By John Walker on May 10, 2010
At just after 5pm today ( May 10, 2010), Gordon Brown announced that he would be willing to step down from the post of Labour leader staying no longer than is needed to set political reform in motion and assure economic growth. He stood on the steps of 10 Downing Street and said:
If it becomes [...]
Posted in Deals and Agreements, Politics & Legislation, Public Sector, UK | Tagged Gordon Brown |
By John Walker on May 7, 2010
The final seat, contested in yesterday’s general election, returned its result just before 5pm today.
The resulting number of seats won, as collated by the BBC, are distributed as follows:
Conservative: 306
Labour: 258
Liberal Democrats: 57
Democratic Unionist Party: 8
Scottish National Party: 6
Sinn Fein: 5
Plaid Cymru: 3
Social Democratic and Labour Party: 3
Green Party: 1
Alliance Party: 1
Independent (Sylvia Hermon): 1
The [...]
Posted in Political and Economic Philosophies, Politics & Legislation, UK |
By John Walker on April 6, 2010
Gordon Brown has returned from his visit to Buckingham Palace where he asked the Queen to dissolve parliament on 12 April ahead of the General Election to be held on May 6th.
Posted in Notable Dates, Politics & Legislation |
By John Walker on March 25, 2010
The UK Treasury has released further information following the Chancellor’s Budget Statement (Wednesday March 24th 2010). The following is an excerpt from the notice that outlines the particular measures for supporting business and growth.
The Government took decisive action to support the economy during the financial crisis and its aftermath. As the UK emerges from [...]
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By John Walker on March 10, 2010
The UK Chancellor of the Exchequer confirmed today that his Budget Report Statement to the House of Commons will occur on Wednesday the 24th March 2010 at 12.30 pm.
news source: http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/budget2010.htm
Posted in UK Budget |
By John Walker on December 9, 2009
The UK Chancellor of the Exchequer, Alistair Darling, introduced a temporary lower rate of VAT in last year’s pre budget report.
There was some speculation that he might have extended this reduction beyond the original term. However, in today’s pre-budget report statement to the House of Commons, he said:
I can confirm that VAT will return to [...]
Posted in Procurement, Professional and Business Services, Sales, Taxation, UK, UK Budget | Tagged Alistair Darling, Chancellor of the Exchequer |
By John Walker on December 6, 2009
British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) Economic Forecast - December 2009
Ahead of the Chancellor’s Pre-Budget Report, the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) has today published its latest Economic Forecast. The business group, which calls itself “the National Voice of Local Business”, has made downward revisions to its GDP expectations for 2009 and 2010, but is more [...]
Posted in Economic Cycles, Employment Levels, England, Forecasts, Lending and Borrowing, Political and Economic Philosophies, Public Spending and State Aid, Scotland, Taxation, UK Budget, Wales | Tagged British Chambers of Commerce (BCC), capital investment, double-dip recession, GDP, international credit rating, labour market, public spending cuts |
By John Walker on April 22, 2009
The UK Chancellor of the Exchequer, today, announced the government’s mid-term economic forecasts and their tax and spending plans.
Amongst the measures, he announced a 50% rate of tax on incomes above £150,000.
…However, as the economy recovers and wages start to grow again, it is right that we take additional steps.
I believe that it is fair [...]
Posted in UK, UK Budget |
By John Walker on April 1, 2009
Today marks the biggest shake-up in local democracy in one single day since the seventies - when 44 councils will be replaced by just nine serving over 3 million residents.
From the tip of Cornwall to the coast of Northumberland, this move will boost services, cut red tape and waste and capitalise on stronger leadership and [...]
Posted in Politics & Legislation, UK |
By John Walker on April 1, 2009
The Competition Commission (CC) has provisionally concluded that the completed acquisition by Capita Group plc (Capita) of IBS OPENSystems plc (IBS) could damage competition in the market for the supply of revenues and benefits software to local authorities in the UK.
Before the merger, both Capita and IBS sold revenues and benefits software, which is used [...]
Posted in Construction, Education, Politics & Legislation, Sales, Mergers & Acquisitions, UK |
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