Interest rates
Last month, the Bank of England raised the interest rates from 0.25% to 0.5%, which was the first increase in 10 years. Yet, in the Monetary policy committee (MPC), they stated that th...
The Financial Inclusion Commission (FIC) has highlighted huge gaps in the contents insurance across the UK. In fact, the report conducted by them, revealed that 16 million people don’t have contents...
Brexit is still a big and topical debate which has many different issues surrounding it. One which is becoming a big issue which can’t seem to get resolved is the border issue between Northern Irela...
Cyber-attacks are becoming a big threat to all sized companies. Generally, people think it is only the large firms which get affected, yet many Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) are affected by hack...
Yesterday Philip Hammond, the chancellor of the exchequer delivered his Autumn budget 2017. In case you missed it, we have summarised the key points of what he announced yesterday afternoon here.
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Tomorrow (22nd November 2017) is the day Philip Hammond, the chancellor of the exchequer will be announcing the budget. So we have created everything you need to know in preparation for this event. He...
The Bank of England believe that up to 75,000 jobs in the financial services sector could be lost due to the exit of Britain leaving the European Union (Brexit). However, this number is just an estima...
The competition and markets authority (CMA) are concerned about the way hotel comparison websites are processing their sites. They are concerned that instead of helping consumers make a choice, they a...
During the 2016/17 tax year, an additional £474m in corporate tax was collected from SMEs in the UK. This data was collected by an accountancy group, UHY Hacker Young. The focus on targeting SMEs has...
In December 2012, the EU created a law which states that insurers cannot base car insurance premiums based on gender. Insurers took into account the gender of a person, and moved the premium to suit. ...
A recent study has found that on average, female managers earn £11,606 less than their male colleagues, showing that the pay gap is dramatically wide. This study is based on 118,000 employees from 42...
Nearly one in four drivers are still using their phone illegally while at the wheel, either making or receiving calls. In March 2017, the government cracked down on this and doubled the points you wou...
