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UK politics
fromBusiness Matters
13 hours ago

Alan Roper: 'wage and tax policy has stripped 12.6m out of our profits'

Successive minimum wage and employer national insurance increases reduced Blue Diamond’s profits by £12.6m, prompting tighter control of working hours and pay structures.
London startup
fromLondon Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com
2 months ago

Is there a new solution to London's rising unemployment rate? - London Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com

London's 7.3% unemployment rate contradicts its economic status, driven by employer hesitancy due to rising National Insurance, minimum wage increases, and employment law changes that raise hiring risks and costs.
UK news
fromBusiness Matters
2 months ago

Youth unemployment hits 11-year high as rate cut expectations build

Youth unemployment among 16–24-year-olds rose to 16.1%, nearly 740,000 unemployed, driven by higher employer labour costs and concentrated job losses in entry-level sectors.
UK politics
fromBusiness Matters
5 months ago

The new tax stack: how overlapping levies are quietly rewriting UK business models

A growing layered tax stack of overlapping levies and charges increasingly reshapes investment, pricing, and business models across UK industries.
UK politics
fromBusiness Matters
5 months ago

Businesses warn Budget cap on salary sacrifice pensions would remove "one of the few tools employers have to manage rising costs"

A proposed cap on salary sacrifice pensions would effectively raise Employer National Insurance and reduce employers' ability to manage rising employment costs.
UK politics
fromBusiness Matters
8 months ago

Companies cut jobs at fastest pace in four years after Reeves's 25bn payroll tax raid

British firms are cutting jobs at the fastest pace in four years after a £25bn employer National Insurance increase, with retail and hospitality hit hardest.
UK politics
fromwww.independent.co.uk
8 months ago

Reeves' tax hikes have hit one in five job vacancies' at small firms

Employer national insurance increases coincided with an 18% fall in small-business job vacancies and prompted demands to reverse the related business tax.
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