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Budget 2016 Report

Download our budget report on what was pitched as a “Budget that puts the next generation first.”

Osborne pledges corporation tax reform

Newly appointed Chancellor, George Osborne, has pledged to cut the headline rate of corporation tax in an effort to tempt multinational businesses back to the UK.

Business group calls for ‘urgent review’ of red tape

The British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) is calling for an ‘urgent and sweeping review’ of business regulations, after it was revealed that red tape cost UK firms £88.3 billion last year.

Queen’s speech proposes ‘extension to flexible working’

The right to request flexible working could eventually be given to all employees, under new plans outlined in the Queen’s speech.

CGT hike would hit an ‘extra one million investors’

Proposals by the new Government to increase capital gains tax (CGT) in line with income tax rates could mean that more than a million extra people will be liable to pay the tax, according to some financial experts.