In recent years budgets have been postponed until March due to unprecedented events Rumours are circulating that chancellor Rishi Sunak will delay his budget until 2022. The speculation came after Sunak asked the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) to prepare an economic forecast to be put to parliament at the end of October. It is […]

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Corporation tax raised to 25% from 2023 Rishi Sunak warned during his budget announcement that “it will take a long time to recover from this extraordinary situation”. The Chancellor on Wednesday afternoon confirmed an increase in corporation tax to help restore the nation’s finances in the aftermath of the pandemic. In addition, Sunak announced a […]

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Aerospace and defence manufacturing firm, BAE Systems (LON:BA), watched its shares continue their upward climb on Friday, following the government’s announcement of a £16.5 billion injection into the Defence budget. While in real terms the boost will actually increase the Defence budget by £7 billion (according to the IFS’s Ben Zaranko), that amount is certainly […]

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Perhaps almost as eagerly anticipated as the prime minister’s public address earlier in the week, Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak today addressed Commons with his Winter Economy Plan, which doubled down on keeping the economy open, while providing support to businesses and their employees. The Chancellor began his statement by saying he felt “cautiously […]

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Chancellor Rishi Sunak is expected to announce a ‘mini budget’ on Wednesday, in which he will propose a stamp duty holiday, similar to the proposal made by former Chancellor Phillip Hammond in 2017. The move is expected to see the raising of the initial stamp duty threshold from £125,000 to as much as £500,000, in […]

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UK prime minister Boris Johnson spoke on Times Radio on Monday, and stated that the UK would face “bumpy times” and that Coronavirus had been an “absolute nightmare” for the country. Aside from the inevitable discussion about the government’s handling of the pandemic, there was also talk about whether Mr Johnson would stay true to […]

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The Bank of England has announced that it will pump an additional £100 billion into the UK economy to help offset the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. The bank’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) voted by an 8-1 majority to increase the target stock of UK government bonds – a continuation of the previous £200 billion […]

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The Labour party has called for an emergency budget to be released this summer in anticipation of soaring unemployment levels once the government’s furlough scheme is fully terminated in October. Shadow Chancellor Anneliese Dodds has urged Rishi Sunak to deliver a “full budget” aimed at preventing unemployment, improving skills training and giving more substantial support […]

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Few would venture to deny the momentous nature of the new government’s maiden budget. Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak employed an undeniably Keynesian approach to spending, with handouts to increase business cash flows and infrastructure investment emblematic of an ambitious vision for the future. Some questions that we need to ask ourselves now: is this […]

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The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak has unveiled the latest budget by the government this afternoon. Over the last few weeks, the global population have been trying to combat the ongoing coronavirus epidemic. Since its initial spread, the coronavirus has affected Europe in a manner which is larger than anticipated. Italy seem to have […]

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With bailouts of the hotel industry already being discussed in the US Congress, should we expect more widespread quantitative easing in the wake of the Coronavirus induced Black Monday slump? The likely response will be a ‘yes’, explained away by the rational need to encourage liquidity and avoid a catastrophic 2008-style slump. After the G7 […]

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Wizz Air Holdings (LON:WIZZ) have told the market that they have taken some precautionary measures to limit the impact of the coronavirus. Last week, British stocks faced a bruising after reports suggested that the coronavirus was in the UK and also had reached Italy. There was no surprise that airline stocks had received the largest […]

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Wizz Air Holdings PLC (LON:WIZZ) have announced their intentions to launch operations in Abu Dhabi. The FTSE 100 airline firm said that operations should commence this Autumn, following the completion of a partnership agreement. The announcement to move into the Middle East was made a few months back, in December – and the firm said […]

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It has been a busy week for British Politics, and the media has been struggling to keep up with changes to governmental positions. Only a few days back, the cabinet reshuffle was taking place, with MP’s ebbing and flowing from Boris Johnson’s internal government committee. One of the significant departures was Sajid Javid who reigned […]

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Sterling rallied following the resignation of Chancellor Sajid Javid, while FTSE early morning wobbles were compounded by a seismic cabinet reshuffle. The assumption now, it would appear, is that incoming Chancellor Rishi Sunak will be bullied into big spending in next month’s budget, by Boris Johnson and crony Dominic Cummings. Among a growing list of […]

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Donald Trump has announced his new budget plan for the next fiscal year, as the American President looks to juggle current commitments and his new election campaign. The US President never fails to make news headlines, and has vowed to win the New Hampshire seat in the next 2020 election which will determine whether he […]

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