Business & Finance

Poor households pay more taxes than the super-wealthy

Poor households pay more taxes than the super-wealthy

Most people in the UK wrongly assume that the richer you are, the more tax you pay. A new study has helped to break down that myth and reveals that in actual fact, the truth is just the opposite. The less you earn, the greater proportion of your income in tax you pay. Sounds fair right? Right? A new study[Read More…]

Govt to dock £40 from unemployed

Govt to dock £40 from unemployed

Unemployed people are set to lose £40 under new benefits rules, it has been revealed. From this Autumn, anyone who loses their job will receive £40 less as a result of government plans to make people wait for longer for any job support. The government’s own assessment body revealed that its policy on welfare will leave many impoverished. The Social[Read More…]

HMRC to sell your details to the highest bidder

HMRC to sell your details to the highest bidder

HMRC plans to sell the public’s details to the highest bidder, it has recently been reported. The data of thousands of men and women across the country could be sold to private companies by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC). This new move has prompted concerns over civil liberties and privacy. The government claims that the data will be anonymous, but[Read More…]

Daniel Orija

Biomedical student launches UK’s first technological and ethical menswear label

Setting up your business can be tough at the best of times. Nowadays, as the economy slowly and surely starts to recover, an increasing number of people are rejecting the traditional 9-5 paradigm, and taking their future into their own hands. Daniel Orija is one such person. He is the founder of the fashion label Daniel and Lade, which was[Read More…]

Payday lenders often advertise their services to the most vulnerable people in society

Beware of the loan sharks: Charity highlights predatory behaviour of payday lenders

Payday loan sharks have trapped an increasing number of Brits into unmanageable debts and new research has revealed that this problem is increasingly getting worse. In fact, a new report from the charity StepChange showed that the number of people seeking relief from payday lenders has shot up by 82 per cent. Worryingly most of those vulnerable people seeking help[Read More…]