Tourist attraction, backdrop to millions of selfies and one of the world’s most easily identifiable landmarks. Cape Town’s Table Mountain is all of these things, but now it has found a new role: as a guide to what will happen to UK interest rates. For Huw Pill the opportunity was too good to pass up. […]
In February this year, Waldeck welcomed Harpaul Singh Dhindsa, Head of Careers & Employability and Louise Huxley, Employer Engagement Advisor from the University of Lincoln, UK to their Head Office at Wellingore Hall in Lincoln. The pair joined Director, Stuart Denniss, and University of Lincoln Placement Student, Sophie Vanstone, so that Sophie could showcase her […]
Annuities may have gone under the radar somewhat for much of the past decade or so, but all that has changed in recent months. A surge in sales has put annuities firmly back in the headlines, with thousands more retirees choosing an annuity for retirement income. According to the Association of British Insurers 16,256 annuities […]
Britons with second homes in France are facing a “galling” increase in taxes on properties they can visit for only half the year. Owners have already been hit with post-Brexit restrictions that limit visa-free stays in the European Union to 90 days in any 180-day period and the “double whammy” with higher rates is said […]
Plumbing tycoon Charlie Mullins says he will pay London nurses’ ULEZ charges and called for the scheme to be “abolished immediately”. The Pimlico Plumbers founder and multimillionaire has vowed to shell out the cost for all nurses newly affected by the ultra low emissions zone (ULEZ) charge in September. “This is a tax on working […]
58 per cent of UK employees believe they’ve been denied a promotion due to lack of digital skills, according to new research. Alongside this, 58 per cent of workers believe that their organisation doesn’t have enough time to train staff effectivity, with younger staff feeling particularly neglected as 70 per of those between 18 and […]
Economists have warned that calls from Conservative MPs for Chancellor Jeremy Hunt to cut taxes after improved borrowing data emerged show “questionable judgement”. Three backbench Conservatives piled the pressure on, according to the Financial Times, with calls for “personal tax reductions” to “stimulate the economy”. The pleas came after figures from the Office for National […]
Small businesses are postponing their investment plans as they grapple with increased costs and inflationary pressures. The Enterprise Nation Small Business Barometer found a 26 per cent drop in businesses looking to raise seed capital under £10,000 in the second quarter of the year, while the number seeking between £10,000 and £20,000 rose by eight […]
Last week we saw the second cohort of T Level students receive their T Level results. Introduced in 2020, these new qualifications are giving students the workplace skills they need to succeed. Broadly equivalent to three A levels, the two-year technical course enables young people to gain the qualification they need to go on to […]
Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) and Wykes Engineering are teaming up to develop what they claim will be one of the UK’s largest energy storage systems made from old electric car batteries. The two firms have announced today JLR is set to supply second-life batteries originally used for its Jaguar I-PACE electric vehicles (EVs) to renewables […]