UK set for weakest growth since 2009
The lack of progress on the UK’s trade and investment negotiations with the EU has led ICAEW to slash its 2018 GDP growth forecast for the UK from 1.7% to 1.3% It says that the economy is likely to experience its weakest growth since 2009 on the back of weak output in...
Nicky Morgan calls to end “alpha-male culture” in financial services
Nicky Morgan, chair of the Treasury Committee, has called on businesses to alter the way they award bonuses, as the current culture may be placing women at a disadvantage “In the current bonus culture, – whereby individuals argue how well they have performed – it’s...
200,000 receive back pay as HMRC enforce National Minimum Wage
BEIS and HMRC are urging underpaid workers to complain about National Minimum Wage (NMW) and National Living Wage (NLW) underpayments. Recent figures show that the number of workers receiving the money they are owed has doubled. During 2017/18, HMRC investigators...
