Nathan Bissitt, Author at Business Ideas UK

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The diesel car change explained

ByNathan BissittNovember 22, 2017

The sale of new diesel cars that do not meet latest emissions standards will face a one-off tax increase in April.It will be levied on all diesels that do not meet the Real Driving Emissions Step 2 standards on emissions for the first year of ownership.According to

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Budget 2017: Tech giants targeted over VAT payments

ByNathan BissittNovember 22, 2017

The government is to take steps to stop VAT avoidance by multinationals that shelter their income abroad and also by sellers on online websites.From April 2019, companies such as Google, Amazon and Apple will have to pay tax on royalties relating to sales they make in

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Stamp duty – everything you need to know

ByNathan BissittNovember 22, 2017

Stamp duty is to be abolished for first-time buyers on all properties worth up to £300,000 – but the change prompted a warning that it could simply mean higher prices. The reform, one of a raft of Budget changes designed to boost home ownership, takes effect

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Stamp duty giveaway but gloom on growth and deficit

ByNathan BissittNovember 22, 2017

The Chancellor has given first-time buyers a boost by abolishing stamp duty on homes up to £300,000, but there were gloomy forecasts about the health of the economy. Philip Hammond had been expected to reveal measures to try to win back the young vote in the Autumn

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Airlines settle over 9/11 Twin Tower attacks

ByNathan BissittNovember 22, 2017

American Airlines and United Airlines have agreed to a $95.1m (£71.9m) settlement with the developer of the Twin Towers. The commercial carriers’ agreement to the payout to World Trade Center Properties, owned by developer Larry Silverstein, puts an end to a

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Energy bills dealt 'bad hand' by Hinkley – MPs

ByNathan BissittNovember 22, 2017

The Government has been accused of “blinkered determination” to secure the country’s first new nuclear power station in a generation at any price. The accusation was made in a report by the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of MPs, which said it was

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'Bright future for Britain' to be unveiled in Budget

ByNathan BissittNovember 22, 2017

Phillip Hammond will attempt to get Britain “fit for the future” as he faces the toughest set of Budget constraints of any Chancellor in a generation. He will map out a vision of hi-tech growth rebooting Theresa May’s government with little fiscal or

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Hackers stole details of 57m users, Uber admits

ByNathan BissittNovember 21, 2017

Hackers stole data belonging to 57 million Uber users in 2016 – but the company kept it quiet, its boss has admitted. The ride-hailing app’s chief executive, Dara Khosrowshahi, said two hackers had managed to download “personal information of 57

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Poll reveals generational split over economy

ByNathan BissittNovember 21, 2017

A huge inter-generational divide has been revealed over whether Labour or the Conservatives would be best at running the economy. Despite both parties being neck-and-neck overall, a Sky Data poll found huge splits between young and old. Of 18 to 34-year-olds, 62% want

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Olisa to steer $1bn Interswitch out of Africa

ByNathan BissittNovember 21, 2017

A City heavyweight who battled against a massive breach of London’s corporate governance standards will be named on Wednesday as the chairman of an African payments company that has its eye on an eventual UK float. Sky News has learnt that Ken Olisa, who was