Budget 2020: How did businesses react?
Response was swift to Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s budget and, in particular, the way it addressed the threat of Coronavirus. Sunak described…
Economy
Coronavirus: global markets fall sharply
Global financial markets suffered sharp falls this week after a rise in coronavirus cases renewed fears of an economic slowdown. In…
Taxpayer hit by High Street failures
Taxpayers were forced to pay the price of a surge in redundancy payments last year after a series of High Street…
Will we get a budget – and what can we expect?
With the Tory cabinet reshuffle which saw Chancellor Sajid Javid quit, there is now a question mark over whether the March…
ONS figures show economy stagnated by year-end
The economy stalled in the final quarter of 2019, with zero growth compared to the previous three months with economists blaming Brexit uncertainty…
Manufacturing exports fall, despite strong consumer goods demand
Overseas demand for British luxury goods, homeware and sports and leisure products helped an index of UK manufacturing exports recover from…
Avoiding costly payroll errors
Many businesses struggle to stretch resources across competing business functions, vying for attention and needing to allocate time effectively to each….
AAT back Chancellor on minimum wage increase
The Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT) has backed the Chancellor’s plans to increase the national minimum wage to £10.50. National Minimum…
ACCA forges the path for social and environmental value creation
In a new report, Social and Environmental Value Creation developed with CFA Institute and supported with insights by Datamaran, ACCA calls…
Business confidence takes flight
New analysis(1) from London based Colibri Aircraft, which specialises in the marketing, resale and purchase of pre-owned private aircraft, reveals the…