Chancellor Rachel Reeves has declared a rise in fuel duty in 2025 would be the “wrong choice” as she pledged to continue the freeze and maintain the temporary 5p cut for another year. In her first
Smokers and vapers are set to pay more in Britain as Chancellor Rachel Reeves today announced a new vaping tax and an increase in tobacco duty during her Autumn Budget. She confirmed that the governme
The Chancellor Rachel Reeves has confirmed she will increase taxes on the profit made by private equity dealmakers today but stepped back from the full-scale raid feared by some corners of the industr
Advertising giant WPP has been found liable for breaching Kenya's data protection law when handling the personal data of the former CEO of its subsidiary and man suing it for over $30m
Rishi Sunak has slammed the government for "not being straight with the British people", and argued that Labour's Budget is "saddling our children and grandchildren with billions upon billions of debt
Chancellor Rachel Reeves failed to make any changes to Individual Savings Accounts (ISAs), keeping annual subscription limits fixed, while confirming that the British ISA would be scrapped. The annual
Stocks on London’s junior AIM market registered their biggest single day bump in four years today as the Government revealed it would only partly abolish a key inheritance tax break for shares on th
Payments software firm Eckoh is set to leave the London Stock Exchange’s AIM after it received an offer from private equity firm Bridgepoint. The bid values Eckoh at 54p per share or £169.3m. The p
Pharmaceutical giant GSK has reported a drop in profit due to charges related to the Zantac lawsuits but has reaffirmed guidance and said its core outlook remained unchanged. Operating profit fell by
Standard Chartered is to double investment in its wealth management arm as the bank beat estimates for its third-quarter profit and boosted plans for shareholder returns.