Feb 15, 2024 | Current Affairs
A fortnight after the self-assessment tax deadline has passed, HMRC is cautioning against fake tax refund schemes. With over 11.5 million taxpayers submitting their returns last month, there is a risk of scammers targeting them with deceptive emails, calls, or texts...
Feb 14, 2024 | Current Affairs
In January 2024, annual inflation remained steady at 4%, with the greatest downward pressure coming from reduced furniture and food prices. However, the month-on-month consumer price index (CPI) declined to -0.6% in January following December's unexpected 0.4%...
Feb 13, 2024 | Current AffairsGovernment Announcements
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has responded to the latest labour market data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The UK's whole economy's total pay growth experienced a slight dip at the end of last year, falling from 6.7% in the three months to November 2023 to...
Feb 12, 2024 | Current Affairs
A new report from Inform Direct reveals that the UK set a new record in company formations during 2023, surpassing 900,000 for the first time. The report, which is based on figures from Companies House and the Office for National Statistics, shows that a total of...
Feb 9, 2024 | Current Affairs
UK Finance has reported that more landlords are struggling to keep up with their mortgage payments. In the last quarter of 2023, the number of buy-to-let mortgages in arrears more than doubled compared to the same period in the previous year, marking a significant...
