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Small Firm Case Study: Business rates cut may boost high street
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A cut in business rates could provide the catalyst in revitalising the high street, according to a Birmingham businessman.
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Roads: £100m fund for potholes and roads 'not enough'
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THE Chancellor provided another boost for drivers with a £100 million repair fund for pothole-plagued roads following the big winter freeze.
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Fuel: Three-stage fuel rise to ease cash burden
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The Chancellor took pity on motorists by introducing his near-3p a litre fuel rise, planned for next month, in three stages – avoiding an April Fuel’s Day fiasco.
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Family Case Study: Darling has not gone out of his way to help us
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Mother-of-two Sarah Powney and husband Chris have been married for seven years and have two children, Oliver, five, and one-year-old Jack.
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City campaign for Whitehall refugees
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Birmingham Council leader Mike Whitby has launched a major campaign to attract civil servant jobs to Birmingham, after the Chancellor announced plans to move 15,000 people out of Whitehall.
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Alcohol: Duty will stifle cider industry's successes
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The dramatic tax duty increase on cider could spell the end of success stories like Birmingham’s Aston Manor Brewery, according to the National Association of Cider Makers (NACM).
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Publican Case Study: 'We will assess damage', says publican
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Budget day is over and inevitable rises have been announced but it could have been a lot worse for publicans, according to the manager of a Birmingham pub.
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Commercial Property: No fireworks for sector still feeling the crunch
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The commercial property sector in Birmingham had little to cheer from the Budget apart from the possibility of an influx of civil servants to the city to fill some of its empty grade A space.
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Personal Finance: Higher ISA allowance gives savers a rare boost
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Savers received some rare good news when the Chancellor announced plans to increase the annual ISA allowance in line with inflation each year.
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Property: 'No panacea' for housing slump
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Alistair Darling’s helping hand for first-time buyers will not itself be a panacea for a struggling housing market, a West Midland building society boss said.
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Very little to spook traders...this time
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While not going so far as to say “recession, what recession?” as Jim Callaghan might have done in 1979, Alistair Darling’s 2010 Budget was heavily basted with optimism.
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A step in right direction, but more must be done
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Alistair Darling has had the unenviable task of guiding the country’s economy through one of the most difficult periods since the war.
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Budgeting for an election
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Labour’s final Budget before a General Election has been slammed by business leaders who claimed it was designed to win an election rather than help industry.
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Budget 2010: The Budget at a glance
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Main points of Alistair Darling's spring 2010 Budget.
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Budget 2010: Fuel duty rise to come in stages
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The Chancellor took pity on motorists today by introducing his 3p a litre fuel rise, planned for April 1, in three stages.
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Budget 2010: Alistair Darling's speech - Pt 4
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Business rates will be cut for one year from October, meaning a tax reduction for over 500,000 small businesses in England.
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Budget 2010: Bank bonus tax brings in £2bn, says Darling
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The Government's 50% bank bonus tax has already raised £2 billion for the Ƶ public purse, the Chancellor revealed today.
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Budget 2010: Darling targets wealthiest in Ƶ
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Chancellor Alistair Darling turned the screw on the better off today as he gave a helping hand to first time buyers.
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Budget 2010: Darling announces borrowing to be £11bn below first forecasts
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Chancellor Alistair Darling today said borrowing would be £11 billion below forecast this year thanks to stronger tax revenues and lower unemployment than first feared.
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Budget 2010: Alistair Darling's speech - Pt 3
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Finance aid package for SMEs announced
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Budget 2010: Plans to launch bank accounts for all
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The Government today announced plans to guarantee everyone access to a basic bank account.
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Budget 2010: Boost for first-time homebuyers
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Chancellor Alistair Darling gave a helping hand to first time buyers today - but hit wealthier home hunters with a surprise tax hike.
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Budget 2010: Alistair Darling's speech - Pt 2
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Next month's increase in fuel duties will be staged. Fuel duty will rise by a penny in April, followed by a further 1p rise in October and the remainder in January.
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Budget 2010: Alistair Darling's speech
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* Nearly 4 million people have been helped off the unemployment claimant count in the last year alone, said the Chancellor, with this year 440,000 families benefiting from extra help through the tax credit system.
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