Recent announcements regarding the increase in GDP and inflation both point towards another strong phase of recovery, but the headlines hide a slightly different story. GDP figures covering the second quarter of 2021 were incredibly positive, showing almost record growth in a single period of 4.8%. Inflation figures released around the same time and covering […]
With the latest stage of lockdown restrictions being eased, economists and forecasters are predicting UK consumer spending will help to boost the recovery. The backdrop to the prediction is the record level of personal savings that UK households have squirrelled away during the pandemic. With opportunities to spend restricted, records have been set and broken […]
People working from home are being warned about the risk of invalidating their home insurance. With the stay-at-home order issued in March 2020, two subsequent national lockdowns and government guidance still recommending people work from home wherever possible, the number of people making adaptations to residential properties to create a long-term workspace is on the […]
Reports show an increase in the number of co-operatives having been established in 2020/21 as businesses search for recovery solutions. Faced with cancelled orders, falling sales and a lack of wholesale trade opportunities, hundreds of smaller enterprises were staring down a bleak future when the Covid pandemic took hold in Spring 2020. Whilst many took […]
Having picked up the Treasury reins just weeks before the Covid pandemic broke, Chancellor Rishi Sunak has so far had little room to manoeuvre or stamp his own brand on the economic plan for the UK. Despite making numerous announcements and unveiling multiple recovery and support plans, his budget statement on March 3rd 2021 is […]
There’s nothing like global a pandemic to make us all take stock of our lives. It’s probably fair to say that over the last year, most of us will have taken a moment to consider our personal situation, either because we feel thankful that we have been able to navigate a way through or because […]
Like every other business in the UK, the Covid pandemic, lockdowns and impact on the economy hit us out of nowhere too. Within hours of the first stay at home notice, we received a number of calls and emails from anxious clients and individuals keen to know how to manage the financial impact of the […]
Despite introducing financial support packages that were designed to include as many people as possible, there were always going to be segments of society that missed out on Government support during the Covid pandemic. One major group that were initially overlooked were the self-employed, requiring Chancellor Rishi Sunak to have to introduce the Self-employed incomes […]
It seems like a lifetime since the Chancellor first announced a package of support for individuals and businesses that were going to be impacted by the national lockdown back in March of this year. With an ever changing backdrop of restrictions, tiers, lockdowns, initiatives, grants and strategies designed to keep people safe and the economy […]
Although many people have spent much of 2020 working from home, news of a vaccine has prompted a great deal of discussion about the future of the office. Much of the media, including business focused channels such as LinkedIn, have been full of philosophers predicting the demise of traditional office space. But just how realistic […]
As the Government continues to grapple with balancing the economy and the provision of further financial support, ‘unprecedented’ seems to have been replaced by ‘viable’ as the most frequently used buzz word – specifically when related to jobs and businesses. There is much talk about avoiding pumping more taxpayer cash into jobs or businesses that […]
Whilst there no longer appears to be anything that is truly unusual in the current climate, the Chancellor took the unusual decision to cancel November’s planned budget statement and delivered a Winter Economy Plan in its place. This move once again underlines the lack of long-term certainty that the Covid pandemic is enforcing on the […]