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Jacqueline Jossa’s ‘business under investigation as her company owes more than £32,000 in tax’ By Eve Buckland For Mailonline Published: 08:22 BST, 14 October 2020 | Updated: 08:22 BST, 14 October 2020 Jacqueline Jossa’s business is being investigated after the company was put into voluntary liquidation owing more than £32,000 in tax, according to new … Read more
Increasing taxes to pay for the Covid crisis would be ‘an act of self-sabotage’ which would derail Britain’s economic recovery, Rishi Sunak was warned last night. The Chancellor has repeatedly signalled that tax rises will be needed to repair the battered public finances. With Britain’s national debt topping £2trillion for the first time and borrowing … Read more
Rishi Sunak must CUT and simplify taxes to revive the economy after hammer blow from coronavirus lockdown, warn economists Institute of Economic Affairs report calls on Rishi Sunak to reform tax system It suggests Chancellor can learn the lessons from recent history to boost growth Report calls for income tax to be capped at 40 … Read more
David Alexander won $10,000 on Wednesday’s episode of Big Brother: All-Stars, but he may have squandered his shot at the show’s $500,000 grand prize. During the week’s veto competition, six houseguests were asked to dive into a vat of beach inflatables and find a special T-shirt that would give them veto power. Almost immediately, the … Read more
Subway sandwiches are too sugary to meet the legal definition of being BREAD, Ireland’s Supreme Court rules The sandwiches could not be categorised as a staple food, Supreme Court ruled Due to their high sugar content, which stands at 10pc of weight of flour in dough Ruling ends a 14-year battle by the global takeaway … Read more
Red wine tsunami! The moment a 50,000-litre tanks bursts at a winery in Spain and unleashes a flood of red wine A 50,000-litre wine tank at a winery in Spain spilled its contents onto the floor A jet of wine erupted from the tank at the Bodegas Vitivinos winery in Villamalea It is believed that a … Read more
Archaeologists have uncovered the first Iron Age wine press in Lebanon, dating from the 7th century BC. Excavations at the ancient settlement of Tell el-Burak near the city of Sidon uncovered the well-preserved press, which was constructed from plaster made by mixing lime and recycled ceramics. Wine makers would have stomped the grapes in the … Read more
Britons face rises in income tax, national insurance and VAT to fill the huge hole in the public finances after coronavirus, economists warned today. The scale of the revenue needed due to lost growth and huge bailouts could be as much as two per cent of national income – roughly £44billion. However, a respected panel … Read more
Caterers of funerals, weddings, corporate conferences and other events have been left out of the Chancellor’s £4.1billion tax cut for the hospitality industry, official guidelines suggest. The £70billion UK events industry has been on its knees as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, with caterers seeing months of event bookings vanish overnight and some seeing … Read more
Ken McMeikan knows how to get his point across to politicians. While running high street chain Greggs in 2012, he made George Osborne scrap his plans for a ‘pasty tax’ on hot takeaway goods by climbing a stepladder outside Downing Street dressed as a baker and blasting his opposition to the policy through a megaphone. … Read more