Andy Burnham should abolish national insurance, stamp duty, inheritance tax and the 45p top rate of income tax if he wants to revive Britain’s stalled growth, a right-leaning think tank has urged, in what would amount to the biggest shake-up of the UK tax system in generations. Policy Exchange, inContinue Reading
Tom Blomfield, the entrepreneur who built Monzo into Britain’s best-known digital bank, has been hired by Anthropic, the artificial intelligence group behind the Claude AI models, in the latest sign that the world’s leading AI labs are hoovering up Britain’s most ambitious business talent. Blomfield, 40, said he would takeContinue Reading
Slack pings can’t replace real face time. That’s why 85 percent of employees say off-sites deepen their connection to company goals 2024 Emburse report. Budgets are rising, but according to Emburse, remote-first teams now choose smaller hub meet-ups that double as strategy sprints. According to Science of People, companies canContinue Reading
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The banker who bought Northern Rock and turned Virgin Money into a high-street challenger is the government’s choice to run the Financial Reporting Council, the watchdog that polices the auditors and accountants every UK business depends on. Business Secretary Peter Kyle has named Dame Jayne-Anne Gadhia DBE CVO as hisContinue Reading
Business owners bracing for a Burnham premiership have been offered a rare note of reassurance from one of the City’s most respected voices. Jim O’Neill, the economist and former Treasury minister, says the probable next prime minister will not arrive in Downing Street with a fresh round of punishing taxContinue Reading
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For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Recruiter PageGroup has said the jobs market remains “tough but stable” in the UK asContinue Reading
