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A Labour minister has delivered a startlingly candid assessment of life for young people in Britain, declaring that for many, “life is s**t”.

Labour minister admits ‘life is s**t’ for young adults as housing, childcare and taxes squeeze living standards

5 December 2025 In Business Jamie Young 0 Comments

Labour minister Josh Simons sparks debate after saying “life is s**t” for young adults struggling with housing, childcare and rising taxes. Analysis shows young professionals face a harsher tax burden and weaker job market heading into 2030.

Taxpayers stand to save both money and headaches in 2025 by committing to better tax practices in the year ahead, according to leading audit, tax and business advisory firm Blick Rothenberg.

Business owners warn HMRC’s new ‘bounty’ tax reward scheme risks unleashing malicious claims

5 December 20255 December 2025 In Business Amy Ingham 0 Comments

Business owners warn HMRC’s new tax reward scheme could unleash malicious or false reports as informants chase payouts, risking costly investigations and reputational damage for innocent firms.

Labour is facing calls to rethink its manifesto pledge to abolish lower minimum wage rates for young workers amid warnings that nearly one million 16- to 24-year-olds are now out of education, employment or training.

Young Brits drive UK’s entrepreneurship boom as two-thirds plan to work for themselves

4 December 2025 In Business Amy Ingham 0 Comments

New research shows the UK is heading for an entrepreneurship boom, with 67% of young adults wanting to start a business and 1 in 10 Brits planning to launch within a year – but access to finance and digital tools remains a major barrier.

Spotify has unveiled its annual Wrapped rankings, revealing the most-streamed business and technology podcasts of 2025 — a list dominated by breakout British talent, Wall Street heavyweights and format-shifting creators.

Spotify Wrapped 2025: the top business and tech podcasts revealed

3 December 20253 December 2025 In Business, Technology Jamie Young 0 Comments

Spotify Wrapped 2025 crowns Diary of a CEO as the top business and tech podcast, with record podcast and video streaming across the platform this year.

northamptonshire manufacturer pallite secures £1.6m ukef-backed loan to meet global export demand

Northamptonshire manufacturer Pallite secures £1.6m UKEF-backed loan to meet global export demand

3 December 2025 In Business Jamie Young 0 Comments

Pallite Group has secured a £1.6m loan backed by UK Export Finance to meet surging overseas demand for its sustainable warehouse and packaging products, supporting global expansion and new UK jobs.

Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ assertion that the Autumn Budget delivers the “lowest tax rates since 1991” for more than 750,000 retail, hospitality and leisure properties has been called into question after detailed analysis revealed that most high-street premises will in fact face significantly higher business-rates multipliers next year.

Reeves’ “lowest tax rates since 1991” claim challenged as analysis shows most high-street premises will pay far more

30 November 2025 In Business Jamie Young 0 Comments

New analysis shows Rachel Reeves’ “lowest tax rates since 1991” claim misleads, with most high-street properties facing higher business-rates multipliers and overall support falling by £420m next year.

The proportion of women studying computing degrees in the UK has risen to 25 per cent for the first time, according to new analysis of Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) data by online lab-hosting platform Go Deploy.

One in four computing students is now female, new research shows – but gender gap remains wide across the UK tech pipeline

29 November 202529 November 2025 In Business, Technology Amy Ingham 0 Comments

New HESA analysis shows women now make up 25% of UK computing students, though 70% of tech jobs remain male-dominated. Go Deploy urges earlier interventions and more inclusive pathways.

With the UN’s International Day of Persons with Disabilities approaching on 3 December, new findings suggest that while UK employers overwhelmingly want to hire more disabled staff, many lack the confidence, tools or understanding to do so.

Employers want to hire disabled staff – but many don’t know where to start

28 November 2025 In Business Amy Ingham 0 Comments

Ahead of the UN’s Disability Day, new research shows employers want to hire disabled staff but lack the confidence to act. Leading firms like Whitbread, Asda and M&S show how inclusive employment can work at scale.

A long-standing tax relief that helps home-based workers cover household expenses will be scrapped from April 2026, in a move that will affect an estimated 300,000 employees and raise tens of millions for the Treasury.

HMRC to scrap homeworking tax relief from 2026, hitting 300,000 employees

28 November 2025 Finance, In Business Jamie Young 0 Comments

HMRC will scrap homeworking tax relief from April 2026, costing 300,000 employees up to £124 a year as the Treasury targets non-compliance and raises £30m annually.

The new Secretary of State for Business and Trade, Peter Kyle MP, has vowed to leverage AI and accelerate deregulation as central pillars of the government’s strategy to reignite economic growth.

Reeves and Kyle summon telecoms chiefs, warning firms must do more to protect consumers from unexpected price hikes

28 November 202530 November 2025 In Business, Technology Amy Ingham 0 Comments

Rachel Reeves and Peter Kyle have summoned telecoms CEOs, urging them to protect consumers from mid-contract price rises and improve transparency as the government pursues nationwide 5G and gigabit upgrades.

The Isle of Man is issuing an international call to tech entrepreneurs, startups and established digital health companies as it launches its 2026 Innovation Challenge, this year focused entirely on transforming the Island’s health and social care system.

Isle of Man seeks global tech innovators to transform healthcare through 2026 Innovation Challenge

28 November 202528 November 2025 Get Funded, In Business Amy Ingham 0 Comments

The Isle of Man has launched its 2026 Innovation Challenge, calling global tech entrepreneurs to develop solutions for health and social care across themes including prevention, digital efficiency and home-based care.

A major VAT reform unveiled in the Budget is expected to unlock millions of pounds’ worth of surplus goods for charity and significantly reduce the volume of usable products sent to landfill.

Budget’s new VAT relief set to boost business donations and cut landfill waste

26 November 2025 Finance, In Business Jamie Young 0 Comments

A 2026 VAT reform will remove tax charges on donated goods, encouraging businesses to give surplus stock to charities instead of sending it to landfill and supporting a wider range of charitable causes.

Uber raises London prices by 10% in effort to lure back drivers

New taxi VAT rule would hit vulnerable passengers hardest, warns lawyer behind landmark Uber case

25 November 2025 In Business, Legal Jamie Young 0 Comments

A solicitor behind the Uber Supreme Court case warns that Rachel Reeves’ proposed “taxi tax” could raise fares, burden small operators and hit elderly, disabled and low-income passengers hardest.

Graduate employment has slipped back to pre-Covid levels as a weakening economy depresses hiring and unwinds the temporary post-pandemic surge in opportunities, according to new research from Prospects at Jisc.

‘Covid boom’ ends as graduate job prospects fall back to pre-pandemic levels

25 November 202524 November 2025 In Business Jamie Young 0 Comments

A new Jisc report shows UK graduate employment has fallen to pre-Covid levels, with only 56.4% in full-time work and IT roles declining sharply as recession fears grow.

The government is facing renewed pressure to strengthen online safety laws after rejecting key recommendations designed to curb the viral spread of misinformation, despite agreeing with most of MPs’ findings on the scale of the problem.

Government risks further harm if it fails to act on viral misinformation, MPs warn

24 November 2025 In Business, Technology Amy Ingham 0 Comments

MPs warn the government risks public harm after rejecting recommendations to strengthen the Online Safety Act and regulate AI platforms amid rising viral misinformation.

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