Rent debt threatens 330,000 hospitality jobs

The £2.5 billion in rent debt threatens the future of thousands of businesses and 330,000 jobs in the hospitality industry if the Government does not extend the rent moratorium. A new survey from industry leader HospitalityUK was submitted to the Government's call for...

History shows COVID-19 debt ‘can be coped with’

There is no need for "emergency measures" to curb national debt right now it's put into context with the rest of UK's economic history, according to the Institute of Economic Affairs (IAE). The paper found that the UK has experienced higher levels of debt as a...

SEISS scam email circulating online

A new phishing email scam posing to be from HMRC has been spotted in email boxes as the fourth round of SEISS gets underway. The email, with the subject line, "HMRC SEISS Tax Refund Notification" prompts readers to follow a bogus self-assessment link and enter their...

UK 2021 growth prospects brighten

The UK economy will grow by 6.8% in 2021 according to the EY ITEM Club's spring forecast, up from 5% as projected in their winter forecast. According to the economic forecasting group, the higher rate of growth is partly because the economy held up better in Q4 2020...

3 in 5 support using tax to fight climate change

The Government has a "mandate" to bring sweeping changes to the tax system to combat climate change, a think tank has claimed after publishing a study on public opinion on tax and the environment. Of the 2,076 surveyed by BritainThinks for think tank Green Alliance,...