Britain’s biggest employers’ group has accused Jeremy Hunt of “economic vandalism” over dramatic cuts to investment incentives for small and medium-sized businesses. The Federation of Small Businesses said the chancellor was guilty of an “unprovoked attack” on small companies after he reformed research and development tax credits last week. The scheme, which provides tax incentives … Read more
Recent cuts to arts funding are part of “an agenda of cultural vandalism” that benefits only a wealthy few, the actor Juliet Stevenson has said, at a protest over plans announced by Arts Council England (ACE). Stevenson was one of hundreds of people, including the former shadow chancellor John McDonnell, who demonstrated outside the Department … Read more
COLUMBUS, Ga. (WTVM) – Repeated business break-ins in Columbus’ midtown are starting to add up financially for owners. The owner of Simply Carol’s Hair Salon, Carolyn Freeman, says they have been dealing with the aftermath of vandals hitting their business for four weeks now. Freeman says it started with derogatory words painted on the walls. … Read more
But there is a long tail, lasting in some cases more than 50 years. In the meantime, the established strategy as members approach retirement age is to “de-risk” portfolios by selling higher risk assets such as equities and swapping into so-called “risk free” bonds where you can be certain of the nominal rate of return … Read more
The rail transport and pipelines industry, which is a subsector under the transportation and storage sector, has recorded a 51.01 per cent decline in the sector’s contribution to the Gross Domestic Product. The nominal GDP output of the sector crashed from N87.06m in the first quarter of 2022 to N42.65m by the second quarter of … Read more