“Our Summary of The Spring Budget”

Mar 4, 2021 | Budget

I play a little game every Budget Day. I count the number of ‘Our Budget Summary’ emails I receive (it used to be glossy brochures in the post) and yesterday’s was a record 52! As an ethical and sustainable type, I’m pleased at the tree-saving. But really, marketing departments of the UK, dare to be different. How many do you think I/we actually read? Answer, the first couple to arrive. Who sent those? Haven’t a clue. So that didn’t work, either.

“Jeremy Hunt waves through biggest tax burden since war in spring budget 2023”

Mar 16, 2023 | Budget

It may have seemed a Bland Budget, but that’s because Hunt got all the nasties out of the way in the Autumn Statement, in the hope, I guess, that we’ll have forgotten all about them by the time they hit us.

“Business leaders call for stability after PM’s resignation”

Oct 18, 2022 | Budget

When I heard the Fiscal-Event-Mini-Budget announcements (which were, I thought, just that, and no longer just ‘goals’), I worked out that both I and our business would be quite a bit better off.

“Autumn Budget 2021: Financial services industry reacts”

Oct 29, 2021 | Budget

‘At least bankers on short-haul flights sipping champagne will be celebrating this Budget’ said Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves, who should surely be Leader of the Opposition soon. So here’s the thing: we’re going to be paying more tax. Boris want’s us all to earn...