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July 2026
  • Business confidence declines as operating conditions worsen
  • Gen Zs wish they had learnt basics about tax
  • Taxpayers urged to get ahead of July self assessment payment deadline
  • Government drives young people to reconnect with £1.6 billion in unclaimed savings
June 2026
  • Over half of UK business leaders want government to prioritise EU relationship
  • Online marketplace VAT proposals strike right balance
  • Government fraud squad hunts down Covid loan scams
  • Tax gap up to more than £59 billion
  • Brexit burden must be cut, says BCC
  • More than 100,000 taxpayers yet to register for MTD
  • HMRC urged to understand scale of pension tax relief errors
  • Tax system doesn't support entrepreneurs, MPs warn
  • Financial losses from scams hit £1.3 billion a year
  • UK inflation rate remains at 2.8%
  • Expansion of 'uncertain tax treatment' rules cause for concern
  • Pension saving plummets when employees move into self-employment
  • UK economy contracts due to Middle East conflict
  • Employers need to show workforce flexibility for World Cup
  • HMRC boosts funding for taxpayers needing extra support
  • Business costs at tipping point, warns CBI
  • Small firms to receive funding boost to business debt advice services
  • Business leaders believe Employment Rights Act will harm growth
  • Three quarters of workers not on track for 'moderate' pension income
  • Hospitality sector calls 10% VAT rate
  • Business confidence improves despite rising concerns about Iran conflict
  • 'Urgent action' needed to boost career opportunities for young people
May 2026
  • Advisory Fuel Rates
  • Youth employment approaching pandemic and financial crisis levels
  • Temporary reduced rate of VAT for children's meals, tickets and family attractions
  • Approved Mileage Allowance Payments (AMAPs), Mileage Allowance Relief (MAR) and self-employed mileage
  • New parents urged to claim Child Benefit for their baby now
  • Crime against business putting growth at risk
  • Dip in inflation rate likely to be 'temporary quirk'
  • Late payment legislation is 'historic' moment
  • Iran war could cost Treasury up to £8 billion a year
  • Record number of taxpayers file self assessment in April
  • Economy grew by 0.6% in first quarter of the year
  • 'Disproportionate tax burden' closing two pubs a day
  • Government must fix 'broken business rates'
  • ICAEW encourages taxpayers to sign up to Making Tax Digital
  • HMRC reminds parents to extend Child Benefit claims
  • Long-term borrowing costs reach highest level since 1998
  • Chancellor's tax on EVs 'could create hole in Treasury's finances'
  • Small firms pushed out of EU markets by red tape and rising costs
  • Bank of England faces dilemma after holding interest rates
April 2026
  • UK economic security at risk, says business group
  • Business rates system 'major brake on investment and growth'
  • Higher fuel, energy and food prices could linger following Iran war
  • UK borrowing tumbles to lowest level in four years
  • Sentiment among UK manufacturers has 'deteriorated sharply'
  • Inflation rate rises to 3.3%
  • Pensioners urged to be alert to Winter Fuel Payment scams
  • Pension wealth statistics 'overstated inequality between old and young'
  • Skills planning 'vital' to better engage Gen Z in workplace
  • Exporters toiling before outbreak of Iran war
  • Data shows UK economy grew faster than expected
  • Higher energy prices could leave British households worse off this year
  • New employment law creating recruitment challenge
  • Countdown to taxation of benefits-in-kind via the payroll underway
  • UK businesses should apply now for Vaping Products Duty
  • New procurement rules offer SMEs hope
  • Gains in business confidence 'at risk'
  • BCC warns of growing threat to entry-level jobs in the age of AI
  • Middle East conflict drives economic confidence to new record low
  • Tourist tax would hit consumers with £1.6 billion tax rise
March 2026
  • Government unveils crackdown on late payments
  • UK government to review mileage rates
  • Save on Easter childcare with Tax-Free Childcare
  • New tax year brings contentious changes
  • Inflation rate unchanged in February, but figures 'already old news'
  • Hundreds of employers handed penalties for illegally underpaying workers
  • HMRC website seeks to close tax knowledge gaps
  • Bank of England holds interest rates at 3.75%
  • Regulation reform offers £9 billion opportunity for small firms
  • Government unveils package of youth employment initiatives
  • Expansion of Jobs Guarantee scheme needed now to tackle NEETs crisis
  • HMRC takes £137 million in late payment interest
  • UK economy saw zero growth in January
  • Self-employed gender pay gap is £51 per day
  • Tax system must truly back UK entrepreneurs
  • HMRC investigations double additional tax from large businesses
  • Grant boost for installing EV chargers for households and businesses
  • Growth in living standards threatened by war in Middle East
  • Self-employed finances in 'fragile' state, warns IPSE
  • Chancellor says plan is right despite uncertain backdrop to Spring Forecast Statement
  • 2026 Spring Statement - the business reaction
  • 2026 Spring Statement - the economic picture
  • 2026 Spring Statement - what to expect
  • 2026 Spring Statement - the political reaction
  • Chancellor should make a NEET exception to her 'policy-free' Spring Forecast
February 2026
  • Government publishes UK Sustainability Reporting Standards
  • Government urged to cut business energy costs
  • Warning over April cost crunch for small businesses
  • Uptick in tax receipts helps boost government finances
  • Employment Rights Act risks being a handbrake on hiring
  • Fiscal policy 'needs a rethink', says business group
  • Uncertainty hanging over UK trade prospects
  • Inflation rate falls to 3% in year to January
  • Government urged to scrap 'unfair holiday tax'
  • Vaping businesses urged to prepare for Vaping Products Duty registration
  • HMRC urges young people to claim Child Trust Funds
  • Economy grew by 0.1% in final quarter of 2025
  • Get tax affairs back on track if you missed the self assessment deadline
  • Apprenticeship system reform must go further
  • Sole traders and landlords given MTD warning
  • Further rate cuts crucial to support growth, says BCC
  • EU reset must reverse trade slump, says BCC
  • One million miss self assessment deadline
  • Business confidence jumps in January
  • Making Tax Digital for Income Tax biggest tax change since self assessment
January 2026
  • HMRC confirms helpline will be open on self assessment deadline day
  • UK lenders agree £11 billion SME package
  • Pubs get 15% business rates relief
  • UK inflation will fall in 2026
  • Clock ticking on self assessment deadline
  • Figures reveal significant fall in CGT receipts
  • Tax timebomb poses existential threat to high streets, government warned
  • Inflation rises to 3.4%
  • Government must ramp up its growth strategy, says think tank
  • HMRC app sees 65% rise in self assessment payments
  • Cost hikes denting small business confidence
  • UK economy grew by 0.3% in November
  • Employment Rights Act 'will deliver £10 billion in benefits'
  • Over 4,800 self assessment scams reported
  • Anxiety over business rates hits record high
  • Trading with EU getting harder, firms say
  • HMRC app usage surged in 2025
  • More clouds gathering over business confidence
  • Millions yet to file self assessment returns
  • Spring Statement set for 3 March 2026
  • Public told to be wary of 'spoofing' scams
December 2025
  • Have you made your financial New Year's resolutions?
  • Don't forget to file your self assessment tax return
  • Seasonal workers urged to check their pay
  • IHT reliefs threshold to rise to £2.5 million for farmers and businesses
  • Wages flatline and unemployment rises as jobs market softens
  • Public contract bids disappearing into a black hole, say small firms
  • Interest rates cut to 3.75%
  • UK Treasury to regulate cryptocurrency under new legislation
  • UK inflation falls to 3.2% in November
  • Weaknesses holding UK economy back, CBI warns
  • Budget unlikely to be growth game changer
  • HMRC offers time to help pay self assessment tax bills
  • £725 million package unveiled to support apprenticeships
  • Covid fraud cost UK taxpayers £10.9 billion
  • Most sole traders are not ready for MTD changes
  • Firms reducing headcount at 'fastest pace since pandemic'
  • E-invoicing will be fundamental change for VAT-registered businesses
  • Still time to start self assessment returns, says HMRC
  • Spending cuts and tax rises to serve as headwinds to economy
  • Director confidence 'near record low'
  • MTD penalties waived for first year of Income Tax
November 2025
  • Chancellor 'choosing to spend more and borrow more', says think tank
  • View our 2025 Autumn Budget Report
  • 2025 Autumn Budget - what to expect
  • 2025 Autumn Budget - the political reaction
  • 2025 Autumn Budget - the business reaction
  • 2025 Autumn Budget - the economic picture
  • UK announces billions more investment in AI
  • VAT reform could raise £80 billion a year, claims ICAEW
  • Bank deposit protection limit to be increased to £120,000
  • AI tools giving risky consumer advice, warns Which?
  • UK inflation rate falls for first time since March
  • Christmas crafters urged to check tax rules
  • Outdated rules could dim UK's creative spirit, warns FSB
  • Chancellor rules out cutting tax-free pension lump sum limit in Budget
  • Budget 'make or break' after sluggish growth figures, says BCC
  • UK jobs market weakens as unemployment rises
  • Employers expect AI to shrink workforce over coming year
  • Think tank urges Chancellor to prioritise prices in Autumn Budget
  • Interest rates held at 4%
  • Urgent action required to help small firms unlock trade benefits
  • Chancellor refuses to rule out raising taxes in Autumn Budget
  • CIOT calls for implementation of IHT transitional gifting rule
  • More small firms expect to shrink than grow
October 2025
  • UK could fall behind in net zero race, BCC warns
  • Expert advisory panel to provide industry insight on R&D tax relief
  • Small business owners 'fear consequences of Budget announcements'
  • Budget should tackle hiring issues, says BCC
  • Give State Pension its own PAYE scheme, says LITRG
  • Real Living Wage rates increase for half a million workers
  • Chancellor announces 'blitz on business bureaucracy'
  • UK inflation rate remains at 3.8%
  • Employers named and shamed for minimum wage breaches
  • Chancellor must avoid 'doing bare minimum' in Budget
  • UK will be second-fastest growing G7 economy, IMF predicts
  • UK economy grew 0.1% in August
  • Unemployment rate rises as job vacancies fall
  • Chancellor should use Budget to reform tax system, IFS says
  • HMRC brings in extra £4.6 billion using 'big data' system
  • Countdown to Vaping Products Duty begins
  • Study finds 'increased openness' to using external finance amongst firms
  • New tax avoidance law risks missing target, warns CIOT
  • HMRC to resume taking tax owed by debtors directly from bank accounts
  • Over 750,000 young people yet to claim savings
  • Budget must give UK business a competitive edge
  • Business confidence falls to new record low
  • Digitally excluded taxpayers urged to consider MTD exemption
September 2025
  • UK losing £2 billion annually as result of 'Tourist Tax'
  • More SMEs 'unlocking AI'
  • Business group says long-term sickness 'blighting' economy
  • Slowdown in living standards 'so large that families today would be £20,000 richer'
  • Chancellor urged to cut National Insurance but hike Income Tax in Autumn Budget
  • AI to boost trade by nearly 40% by 2040 if gaps are bridged
  • Failed housing transactions cost £1.5 billion a year
  • Bank of England leaves interest rate unchanged
  • British household energy debt has tripled in a decade
  • Inflation heaping pressure on firms, warns BCC
  • Covid repayment window opens
  • Chancellor to explore reforms to business rates on second premises
  • 'More must be done' to reform Lifetime ISAs
  • Budget Board must focus on easing the cost of doing business, says IoD
  • Four million calls to HMRC unanswered every year, MPs told
  • Changes to 'sugar tax' could damage business confidence
  • Economic outlook remains subdued
  • Lowering VAT threshold would be manifesto breach, warns IPSE
  • Autumn Budget to be delivered on 26 November
  • Companies face prosecution risk as new fraud law comes into force
  • Business confidence rises but concerns over taxes remain
  • Nearly 5,000 scams reported to FCA in first half of 2025
August 2025
  • Unemployment yet to peak, warns think tank
  • HMRC splits advisory fuel rates for electric cars
  • Support more young people into work, says FSB
  • Over 850,000 self employed to be pulled into first phase of MTD
  • Scams warning as self assessment taxpayers targeted
  • Extend Child Benefit for teenagers by the end of August
  • Inflation rises by more than anticipated
  • Homebuyers warned as HMRC clamps down on Stamp Duty claims
  • Uncertainty over IHT changes affecting property market
  • Office return picks up pace but varies across sectors
  • UK economic growth slows to 0.3%
  • HMRC urges families to save money with Tax-Free Childcare
  • UK labour market continues to weaken
  • Hospitality summer jobs down this year
  • Bank of England cuts interest rates to 4%
  • SME exporters hit by new US customs charges
  • Companies House confirms identity verification rollout to help combat fraud
  • Economic confidence plummets to all-time low
  • Crackdown on late payments launched in plan to back small businesses
  • Time for taxpayers to get ready for Making Tax Digital for Income Tax
July 2025
  • SMEs missing out on £2.7 billion in National Insurance savings
  • HMRC launches online PAYE service
  • CGT revenue falls by 18%
  • IFS calls for 'decisive action' to future-proof pension system
  • IHT to be charged on unused pension pots from 2027
  • Government urged to 'harness optimism to grow economy'
  • Government publishes Finance Bill supporting documents
  • Pensioners 'set to be worse off', warns DWP
  • International companies 'underpaid £8.8 billion in tax'
  • More small firms expect to shrink than grow
  • Recruitment static as firms assess NICs impact
  • Inflation rate jumps to 3.6%
  • UK trade stabilises after tariff hit
  • HMRC warns of Winter Fuel Payment scams
  • UK economy shrank in May
  • Harsh personal guarantees will chill growth ambitions, warns FSB
  • HMRC to fine crypto investors £300 for non-disclosure
  • IHT on pensions most unpopular of Labour's tax increases
  • HMRC criminal tax offence plan risks going too far, warns CIOT
  • Pension reforms risk higher prices, fewer jobs and slower growth, FSB warns
  • Business confidence rises in June
  • More than 25% of UK businesses hit by cyber-attack in past year
  • Individuals paying into Lifetime ISA 'could get less out than put in'

06 Jul 2026

Business confidence declines as operating conditions worsen

The confidence of the UK's business leaders dropped during May as operating conditions continued to deteriorate, according to research conducted by the Institute of Directors (IoD).

03 Jul 2026

Gen Zs wish they had learnt basics about tax

Four in ten of Generation Z say they wish they had learnt the basics about tax when they were younger, according to data from HMRC.

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