The Impact of New Parental Leave Rights on Small and Micro Businesses I suspect few people who would argue that it won’t be better for men to be able to spend more time with their babies, or disagree that the changes the Government is proposing could benefit the economy through increased productivity while benefitingContinue reading “Day-One Parental Leave Is Good for Families but Terrifying for Britain’s Smallest Employers”
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Business Rates Shake-Up Risks Accelerating Closures Across UK Hospitality
Business Rates Reforms Could Reshape the Hospitality Industry The UK hospitality sector, grappling with rising costs and post-pandemic recovery, is facing another major challenge: proposed changes to business rates. Announced in the November Budget, these reforms aim to modernise the system and phase out temporary Covid-era relief. But for pubs, restaurants, and hotels, the implicationsContinue reading “Business Rates Shake-Up Risks Accelerating Closures Across UK Hospitality”
Four Million Self-Employed Workers Still Get No Sick Pay, Warns Liz Barclay
Sick Pay Stops at the Payroll — Leaving the Self-Employed Exposed Liz Barclay, small business advocate and founder of http://www.Business111.com, has called on the Government to urgently address the absence of sick pay for the UK’s 4.4 million self-employed workers, following the publication of a major new report by the Fabian Society. The report,Continue reading “Four Million Self-Employed Workers Still Get No Sick Pay, Warns Liz Barclay”
Trump To Putin: This Is How You Do It
This article was originally published in http://www.express.co.uk Putin could learn a lot from Trump Compare and contrast, if you will, two recent military coup de main operations. The first of these was Russia’s attempt in February 2022 to decapitate Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy ’s government in Kyiv, replace it with a pro-Moscow administration, andContinue reading “Trump To Putin: This Is How You Do It”
Trump Topples Maduro — And Dares the World to Stop Him
No-one with a pulse can really have been surprised at recent events in Venezuela. The USA telegraphed its intent for months before finally taking action. We all knew something was going to happen, if not exactly what. Now Maduro and his wife are in US custody and a semi-power vacuum prevails in Caracas, withContinue reading “Trump Topples Maduro — And Dares the World to Stop Him”