Business rates 75% discount extended for another year in Autumn Statement

Business rates will be discounted by 75 percent for another year amid a package of measures in the Autumn Statement aimed at boosting British businesses. Chancellor Jeremy Hunt said his spending plan will “raise business investment, get more people into work, reduce inflation” and increase the size of the economy. Mr Hunt told Parliament the business rates relief scheme will […]

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State pensions will rise £900 next year as triple lock honoured

Jeremy Hunt announces pension change State pensioners will get a 8.5 percent increase to their payments from next April in line with the triple lock policy. Chancellor Jeremy Hunt confirmed the increase in his autumn statement today. Mr Hunt confirmed that he would stick with the triple lock calculation for next April’s rise rather than stripping out public sector bonuses […]

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Earth receives message from outer space as observatory detects laser beam from 10million miles away in world-first | The Sun

EARTH has received a message from beyond the moon, 10 million miles away, in a major "leap" for space-based communications. The extraordinary development comes after NASA last month launched its Psyche spacecraft complete with an experimental optical communication system to investigate an asteroid. NASA's Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC) experiment has now successfully beamed test data back to Earth using […]

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Optus boss readies for Senate grilling

Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Optus boss Kelly Bayer Rosmarin is preparing to defend her leadership publicly after two high-profile disasters within 13 months, with Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young revealing the key questions the embattled chief executive must answer. Bayer Rosmarin has presided over both one of the […]

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