UK company directors can claim as allowable expenses under HMRC rules. The golden principle is that expenses must be incurred "wholly and exclusively" for business purposes not personal use.
The changes to pension salary sacrifice in the budget affect more people than at first thought. It has exposed another way wealthier workers gain a tax advantage over lower paid people.
Few issues provoke as much anxiety among parents as screens and children. Smartphones tend to dominate the debate, but focusing on phones alone misses the bigger picture.
Steve Keen (born 28 March 1953) is an Australian economist and author. He considers himself a post-Keynesian, criticising neoclassical economics as inconsistent, unscientific, and empirically unsupported.
It begins, as all great scandals do, with a brown paper envelope. Not the kind containing sandwiches or scribbled notes, but the kind bulging with cash—handed over with a wink and a muttered "just a few questions, mind you." At the time, I treated these envelopes with the same casual indifference one reserves for takeaway menus.
For most people in the UK, the names at the centre of political-financial controversies feel remote. Global banks, former cabinet ministers, powerful figures moving easily between government and elite networks now exposed leave most people cold.
John Logie Baird's demonstration of television in the 1920s was not just a technological curiosity; it marked the beginning of one of the most economically influential inventions of the modern era. Nearly a century later, television has reshaped economies not through a single shock, but through a long chain of structural changes affecting industry, labour, consumption, politics, and culture.
A Byline Times article report how UK health and defence records connect Jeffrey Epstein, Peter Thiel, Palantir, Mandelson and Russian Criminal networks with links to UK government contracts. Its all getting more and more murky and you might think its like a spy novel.
Communities from Shetland to Dumfries & Galloway have benefited from more than £19 million in Government funding to help make social housing more energy efficient and cleaner to heat. Allocations from the latest funding round of the Social Housing Net Zero Heat Fund published today show that 27 projects across the country made successful applications, bringing clean heating and energy efficiency improvements to around 2,300 social homes.
Plans to develop a Rural and Island Housing Grant Scheme, with an indicative budget of up to £20 million over four years, have been announced by the First Minister. Designed to help with costs in rural and island communities, the scheme will enable people, including first-time buyers and families, to own affordable homes in the places they want to live.
Business rates (officially called Non‑Domestic Rates) are a tax on properties that aren't homes—shops, offices, factories, warehouses, pubs, etc. They're calculated by multiplying your property’s Rateable Value (RV) (set by the local Assessor based on rental value) by the poundage rate (set annually by the Scottish Government).
Bitcoin has halved in value since October, and this is not a routine market correction. It is a crash.
When a pension payment arrives late, it is not an abstract administrative hiccup. It is a retired civil servant staring at an empty bank account, wondering how to pay the rent or keep the heating on.
Credit cards were once marketed as symbols of flexibility and convenience. Today, they are increasingly becoming shackles of persistent debt for millions of households across the UK.
Things are getting tighter for households in the UK and particularly in Scotland where household savings are lower. Household finances and consumer confidence are shaping the economy as of early 2026 including spending patterns, debt, savings, housing, and the impact of inflation and living costs.
Crypto hype and AI stock surges may look distant, but their collapse could ripple into pensions, jobs, and household bills. Pensions and Retirement savings shrink as tech-heavy funds lose value.
The cutoff of Russia's access to Starlink happened on 4 February 2026, when pro‑war Russian military bloggers reported that frontline troops had suddenly lost satellite internet. SpaceX introduced a new "white list" registration system, which blocks unverified terminals.
For much of the post-war period, Britain operated on a widely shared assumption that social and financial stability followed a predictable sequence. Education led to employment, employment led to independence, and independence eventually led to home ownership, family life, and long-term security.
CNC supported a Police Scotland-led operation in Wick that uncovered a sophisticated cannabis cultivation worth £7.1m, resulting in seven arrests and charges. Cannabis with an estimated street value of £7.1 million has been discovered at a derelict former school in Wick following a Police Scotland-led investigation supported by the Civil Nuclear Constabulary (CNC).
The annual cost of a TV licence will rise to £180 from 1 April 2026, as required by the 2022 Licence Fee Settlement, in line with inflation. TV licence fee to rise in line with inflation to provide the BBC with stable financial footing to deliver for audiences and support the wider creative industries.