All The Budget articles – Page 4
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News
Your reactions to the new government’s £40bn tax-raising budget
Readers of The Grocer share their opinions on how the autumn budget will affect their areas of industry
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Convenience stores to bear £666m in extra costs from new budget
The ACS said the impact would be felt “unevenly” across the UK’s 50,000 convenience stores
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Comment & Opinion
Labour’s budget gamble leaves businesses scrambling for cash
Labour is hoping it can both raid corporate pockets and simultaneously stimulate growth
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Comment & Opinion
The budget proves food manufacturing has no government backing
We see no investment agenda from government on a bigger scale, says Andrew Keeble, co-founder at Heck
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Alcohol industry rages as duty set to go up in line with inflation
The tax hike was ‘a kick in the teeth to distillers’ said the UK Spirits Alliance
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The budget as it happened and what it means for fmcg
Rachel Reeves confirms this budget will raise taxes by £40bn
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Media Bites 30 October: autumn statement, Mondelez, Campari, Rude Health
The long-awaited Budget statement will be delivered by chancellor Rachel Reeves at 12.30pm
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Stuart Machin urges Chancellor not to raise taxes on business
The M&S chief said he hoped recent ‘rumours’ that Rachel Reeves planned to raise National Insurance were untrue
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Media Bites 24 October: Disposable vape ban, inflation, online retail tax, the budget
The government has confirmed a ban on disposable vapes will come into force on 1 June
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WineGB piles further pressure on government over duty ahead of budget
The industry is ramping up its demands as the ending of temporary easement on duty for wine comes into sight
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Comment & Opinion
Jeremy Hunt’s spring budget is all hat and no rabbits
Dubbed a pre-election giveaway budget, the most notable giveaways were towards the bastions of Fleet Street who had already been tipped off about all the major announcements
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News
Vaping to be hit with new excise duty, plus tobacco duty to rise
The policy is intended “to discourage non-smokers to take up vaping” Chancellor Jeremy Hunt said in his budget speech
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Comment & Opinion
How the autumn statement will impact retail and fmcg
A ‘final nail in the coffin for the high street’ was the grim description from a leading property consultancy of today’s autumn statement
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Analysis & Features
Why is the plastic tax not delivering what was promised?
The ‘world-leading’ tax has raked in way more than expected – though from fewer companies – and with none of it ringfenced for recycling
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Analysis & Features
All you need to know about the new UK alcohol duty system
The government’s new alcohol duty system will tax alcohol based on abv, not a drink’s classification as per the current method
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News
‘Crippling’ alcohol duty hike will hit consumers and brands hard
Another household budget bashing this summer as the government remains set to lift its three-year alcohol duty freeze
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Comment & Opinion
Budget: businesses like ours need childcare support and green incentives now
There were two incredibly important announcements in the budget, but they don’t go far enough to encourage growth, says Jamie Keeble, co-founder of Heck
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Analysis & Features
Grocery’s spring budget wish list: what are the odds?
Ahead of this week’s red box reveal, here’s what heads up the sector’s wish list – along with best-guess odds in the face of reality
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Comment & Opinion
Rishi Sunak’s tax tweaks cannot stem the inevitable rise in food poverty
While the Chancellor will hope his tax-cutting pledges dominate the headlines, the reality is rocketing inflation will cause the biggest drop in UK living standards since records began
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Comment & Opinion
What we learned in the Autumn Budget 2021: from business rates to alcohol duty reforms
Business rates will be cut but not overhauled, while alcohol duty is in for a more radical reform