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Macron, Le Pen Clash Over Cost of Living in French Election Debate
Date: April 20, 2022
By Michel Rose, Elizabeth Pineau and Ingrid Melander PARIS (Reuters) -French President Emmanuel Macron and far-right challenger Marine Le Pen faced off on Wednesday evening in their only debate ahead of Sunday’s presidential election run-off, battling over who would be best placed to improve voters’ purchasing power. For Le Pen, who lags Macron in voter...
Four in 10 UK Consumers Say Targeted by Online Fraud
Date: April 19, 2022
19 April 2022: According to TransUnion’s 2022 Global Digital Fraud Trends Report, 42% of UK consumers say they have been targeted by online fraud in the past three months[i]. Among those targeted, the five most common scams faced were phishing (46%), third-party seller scams on legitimate online retail websites (25%), stolen credit card or fraudulent charges (23%),...
UK Executives Expect High Inflation to Squeeze Profits – Deloitte
Date: April 19, 2022
By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) – More than seven out of 10 chief financial officers (CFOs) at Britain’s biggest companies expect high inflation to reduce their profit margins, and few see the Bank of England getting inflation under control in the next couple of years. A quarterly survey from accountants Deloitte showed a record 98%...
UK Employers Offer Average 2.8% Pay Rise to Staff – Survey
Date: April 18, 2022
LONDON (Reuters) – British employers are offering annual pay settlements worth an average increase of 2.8% to staff, well below the rate of inflation, a survey showed on Monday. The Chartered Management Institute said many businesses were wary of offering pay rises when other costs were soaring and some feared that consumer demand would soon...
New Data Confirms That HMRC’s Approach to IR35 Is Hampering Growth for the UK Financial Sector
Date: April 14, 2022
50% of businesses reported that IR35, the UK’s anti-avoidance tax legislation, was the biggest obstacle to hiring contractors over the past 12 months More than 70% of businesses and recruiters have seen a drop in their limited company PSC contractors since the IR35 reform Half of contractors in the UK have considered closing their businesses,...
The Hidden Impact of Remote Working on Your Employees’ Wellbeing
Date: April 14, 2022
By Paul Rhodes, founder and creator of health, wellbeing and fundraising platform, WellGiving. Remote working is not new, and there are many businesses that have implemented a successful remote working policy long before recent events made it the ubiquitous phenomena it is today. However, the COVID pandemic has meant businesses that would have otherwise continued...