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Interest rates may increase renewable energy costs
£29 billion could be added to energy bills by 2050.UK video game developers receive funding boost
£3m awarded to help UK game developers scale.Unemployment rises as job market falters
Unemployment rate rose to highest level in 6 months.Inflation drops to lowest rate in two years
Down to 3.2% in March, from 3.4% in February.650K HMRC calls abandoned in February
Waiting times are still above the annual average.Interest rate for director’s loans frozen at 2.25%
The rate is held for the second year running.UK nears recovery as GDP grows
Data indicates a 0.1% rise in GDP.UK passport prices to increase
The second increase in passport prices in 14 months.What are the April tax changes?
NICs, CGT, pensions and family benefits affected.HMRC launches calculator for 2023/24 sole trader tax reform
Tool simplifies transition profit calculation, excluding partnerships.
In the 11th and 12th centuries half a million pilgrims a year travelled on foot from all over Europe to Santiago de Compostela in northern Spain. In September 1992 Patrick Shanahan retraced their steps, recording his 500 mile journey in a series of photographs, some of which are reproduced on this website.