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Food giant CEO accuses chancellor of making Britain uninvestable after CBI boss says her measures will deter companies from expanding, as Reeves insists there’s no alternative ‘but there won’t be another Budget like this’

Chancellor Rachel Reeves said she was ‘not immune’ to the difficulties facing businesses but there was no alternative to her Budget tax raid.

There is a generational divide when it comes to QR codes and I am on the far side of it. But there’s going to be more, many more of them around, according to this paper’s genius business editor, Jonathan Prynn. It’s all about the increase in employers’ National Insurance in…

In her first major speech since succeeding Rishi Sunak, the Tory leader said she was not surprised at how many bosses flocked to meet Sir Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves before the general election

Scottish Finance Secretary Shona Robison accused the UK Government of ‘austerity through the back door’.

Confederation of British Industry chief executive Rain Newton-Smith said firms face tough decisions on hiring and investment due to the Budget.

THE UK Government has said it will give the Scottish Government an additional £300 million to cover the planned increase to employers’ National…

A survey of 400 business owners across all sectors found that almost 60 per cent have put hiring plans on hold as a result of the National Insurance rise

CBI chief Rain Newton-Smith said that business had been caught ‘off-guard’ by national insurance hikes