The first half of 2022 saw a continued boom in M&A, following a record year in 2021. But the uncertainty and volatility caused by the polycrisis of the war in Ukraine, a hostile China still struggling with the Covid-19 pandemic, political instability in the UK and across the globe, inflation...

The UK chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, delivered his Autumn Statement 2023 on 22 November, which was accompanied by a better-than-expected economic and fiscal forecast by the Office of Budget Responsibility. With the government having met its pledge to halve inflation, the chancellor said that he was delivering an "Autumn Statement for...

There was a strong recovery for UK merger and acquisition (M&A) activity in 2021 as it pulled out of the sharp downturn in the first half of 2020 when the Covid-19 pandemic first struck. Investor confidence has bounced back following the national vaccination programme and more certainty in the UK...

The UK Labour Party set out a range of tax policy pledges with the launch of its Business Partnership for Growth plan in February, highlighting those it wishes to maintain and stabilise while leaving "on the table" previous pledges to levy VAT and business rates on private schools, introduce a...