A new support package has been announced to assist businesses impacted by the Covid-19 Omicron variant. Applications are open to the end of February, but many have said the measures don’t go far enough given the extensive losses suffered in the hospitality and leisure sectors over the festive period. Although no businesses were legally required […]
Family members of online daters urged to help protect their relatives from becoming a victim of romance fraud, as new figures show almost £92 million has been lost through dating scams in the last year alone. Daters who strike up online relationships between Christmas and Valentines Day tend to be the most susceptible to romance […]
After already increasing taxes by £42 billion a year in 2021, the main focus of Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s Autumn Budget was on spending. The first Autumn Budget in three years – and Mr Sunak’s third in less than 20 months – featured no significant increases in tax. The task of raising extra revenue had already […]
How much income do you need for a comfortable retirement? New research has put a post-pandemic price on the answer. When the Chancellor announces tax rises that are One traditional way to answer the question of how much income you will need in retirement is to fix the amount as a percentage of […]
Latest HMRC figures show that the annual allowance continues to help fill its depleted coffers. The annual allowance is an important number in the pension world. It sets the maximum tax-efficient amount of total contributions in a tax year – from any source – that can be made to pension schemes for your benefit. […]
Recent data suggests the number of company car drivers continues to fall. Once upon a time, the aspiration of many an office worker was to climb the ladder to the height at which a company car became part of the remuneration package. The appeal of being liberated from the expenses of motoring – sometimes including […]
