At Business Matters we have spoken to a number of experts to gauge their opinions about Jeremy Hunt’s Spring Budget, and whilst the Chancellors announcements have gone down well, many sound notes of caution.
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Jeremy Hunt’s budget is set to let a lot of people down
Jeremy Hunt is going to let a lot of people down at his budget next Wednesday as the Chancellor is poised to resist calls to save a flatlining economy
Enterprise education becoming ‘forgotten child’
Social media entrepreneur Ryan Williams has penned an open letter to the Prime Minister, urging him and his government to overhaul A-Level business studies in the national curriculum.
Why SMEs won’t ditch Green intentions despite ongoing financial uncertainty
Kai Hunter, Executive Director at Conister Finance & Leasing explains that research her company undertook recently revealed that over a fifth of UK SMEs that required external finance over the last two years
Workplace flexibility is essential to offset Rishi Sunak’s childcare reform U-turn
Businesses must improve workplace fluidity if they are to emotionally and financially support employees through rising childcare costs.
‘Fuel duty freeze is a reckless waste of public money’ warns think tank
Permanently freezing fuel duty at the Budget would mean a loss of £5.5 billion each year to the public finances and benefit the richest, a think-tank warns today.
UK economy risks collapse without urgent investment in nature
The Green Finance Institute estimates that the UK is facing a finance gap of up to £97 billion to meet the UK’s nature-related targets by 2032.
Financial services industry set for AI overhaul
AI will be crucial for better understanding user intent, providing tailored content recommendations, and streamlining how firms manage information.
You need tax cuts to boost growth, Sir James Dyson tells Sunak
Sir James Dyson has criticised Rishi Sunak’s economic policies for keeping Britain in a state of Covid inertia and urged him to cut taxes to stimulate growth.
Is The Apprentice setting a precedent for negative business leadership?
The Apprentice returned to BBC One last week, with 18 new candidates thrown into the limelight as they flew to Antigua, tasked with selling excursions to tourists.
Will UK Budget in March spark pension exodus?
UK pension holders will increasingly be seeking to move retirement funds overseas as fears grow about the Budget in March, predicts the Investment Director of one of the world’s largest independent financial advisory, asset management and fintech organisations.
Squeeze on household incomes to intensify as tough recession will dominate 2023
2023 is expected to be an exceptionally tough year for the UK economy. The country is almost certainly already in a year-long recession, one that will probably prove to be deeper than that experienced in the early 1990s.
Sunak should lower national insurance in 2023
With inflation having reached a 40-year high this year and the economy predicted to shrink in 2023 Paul Farrer, the CEO and founder of London-based recruitment giant Aspire calls on the new Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, to bring “certainty, stability and confidence” to the UK jobs market by addressing a number of key concerns urgently.
Will HMRC ever be able to deliver Making Tax Digital plans
There are serious questions over the future viability of Making Tax Digital (‘MTD’) following yesterday’s announcement that it is to be delayed by two years to April 2026.
Businesses need to upskill Gen Z and Alpha for the future of work
The World Economic Forum has estimated that 150 million new technology jobs will be created globally over the next five years, and 77% of all jobs will require digital skills from workers by 2030.
