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Chancellor George Osborne gave his much anticipated autumn statement yesterday. He began by saying the Office of Budget Responsibility forecasts dropping to 0.9 percent in 2011 and 0.7 percent in 2012.
He then announced a number of measures that have …
Tax Breaks for private lenders and investors would make it easier for small to medium enterprises (SMEs) to gain access to finance, the Forum for Private Business (FPB) has claimed.
The FPB wants the chancellor to give a tax break …
The month of October saw the UK’s new borrowing fall to £6.5 billion, down from £7.7 billion the year before.
The borrowing was lower than expected as growth in tax revenue was greater than spending, with most economists having predicted …
HMRC Research and Development Tax Relief for Small Businesses – Find out more here.
A new service from HMRC to help small to medium enterprises claim tax relief for research and development has been declared a good idea by tax …
On Friday 28th October Dorothy and Ricky Steedman were pleased to accept an invitation from the Lothian and Borders Police Choir to attend their special evening for the supporters and sponsors of the Choir’s recent trip to New York …
We found this article interesting about the possibility of a double-dip recession.
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Steedman & Company would like to offer their congratulations to Carlton Cricket Club on their great victory winning the Murgitroyd Masterton Trophy and booking their place in the national T20 finals day in Glasgow. We wish the team the …
The construction industry could sink deeper into recession as the number of companies who became insolvent rose by nearly a fifth in the last financial quarter.
There were 948 insolvencies in the first three months of the year, a 19 …
Household spending has slumped to a new two year low. The fragility of consumer spending, even before the full of effects of public spending cuts have been felt, means an imminent rise in interest rates is unlikely.
The OECD though, …
Base rates are expected to remain at 0.5 percent amidst predictions that people’s spending capacity will fall for the fourth year in a year; the first time to happen since the 1870’s.
Deloitte’s economic advisor Roger Bootle says that an …
