Monthly company insolvencies increase 21% year-on-year
New data published by the Insolvency Services shows the number of registered company insolvencies in November 2022 was 2,029. This was…
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£9bn shortfall: Managing tax compliance following pandemic
HMRC’s compliance work generated around £9bn less tax revenue than normal during the pandemic as thousands of staff moved to support…
Three questions on the minds of CFOs for 2023
What’s keeping CFOs awake at night, with a new year on the horizon? Ilija Ugrinic, Commercial Solutions Director at Proactis, shares…
Two-year delay to Making Tax Digital
he government has decided to extend the time businesses have to prepare for the transition to Making Tax Digital (MTD) for…
Five reasons why interest rates can’t go much higher
By Alexander Tziamalis, Senior Lecturer in Economics, Sheffield Hallam University and Jean-Philippe Serbera, Associate professor in Finance, ESC Pau It’s decision time…
Banking reforms Q&A: Will relaxing the rules help the UK economy?
By Robert Webb, Professor of Banking & Applied Economics, University of Stirling Jeremy Hunt, the UK chancellor of the exchequer, has…
Chancellor announces shake-up of City regulation to boost growth
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has unveiled a 30-point package of City policy changes that will include rowing back on regulations in order…
UK energy windfall tax: What it is and why it needs to change
By İrem Güçeri, Associate Professor of Economics and Public Policy, University of Oxford The UK government has increased its 25% levy…
Inflation: How financial speculation is making global food price crisis worse
By Sophie van Huellen, Lecturer in Development Economics, University of Manchester UK households, like those in many other countries, are struggling to make…
Jeremy Hunt’s autumn statement is a poisoned chalice for whoever wins the next election
By Steve Schifferes, Honorary Research Fellow, City Political Economy Research Centre, City, University of London Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has produced a highly political…