transform UK economy
During the Spring Budget 2017, chancellor Philip Hammond announced a £270m fund for disruptive technologies with the power to “transform the UK economy”.
Spring Budget 2017: Reduction in tax free dividend
Today in his Spring Budget the chancellor Phillip Hammond announced a reduction in the tax free dividend allowance from £5,000 to £2,000.
Full transcript of Spring Budget 2017 speech by chancellor Philip Hammond
In what has been called the last of its kind, here is the full transcript of Spring Budget 2017 – given by chancellor Philip Hammond on 8 March.
Lily Cole opens Tinder’s Be Bold For Change artwork in London
To celebrate International Women’s Day, Tinder has backed the Be Bold For Change message with an art installation on London’s Southbank, which model Lily Cole kicked off.
Even Emilia Clarke, Mother of Dragons on Game of Thrones, faces inequality
Game of Thrones actress Emilia Clarke, a powerful female leader on the show, and now in real life, has revealed that even she finds herself challenged by inequality in the workplace.
The workforce puzzle: It’s time companies changed, not people
With gender pay gap reporting coming in and the job market being candidate-led, companies need to make sure people want to work there – not expect people (especially women) to change for them. It’s not such a tricky workforce puzzle after all.