BoE raises interest rates to 0.25%
Rates rise for the first time in more than three years.
Firms want support as customers cancel bookings
Hospitality takings could fall 40% during vital trading period.
Warning for savers as inflation hits decade-high
Prices rise at fastest rate since September 2011.
Creative tax reliefs fuel film and TV boom
Reliefs produce £13bn GVA between 2017 and 2019.
Long delays with issuing UTR codes
Self-assessment first-timers in a “black hole of frustration”.
Scotland freezes income tax rates in Budget
Speech details tax changes in “transitional Budget”.
Govt. committee calls for household gas tax
"Tax needed to meet UK net-zero targets".
Treasury sheds more light on R&D tax relief changes
New measures to take effect from 1 April 2023, subject to Finance Bill 2022/23.
Self-assessment deadline enters the final straight
The 2020/21 deadline is on or before midnight on 31 January 2022.
HMRC considers self-assessment improvements
Call for evidence open until February 2022.
‘Most young workers lack savings to buy a first home’
Saving 5% of earnings for 5 years will allow just 11% to buy average home.
Business confidence remains flat in November 2021
Concerns about energy costs and employment taxes increase.