Shoppers to face food price hike after Budget’s tax raid on employers, warns Sainsbury’s boss …C0NTINUE READING HERE >>> SHOPPERS will face higher food prices after the Budget’s tax raid on employers, the boss of Sainsbury’s has said. Simon Roberts, chief executive of the UK’s second biggest supermarket, said the National Insurance hike would cost … Read more
New National Lottery owners look to increase the £49billion already raised for good causes …C0NTINUE READING HERE >>> MORE than £49billion has been raised for good causes by the National Lottery — and its new owners are setting their sights on raising even more cash. In February, after a lengthy regulatory process, Allwyn took over … Read more
Primark boss slams Rachel Reeves’ Budget after it added ‘tens of millions’ to staffing costs …C0NTINUE READING HERE >>> THE boss of Primark blasted Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ Budget yesterday — claiming it had added “tens of millions” to staffing costs. George Weston, chief executive of its owner, Associated British Foods, told The Sun that it … Read more
Ryanair sees profits fall by 18% due to delays to new Boeing aircrafts after safety scandals …C0NTINUE READING HERE >>> PROFITS at Ryanair have fallen by almost a fifth as the airline counted the cost of delays to new aircraft. The budget flyer said they were down by 18 per cent in the first six … Read more
Boohoo snub Mike Ashley demands to be CEO and promote insider …C0NTINUE READING HERE >>> BOOHOO yesterday snubbed Mike Ashley’s demands to be installed as CEO and promoted an insider instead. The troubled online fashion retailer named Dan Finley, 41, as its new chief executive “with immediate effect”. 2 Dan Finley has been named as … Read more
Budget has wiped more than £1billion off Britain’s biggest high street names …C0NTINUE READING HERE >>> MORE than £1billion has been wiped off Britain’s biggest high street names as investors digested the Budget’s hit of higher employment costs. The move to hike employers’ National Insurance Contributions is set to hit the retail sector — which … Read more
Firms big and small slam Chancellor Rachel Reeves for saddling them with extra costs in her Budget …C0NTINUE READING HERE >>> FIRMS big and small have slammed the Chancellor for saddling them with extra costs in her Budget. They say Rachel Reeves’ hike in taxes, despite a vow to be “pro-business”, contradicts her growth agenda. … Read more
Pre-budget jitters cause cost of government debt to creep higher …C0NTINUE READING HERE >>> PRE-BUDGET jitters have caused the cost of government debt to creep higher. The rise comes despite the Chancellor desperately hoping to avoid a repeat of the meltdown that followed Kwasi Kwarteng’s mini Budget in 2022. 5 Jitters over Rachel Reeves’ Budget … Read more
Drinks giant makes last-ditch plea for Rachel Reeves to slash alcohol tax in Budget — or risk 9,000 pubs closing …C0NTINUE READING HERE >>> DRINKS giant Diageo has made a last-ditch plea for Rachel Reeves to slash alcohol tax in tomorrow’s Budget — or risk 9,000 pubs closing. It has joined other industry leaders in … Read more
Drinks giant makes last-ditch plea for Rachel Reeves to slash alcohol tax in Budget — or risk 9,000 pubs closing …C0NTINUE READING HERE >>> DRINKS giant Diageo has made a last-ditch plea for Rachel Reeves to slash alcohol tax in tomorrow’s Budget — or risk 9,000 pubs closing. It has joined other industry leaders in … Read more