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October 9, 2025
Autumn Budget 2025 – What Might Be Coming for Businesses?

The Autumn Budget will be delivered on 26 November, but the Chancellor’s recent speech in Liverpool gave us some useful hints about what could be on the table.

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October 8, 2025
CMA Flags Concerns Over Rising Fuel Margins

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has published its latest monitoring report on fuel prices, highlighting increases in both pump prices and retailer margins.

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October 6, 2025
Digital ID to Become Mandatory for Right to Work Checks

The government has announced its plan to introduce a new digital ID scheme, which will become the standard way to complete Right to Work checks by the end of the current Parliament.

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October 2, 2025
Amazon to close UK grocery stores as focus shifts to online delivery

Amazon is set to close all 19 of its UK Amazon Fresh grocery stores less than five years after launching the till-free sites in London. Five of the stores may be converted into Whole Foods outlets, another grocery brand owned by Amazon.

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October 1, 2025
Building cyber resilience: Preparing for Recovery as Well As Defence

Cyber incidents continue to feature in the news headlines, with airports now joining large UK retailers and manufacturers in experiencing serious disruption to supply chains and services.

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September 29, 2025
UK and US launch joint task force on the future of financial markets

The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves, hosted US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent at Downing Street recently for a joint industry roundtable. The meeting reaffirmed the close ties between London and New York as leading global financial centres and announced the creation of a new Transatlantic Taskforce for Markets of the Future.

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September 25, 2025
No Change for Inflation and Interest Rates

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) reported last week that the annual inflation rate for August 2025 was 3.8%, unchanged from July.

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September 24, 2025
State Pension Set for Rise - But More Retirees May Face Tax

From April, people drawing the state pension may see an increase of more than £500 a year, thanks to the government’s triple lock guarantee. The policy means the pension rises each year by whichever is higher: 2.5%, inflation, or average wage growth.

Read article
October 9, 2025
Autumn Budget 2025 – What Might Be Coming for Businesses?

The Autumn Budget will be delivered on 26 November, but the Chancellor’s recent speech in Liverpool gave us some useful hints about what could be on the table.

Read article
October 8, 2025
CMA Flags Concerns Over Rising Fuel Margins

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has published its latest monitoring report on fuel prices, highlighting increases in both pump prices and retailer margins.

Read article
October 6, 2025
Digital ID to Become Mandatory for Right to Work Checks

The government has announced its plan to introduce a new digital ID scheme, which will become the standard way to complete Right to Work checks by the end of the current Parliament.

Read article
October 2, 2025
Amazon to close UK grocery stores as focus shifts to online delivery

Amazon is set to close all 19 of its UK Amazon Fresh grocery stores less than five years after launching the till-free sites in London. Five of the stores may be converted into Whole Foods outlets, another grocery brand owned by Amazon.

Read article
October 1, 2025
Building cyber resilience: Preparing for Recovery as Well As Defence

Cyber incidents continue to feature in the news headlines, with airports now joining large UK retailers and manufacturers in experiencing serious disruption to supply chains and services.

Read article
September 29, 2025
UK and US launch joint task force on the future of financial markets

The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves, hosted US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent at Downing Street recently for a joint industry roundtable. The meeting reaffirmed the close ties between London and New York as leading global financial centres and announced the creation of a new Transatlantic Taskforce for Markets of the Future.

Read article
September 25, 2025
No Change for Inflation and Interest Rates

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) reported last week that the annual inflation rate for August 2025 was 3.8%, unchanged from July.

Read article
September 24, 2025
State Pension Set for Rise - But More Retirees May Face Tax

From April, people drawing the state pension may see an increase of more than £500 a year, thanks to the government’s triple lock guarantee. The policy means the pension rises each year by whichever is higher: 2.5%, inflation, or average wage growth.

Read article