Michael Blaken, head of accounts at Swindon-based Optimum Professional Services, which provides legal and accounting services to businesses, individuals and families, said there seemed very little in the Budget that hadn’t already been announced or that was noteworthy. The measures were generally aimed at helping people on low incomes, or businesses in specific sectors, Michael,...
Business groups have welcomed a number of measures in yesterday’s Budget but said Chancellor Rishi Sunak could have done more to encourage investment. The CBI, which speaks on behalf of 190,000 businesses of all sizes and sectors, described it overall as business friendly, with its director-general Tony Danker saying the Chancellor had shown a...
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has delivered his Autumn Budget and Spending Review. The main points are: Chancellor began speaking at 12:34pm Employment is up and wages are rising, he said. Budget prepares for a new economy post-Covid, he said. “An economy fit for a new age of optimism.” Higher inflation was a global problem, said the...
National commercial property and investment company LCP has promoted Adam Martin, associate director in its South West, to director. Adam, pictured, joined LCP in 2019 and has more than 13 years’ experience in commercial property. He will remain head of the office in Bristol - which opened in 2019 – with responsibility for the asset management of...
Monday October 25 Final: Sareum Interim: DP Poland Q3 result: HSBC Holdings Trading announcements: Anglo Pacific, ContourGlobal, James Fisher and Sons, MJ Hudson Group, Nightcap, Petropavlovsk, Plus500 Tuesday October 26 Interim: E-therapeutics Q3 result: Reckitt Benckiser Wednesday October 27 Interim: Bloomsbury Q3 result: Glaxosmithkline Economic announcements: The Budget, BRC shop price index Thursday October 28 Interims: Airtel Africa, Bytes Technology, C&C Grp, HarbourVest Global...
Regional accountancy firm Old Mill has relocated its Wiltshire office to Chippenham from Melksham as part of its wider expansion plans. The firm – which also has bases in Exeter, Yeovil and Wells – first opened in Melksham in 2010 following a merger with long-established Wiltshire rural accounting practice L E Bull. The decision to...
