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Skilled Worker Visas remain critical for UK business growth |…

Posted by October 30, 2024

A recent Freedom of Information Request by employee relocation platform, research* reveals a 44% surge in businesses obtaining sponsor licences betwee

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UK business events generate £33.6bn annually for economy, says new…

Posted by October 30, 2024

The UK business events industry generates £33.6bn a year, according to a report published yesterday by UK Events. The report, compiled by Grea

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Five key charts: what will underpin 2024 budget statement by…

Posted by October 30, 2024

Rachel Reeves will deliver the first Labour budget in 14 years on Wednesday after weeks of speculation over tax increases, changes to the government’s debt ru

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UK’s Labour government raises taxes by £40 billion in new…

Posted by October 30, 2024

Reeves is gambling that borrowing to invest will pay off: IFS directorRachel Reeves is gambling that a big cash injection for public services over the next two

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Nuclear submarine shipyard fire at Barrow-in-Furness leaves two in hospital

Posted by October 30, 2024

Two people have been taken to hospital after a “significant” fire broke out at BAE Systems’ nuclear submarine shipyard in Cumbria.Residents said they saw

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Budget 2024 live: Rachel Reeves raises taxes by £40bn, with…

Posted by October 30, 2024

Drivers will breath a sigh of relief on fuel duty - RACpublished at 19:24 Greenwich Mean Time19:24 GMTSimon BrowningTransport producerImage source, EPAThe chanc

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Reeves to promise ‘wealth and opportunity for all’ in major…

Posted by October 29, 2024

The UK’s national minimum wage is to rise by a higher than expected 6.7% next year, Rachel Reeves has announced before a multi-billion pound tax-raising budge

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Minimum wage to rise to £12.21 an hour next year

Posted by October 29, 2024

Getty ImagesMinimum wages will rise in April, with hourly rates for over-21s set to go up to £12.21 an hour, the chancellor has confirmed ahead of Wednesday's

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‘The rich need to pay more’: Britons’ hopes and fears…

Posted by October 29, 2024

Seven Britons share their hopes and fears about the chancellor Rachel Reeves’s first budget, and weigh up the needs of pensioners, those unable to work and sm

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Jon and Sam Stannah: the father and son taking the…

Posted by October 29, 2024

Sam Stannah is only 31 but is already feeling the pressure to produce the next generation to lead the family-owned lift business. In a recent blooper reel from

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Number of UK mortgage approvals at highest level since 2022…

Posted by October 29, 2024

Demand for new home loans has risen to its highest level in more than two years as falling interest rates attract buyers back into the property market.Figures f

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