June 18th, 2025
By Jonathan Cook
Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves last week outlined the first spending review conducted by a Labour government in over a decade. This was not a fiscal event,...
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May 19th, 2025
By Jonathan Cook
Unprecedented uncertainty in the global economic picture has led to much navel-gazing in the travel community. While in theory only indirectly exposed to trade tariffs,...
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April 30th, 2025
By Jonathan Cook
The world’s financial system was plunged into crisis after US president Donald Trump announced his Liberation Day tariffs. Despite warning for months he meant business,...
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April 23rd, 2025
By Jonathan Cook
Our April to June Quarterly Forecast arrives at a moment of turmoil in global financial markets. American tariffs have ignited a trade war and left Europe’s politicians...
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April 4th, 2025
By Jonathan Cook
Donald Trump outlined a sweeping package of trade tariffs on “Liberation Day”, 2 April. Intended to protect the American consumer from the supposedly punitive practices...
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March 31st, 2025
By Jonathan Cook
Join us for a recap of our recent cashflow masterclass, in association with ABTOT. In the video playback below, Smart Group CEO and chartered accountant, Charles Purdy,...
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March 27th, 2025
By Jonathan Cook
Rachel Reeves has delivered the government’s hotly discussed spring statement to parliament. Owing to the chaos of the 2022 “mini-budget”, Labour desperately sought to...
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February 26th, 2025
By Jonathan Cook
The UK government’s autumn budget was one of the most anticipated economic set pieces in years. Not only did it represent the Labour party’s first set of economic plans...
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February 14th, 2025
By Jonathan Cook
The UK government’s autumn budget was one of the most anticipated economic set pieces in years. Not only did it represent the Labour party’s first set of economic plans...
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January 31st, 2025
By Jonathan Cook
This article was written in association with UKFT, the largest network for fashion and textiles in the UK. For more information about UKFT, visit ukft.org. An unstable...
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