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The government is addressing “calls” to introduce mandatory pay transparency in job adverts and tackle gender pay gaps at firms, chancellor John Healey said in his Budget. Healey said he has “heard calls” to introduce…
Nestled within the Budget document and his speech on 28 October were a number of measures to help households with a higher cost of living and energy bills . A series of policy changes affecting businesses were also…
Sources said that Gordon Brothers, the US investment firm that bought the 600-store Poundland chain for £1 last summer, looks set to appoint administrators to the struggling retailer. Jonathan Reynolds has written to…
The company is preparing to make a filing to the High Court, which could come as soon as Wednesday evening, which would fire the starting gun on its race to find buyers for its assets and new homes for its nearly 12,000…
The new capital gains tax incentive Chancellor John Healey unveiled in his Budget may benefit LLP firms in the professional services sector if they qualify, but it also risks disrupting partner dynamics within the firms.…
The Chancellor announced a raft of cost of living measures as part of his fiscal statement, funded by taxes on banks, savers and landlords. Andrew Wishart, senior UK economist at Berenberg, said it was a “placeholder…
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The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) said housing delivery will fall to 229,000 this year, to 221,000 the following year and to 219,000 in the year 2027-28. The OBR had previously thought housing construction would…
The worst silence in the world. The interview didn’t record. Over a couple of decades in the game, this has happened to me a handful of times but none worse than the time I interviewed a proper A-lister, a man once…
This year’s competition, taking place in Australia , is being broadcast behind a paywall on Premier Sports after the BBC declined to cough up to show the tournament. Jon Trickett MP said: “The problem rugby league has is…