Business

Spring Budget 2024

In his Spring Budget speech, the chancellor unveiled package of measures, deemed ‘thin’, amounting to around £10bn of tax cuts – half of the autumn statement.

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Business

HTA celebrates 125 years

The Horticultural Trades Association (HTA) marked 125 years of dedicated support for UK Environmental Horticulture at the Garden Press Event.

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Business

Soaring retail crime crisis

The British Retail Consortium Crime (BRC) Survey shows a worrying 50% increase in levels of retail violence and abuse and total cost of crime to retailers doubled from the previous year.

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Regulation

HTA response to the Safeguarding the Union command paper

The government has published the details of the new 24 point plan for ‘safeguarding the union’ including legislation of Northern Ireland’s status in the UK and the replacement of the ‘green lane’ for goods in the Windsor Framework.