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Weak public finances put under further strain
  • 23 Oct 2024
  • ICAEW Insights
The third highest fiscal deficit for the first half of a financial year emphasises the weak state of the public finances ahead of the Autumn Budget next week, although updated GDP estimates resulted in debt falling back below 100% of GDP.
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Directors fail to price in water risk
  • 09 Jul 2024
  • ICAEW Insights
Company directors need to factor in the importance of water now or risk companies’ futures.
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Profit warnings rise as macroeconomic pressures continue
  • 17 May 2024
  • ICAEW Insights
Contract cancellations and delays, higher costs and weaker consumer confidence lead to significant increase in companies warning about lower-than-forecasted profits.
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BoE’s bank rate battle plan
  • 16 May 2024
  • ICAEW Insights
The Bank of England’s Chief Economist lays out three key metrics for assessing when to shift the bank rate as it sets its sights on an inflation rate of 2% this year.
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Chart of the week: Public sector productivity
  • 10 May 2024
  • ICAEW Insights
Our chart this week suggests that the public sector is less productive than it was, but difficulties in measuring productivity make it hard to say for sure.
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Chart of the week: Cocoa
  • 02 May 2024
  • ICAEW Insights
Our chart this week looks at the price of cocoa, which has been popping as shifting weather patterns have caused harvests in Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire to collapse.
Retail and construction subdued amid weakened demand
  • 29 Jan 2024
  • ICAEW Insights
Marginal lift in business confidence countered by effects of high interest rates and cost-of-living crisis, finds ICAEW’s gauge of sentiment for Q4 2023.
The importance of value pricing
  • 06 Nov 2023
  • ICAEW Insights
It is important to charge prices that allow you sufficient time to do a good quality job, but what does that mean in practice and how can you go about it?
Extension of VAT second-hand margin scheme in NI
  • 01 Nov 2023
  • ICAEW
Eligible vehicles purchased in Great Britain and moved to Northern Ireland before 1 May 2023 can now be sold under the margin scheme until 30 April 2024.
Transitional arrangements ending for second-hand car sales in NI
  • 29 Sep 2023
  • ICAEW
From 1 November 2023, businesses will have to account for VAT on the full selling price of all vehicles bought in Great Britain and sold in Northern Ireland.
How will the EU carbon border adjustment mechanism affect UK businesses?
  • 20 Sep 2023
  • ICAEW
The EU's carbon border adjustment mechanism enters its transitional phase on 1 October 2023, meaning that UK businesses exporting to the EU must prepare for the changes.
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Chart of the week: Consumer price inflation
  • 01 Jun 2023
  • ICAEW Insights
Our chart illustrates how ‘core inflation’, energy price rises, and food, alcohol and tobacco price inflation contributed to a lower than expected fall in the overall rate of inflation in April 2023.
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Chart of the week: Food prices
  • 11 May 2023
  • ICAEW Insights
An inflation rate of 10.1% in the year to March 2023 conceals a huge variation in individual price rises, as illustrated by this week’s chart on food prices.
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Chart of the week: Slowing inflation
  • 16 Feb 2023
  • ICAEW Insights
Our chart this week illustrates the slowing rate of inflation and how it should fall further once a big surge in prices between February and April 2022 falls out of the comparison.
Inflation’s underwhelming drop in January highlights continued challenge
  • 15 Feb 2023
  • ICAEW Insights
Official data reveals that UK inflation slowed for the third successive month in January as fuel prices continue to fall – but there is some way to go before prices are under control.
VAT rules change for GB-bought second-hand vehicles sold in Northern Ireland
  • 31 Jan 2023
  • ICAEW
From 1 May 2023, businesses will no longer be able to use a margin scheme when buying second-hand vehicles in Great Britain and selling them in Northern Ireland.
Member Insights: energy prices, inflation and skills dominate agenda
  • 29 Nov 2022
  • ICAEW Insights
A look at the key concerns highlighted by members over the past month, plus pointers to relevant ICAEW support and guidance.
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Chart of the week: Consumer Price Inflation
  • 20 Oct 2022
  • ICAEW Insights
Our chart this week looks at how the benchmark percentage used to determine the rise in the state pension and many welfare benefits from next April reached 10.1% in September 2022.
Government’s business energy price cap scheme backdated
  • 12 Oct 2022
  • ICAEW Insights
The government says that business energy contracts signed since 1 December will now be eligible under the scheme.
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Chart of the week: Gilt prices
  • 06 Oct 2022
  • ICAEW Insights
Our chart this week looks at how the price of the 1½% UK Treasury Gilt 2047 has changed over a nine-week period, falling from £84.73 for a £100 gilt on 2 August to £51.88 on 27 September, before recovering to £60.65 on 4 October.
How should we respond to spiralling energy costs?
  • 26 Sep 2022
  • ICAEW Insights
How can large and small companies offset the effects of energy price rises – and how helpful are the government’s recent countermeasures?
Business energy support fails to cheer hospitality
  • 22 Sep 2022
  • ICAEW Insights
Government energy support measures do little to quash concerns about the impact of rising fuel prices on the viability of thousands of pubs
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Chart of the week: energy price cap update
  • 01 Sep 2022
  • ICAEW Insights
Our weekly chart returns with an update on the energy price cap, highlighting the impact of the 80% rise in October and the prospect of further rises next year.
Higher food prices push UK inflation into double digits
  • 17 Aug 2022
  • ICAEW Insights
Latest official estimates reveal that UK inflation rose to 10.1% in July, the highest rate since February 1982, and experts say it has yet to peak.
Banks and payments early winners of the crypto price crash
  • 03 Aug 2022
  • ICAEW Insights
As cryptocurrency prices plummet, watchdogs and central banks are seeking regulation to protect consumers from risk. But will this stifle innovation?
ICAEW: Middle East offsets inflation with rising oil prices
  • 28 Jul 2022
  • ICAEW Insights
Middle East GDP growth in 2022 is projected at 5.2%, an increase of one percentage point on Oxford Economics’ forecast in the first quarter, following inflated oil prices
OECD: the heavy global price of Russia’s war against Ukraine
  • 20 Jun 2022
  • ICAEW Insights
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine immediately slowed the recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic and set the global economy on a course of lower growth and rising inflation.
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Chart of the week: Fuel prices
  • 05 May 2022
  • ICAEW Insights
Our chart this week gives a breakdown of what makes up the cost of petrol and diesel, which continue to soar in price despite the temporary cut in fuel duty.
Deloitte: rising energy prices will not cause a recession
  • 30 Mar 2022
  • ICAEW Insights
Economists from Deloitte examine how surging energy bills are affecting different sectors, while deflating concerns about recession due to built-up household savings from the pandemic.
Ukraine crisis: the supply chain impacts
  • 25 Mar 2022
  • ICAEW Insights
The conflict in Ukraine has created a number of challenges for manufacturers, from rising prices and availability of raw materials to keeping abreast of the latest sanctions.
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