Category: Finance News

Feb 25

CBI boss warns Reeves’s farm tax raid could hobble Britain’s economy

Rachel Reeves’s plan to reduce inheritance tax relief for farmers risks hampering growth and destabilising the wider economy, according to Rain Newton-Smith, head of the Confederation of British Industry (CBI). Addressing the National Farmers’ Union (NFU) on Tuesday, Newton-Smith criticised the Chancellor’s decision to cut Agricultural Property Relief—previously exempting farms from inheritance tax—as a “£500 […]
Feb 25

Lord Spencer extends backing for Chapel Down as share price falls flat

The billionaire Conservative Party donor Lord Spencer of Alresford has increased his already sizeable holding in Chapel Down Group, England’s largest wine producer, amid a protracted share-price slump since its December 2023 flotation. Recent stock exchange filings show that Spencer, founder of broker Icap and a non-executive director at Chapel Down, snapped up an additional […]
Feb 25

Lord Spencer extends backing for Chapel Down as share price falls flat

The billionaire Conservative Party donor Lord Spencer of Alresford has increased his already sizeable holding in Chapel Down Group, England’s largest wine producer, amid a protracted share-price slump since its December 2023 flotation. Recent stock exchange filings show that Spencer, founder of broker Icap and a non-executive director at Chapel Down, snapped up an additional […]
Feb 24

Mcdonald’s keeps DEI on the menu in Britain despite trump’s rollback in the US

McDonald’s UK arm is maintaining its diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies, despite its Chicago-based parent company scaling back such initiatives since Donald Trump returned to the White House. While the fast-food giant’s US division scrapped targets for minority representation in senior roles, rebranded its diversity department, and abandoned DEI requirements for suppliers, the British […]
Feb 24

Mcdonald’s keeps DEI on the menu in Britain despite trump’s rollback in the US

McDonald’s UK arm is maintaining its diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies, despite its Chicago-based parent company scaling back such initiatives since Donald Trump returned to the White House. While the fast-food giant’s US division scrapped targets for minority representation in senior roles, rebranded its diversity department, and abandoned DEI requirements for suppliers, the British […]