Nov 16, 2021 | Current Affairs
Over 100,000 young people have found paid work through Chancellor Rishi Sunak's kickstart scheme, the latest Government figures show. Launched on 2 September 2020 as part of the Government's ‘plan for jobs', the £2 billion job placement scheme has helped thousands of...
Nov 15, 2021 | Current Affairs
The Department for International Trade (DIT) is hosting international trade week to provide UK exporters with wide-ranging information and advice to help them grow. Exports are central to the Government's plan to ‘level up' every part of the UK, with a...
Nov 11, 2021 | Current Affairs
Gross domestic product (GDP) is estimated to have grown by 0.6% in September 2021, data from the Office for National Statistics shows. The figures confirm the economy is continuing on its road to recovery after growth stalled in August at 0.1%, revised down from 0.3%,...
Nov 10, 2021 | Current Affairs
Despite expectations of early festive spending, online retail sales fell by 11.2% in the year to October 2021 according to information technology company Capgemini. The latest IMRG Capgemini Online Retail Index, which tracks the online sales performance of over 200...
Nov 8, 2021 | Current Affairs
HMRC collected £27.9 billion less in tax revenues in the 2020/21 tax year than the previous year as a result of the pandemic, according to HMRC annual accounts. In its 2020/21 annual report, HMRC said it collected £608.8bn in tax, down by 4.4% from £636.7bn collected...
