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Swedish economic historian Johan Norberg's latest book, 'Progress' provides a persuasive antidote to the fashionable consensus of doom and decline.

This year's report finds the UK government amid the complex challenge of leaving the EU.

Before the US election many commentators thought a victory for Donald Trump would be a Brexit-like moment, fuelling uncertainty and hitting equities, business confidence and growth.

Last year the UK current account deficit – the gap between income earned overseas by UK exporters and investors and income earned in the UK by foreign companies and investors – rose to 5.1% of GDP, a post-war high.

School trust leaders are being asked to think beyond their own organisations and lead across place through alliances and shared capacity. This shift demands a fundamental change in leadership identity—moving away from the heroic individual leader model toward collaborative, place-based civic leadership that prioritizes collective outcomes over institutional boundaries.

The summer break provides a welcome escape from Brexit and an opportunity to spend some time catching up on reading.

Today's Budget announcement that the Government will introduce the foreign profits reform package in Finance Bill 2009 is the latest development in more than two years of discussion and consultation on this topic. The Government's stated aim of this reform is to enhance and support the competitiveness of the UK tax system. The key question is does the reform package announced meet this aim?

Last Wednesday evening the House of Lords held a 90-minute debate on a Deloitte research paper, published last summer, entitled Technology and people: The great job-creating machine.

The new Pension Schemes Bill, highlighted in the King's Speech 2024, aims to facilitate DB and DC pension fund consolidation and productive investment. Key provisions include establishing commercial superfunds for DB consolidation, automatic consolidation of small DC pots, implementing value-for-money tests for trust-based DC schemes, and requiring DC schemes to offer retirement income solutions. It also streamlines the process for recovering overpayments and expands eligibility for lump sum pay

This episode features the renowned British economist and author Jonathan Haskel. He talks about the shift from tangible to intangible assets and how the economy has evolved over the last 20 years.

Downward economic pressure is not abating: weak demand and falling revenue is feeding into multiple sectors across the major economies.

The 2024 Autumn Budget, to be delivered on 30 October by Chancellor Rachel Reeves, may introduce tax changes including potential Capital Gains Tax reforms, Inheritance Tax adjustments, pension relief cuts, and alterations to non-dom taxation and furnished holiday lets.

China's growth story is nothing short of spectacular. Since 1980, its economy has expanded at the average rate of 10% a year - a pace that is unthinkable in the developed world.

Despite these uncertain times, expanding overseas can be a key driver for future growth for an ambitious business.

HMRC has announced that the introduction of mandatory payrolling for most Benefits in Kind (BiKs) will be delayed by one year, until 6 April 2027.

Barry Knight advises retailers on how to keep their business on track.

Earlier this year, our article "Singapore Green Energy Transition – Recent Developments" discussed some of the steps that Singapore has been taking to build a sustainable...