The 28 October Budget and the 30+ Tax Changes That Got Us Here
22/08/2026 by Tony Redondo The next UK budget has been confirmed for 28 October. In Labour’s first two budgets, under Chancellor Rachel Reeves, we’ve seen one of the biggest transfers of wealth from households and businesses to the Treasury in decades with Britain’s tax burden up to 37% of GDP and forecast to reach a […]
The Gulf Region – so far away from being in Dire Straits’
15/08/2026 by Steve Parker of www.steveparkericd.com I thought I should use this opportunity to share my thoughts on a region you will have been hearing lots about recently, but maybe not in a positive way. It is a region that I first visited on business in the late 1970’s and have been working with and […]
Recovering Moneys from Overseas Companies or Individuals
06/08/2026 by David Farnell of Dynamic UK law firm for businesses and individuals | Keystone Law When transferring significant sums of money overseas, there is a risk of mistakenly directing money to the wrong recipient. If your business has a contract with a counterparty overseas, who insists on receiving payment up front, there is a […]
Why Is the UK Poorer Than the US? IEA Reports Blame Bank Regulation, Not Brexit
01/08/2026 by Tony Redondo The IEA (Institute of Economic Affairs) published two interesting reports this week, examining Britain’s long-term growth and post-crisis policies, and marking the 10th anniversary of the Brexit vote of June 2016. The first, titled “The Never-Ending Credit Crunch,” was authored by Dr Tyler Goodspeed, former Chairman of the White House Council […]
Is Britain’s Wealth Inequality Really Out of Control? What the Data Actually Shows
25/07/2026 by Tony Redondo Politicians are often accused of not letting facts get in the way of their argument, but it disappoints me that someone who has worked in the financial markets and therefore really ought to know better can be so very wrong. I’m talking about the row over wealth inequality, and whether new […]
The Courage to Disturb the Present
17/07/2026 by Tim Cooper-Cocks of https://www.cw-chamber.co.uk/ Why opportunity belongs to those prepared to think differently “To change the future, we must first disturb the present.” Whether William and Catherine Booth ever spoke those exact words is uncertain. What is certain is that they lived them. When they began their work in the East End of […]
Andy Burnham’s ÂŁ100bn Tax Plan: Inside the Prosperity 2030 Reforms
11/07/2026 by Tony Redondo Britain birthed the Industrial Revolution, invented modern capitalism, governed 25% of the world’s population and invented swaths of technologies the world still relies on, yet some would argue we’ve become one of the most anti-wealth, anti-success, anti-growth nanny states in the developed world. And yet, by most measures, we are a […]
America turns 250, Britain turns restless after two years of Labour in charge
04/07/2026 by Tony Redondo Today marks anniversaries on both sides of the pond and a striking contrast in national temperament. The United States turns 250. Over two and a half centuries it has gone from an agrarian republic of 13 colonies to the world’s dominant economic power, generating 26% of global nominal GDP from just […]
Who Will Be the Next UK Prime Minister and What Will It Mean for the Pound?
27/06/2026 by Tony Redondo “If it’s all going so fine, why is he resigning?” That was Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch’s question at PMQs this week, cutting through Sir Keir Starmer’s narrative of a recovering Britain (falling NHS waiting lists, children lifted from poverty) as he announced his resignation as PM. It’s all-change at Westminster with […]
Why Our Obsession with Certainty Hinders Us in Times of Turmoil
19/06/2026 by Hamish Knox of Sandler Training | Sales Training & Development Company Humans are certainty obsessed. It’s why we tend to overcorrect in a crisis because the certainty provided by watching from the sidelines is more comfortable than being even one inch on the pitch where risk exists. Given all the changes we’ve experienced, […]