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UK farmers challenge Autumn Budget tax measures

More than 10,000 farmers descended on central London on Tuesday to protest over changes announced in the government's Budget for a new inheritance tax, which many fear could destroy much of the country's agricultural industry.In ...

What the Autumn Budget means for international trade and global mobility

By David Sapstead | Global Leadership, Global mobility

Spending and taxation plans laid out by the Labour government in its first budget since coming to power in the summer, have failed to impress leaders of the UK’s business community. Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel ...

Does the Autumn Budget ‘fix the foundations’?

By Ruth Holmes | Global Leadership

Employers bear much of the financial burden for providing the conditions for the UK’s economic growth in Labour's first budget this parliament. Yet its measures seek to benefit individuals, boost near-term growth and shore up ...

New UK government sets intentions for international trade talks and growth

By David Sapstead | Global Leadership, Leadership in the global workplace, Magazine Article

After Sir Keir Starmer's Labour Party stormed to victory in this summer's general election, the new government in London has made no secret of its ambition to achieve new free trade agreements (FTAs). India and the Gulf states top ...

UK ‘Growth Budget’ leaves businesses unimpressed

By David Sapstead | Featured Article, Global Leadership, Leadership in the global workplace, Magazine Article

The UK's last spring Budget before a general election was unveiled on Wednesday by Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt who described it as "a plan to grow the economy; for better public services; and to make work pay".Most ...

UK joins ‘dynamic’ Pacific Rim trade group

By David Sapstead | Featured Article

After almost two years of negotiations, the UK is set to become the first European nation to join the Pacific Rim free trade organisation, the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP). David Sapsted ...

Green shoots: Business confidence is on the increase in 2023 in the UK

By David Sapstead | Featured Article, Leadership in the global workplace

Rising business investment and a budget designed for growth show signs the UK economy is bouncing back, says David Sapsted. As 2022 drew to a close the UK economy was looking grim: rising inflation, forecasts that the naton was ...

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