Hike in Petrol and Diesel Prices, Now at All-time High
Submitted by Praneet Kessani on Sat, 03/24/2012 - 12:08
According to sources, the prices of petrol and diesel have the reached their highest points for the first time ever. It is being expected that the prices will increase further in the coming months.
Chancellor’s Proposal Can Hit UK’s Industry, Warn Storage Firms
Submitted by Anil Dayal on Thu, 03/22/2012 - 13:22
A report revealed recently claims that the proposal to remove a loophole brought in by Chancellor George Osborne in his budget is largely risking the industry across the UK, as per Britain's self storage firms, since it allows them to avoid paying VAT.
Politics is in the Air: Private Cash, Public Projects, and High-voltage Drama
Submitted by Neeraj Shahane on Tue, 11/29/2011 - 08:47
The Government is running, in fact crawling, through an unprecedented dilemma, a major portion of which is down to the hidden price tag, in soliciting the private sector for funding the indispensible public infrastructure of the Great Britain.
2011 Budget for UK Released
Submitted by Girish Kumar Guha on Thu, 03/24/2011 - 18:28The UK budget for 2011 has been released on Wednesday. In the budget, Chancellor George Osborne announced that a new bank will be launched next year to promote green investment.
Green investments are the traditional investment vehicles such as stocks, mutual funds in which underlying business is somehow involved in operations aimed at improving the environment
The main motive of the launch of the bank is to make green investment more attractive to increase its demand among people.
April tax hikes will hit wealthiest the most: IFS
Submitted by Ajay Saxena on Mon, 01/31/2011 - 11:40
The wealthiest tenth of Britons will lose on average 3% of their net income due to the tax hikes and benefit cuts in April, leading economic think tank IFS said.
The higher rate tax threshold will be lowered from £37,000 to £35,001. The IFS claims that the new threshold will hit the wealthiest the most as they will lose 3% of the net earning, while other will lose merely 1%.
Osborne Calls for Measures to Obtain Stability to Growth
Submitted by Girish Kumar Guha on Sat, 01/29/2011 - 18:28UK is in an urgent need to gradually seek to secure a consistent economic growth from financially poised situation; George Osborne was quoted as saying.
The chancellor's plan to achieve by sticking on to debt reduction, curbing corporate tax rates, and reforms to the health and education sectors. In addition, Osborne has urged firms to spend their cash reserves in a bid to boost the economic conditions.
Mr Osborne also told Davos delegates he was unhappy with UK GDP figures this week which showed a 0.5% contraction in the last quarter of 2010.
