With just 100 days to go until Christmas, HMRC is urging shoppers to ensure they don’t get caught out by unexpected charges when buying from overseas traders. Changes introduced on 1 January this year mean that some UK consumers buying presents for family and friends from EU businesses may nowContinue Reading
The tax gap for the 2019/20 tax year has remained low at 5.3% statistics published today by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) have revealed. The annual Measuring Tax Gaps publication estimates the difference between the total amount of tax expected to be paid and the total amount of tax actuallyContinue Reading
Sunseeker brought together a record number of new and classic boats during the Bournemouth Air Festival on Saturday 4th September. Just under 40 boats sailed through the Marine Exclusion Zone in front of spectators in a spectacular water display. Andrea Frabetti, CEO at Sunseeker International, commented: “We are delighted toContinue Reading
Sailing charity, Turn to Starboard, which operates out of Falmouth, has received a donation of £26,980. This financial award from The Freemasons of Cornwall will provide homeless veterans with temporary accommodation on board a traditional wooden motorboat owned by the charity. The charity was created from the personal experiences ofContinue Reading
In July 2020 the Chancellor announced a significant expansion of Traineeships as part of his Summer Economic Update. The Plan for Jobs included a commitment to provide 20,000 new Traineeships to get young people aged 16 to 24 in England into work: the age group most impacted by the effectsContinue Reading
Gambling advertising is now more interactive online icsnaps/Shutterstock There’s a new type of gambling advert being used online and on social media to try and appeal to viewers, recent research has shown. Unlike on television, these online advertisements can be more personalised, interactive and may be harder to distinguish fromContinue Reading
Oisin Murphy, dual Champion jockey, deserves due recognition in this column, which places great emphasis on horse-riding skills, following a fabulous first week of August, and his sensational blitz has nigh on sealed a a hat-trick for the Irishman who, as a lad of 17, first came to light tenContinue Reading
From pandemic to scamdemic. HM Treasury, CC BY-SA In the early days of the pandemic, UK chancellor Rishi Sunak announced business-loan schemes as part of the government’s suite of measures to keep businesses on their feet. This offered businesses the chance to borrow tens and sometimes hundreds of thousands ofContinue Reading
STEKLO/Shutterstock Despite the lifting of most legal COVID-19 restrictions on July 19, the pandemic’s effect on the health, economy and wellbeing of the English public is far from over. The latest development is in the form of the “pingdemic” –- the term referring to the hundreds of thousands of peopleContinue Reading
'The only living worker left'. metamorworks “This government is obsessed with skilling up our population,” said Boris Johnson in his recent speech on “levelling up”. There is still a fair amount of uncertainty about exactly what the UK prime minister’s plan to level up the regions will involve, but manufacturingContinue Reading
