The Business Lounge examines whether the Government’s latest Enterprise Strategy offers any real reasons to be cheerful.

In conjunction with this year’s Budget, the Government announced a new Enterprise Strategy. At this time of uncertain economic conditions, The Business Lounge examines how the UK apparently fails when it comes to starting and growing new businesses.

The Chancellor has announced today a change to the personal allowance to compensate many of those who were going to suffer from the abolition of the 10% tax rate.

The Business Lounge has identified an unlikely group of winners from recent tax changes: charities and more specifically, their donors. With many of us entrepreneurs now seeing philanthropy as an integral part of our business activities, read on to make sure you maximise any benefits.

The Chancellor has now announced that there will be some form of compensation for some of those who will have lost out from the abolition of the 10% tax rate. What form will this take, and who will benefit? The Business Lounge tries to find out.

The recent abolition of the 10% income tax rate is constantly in the news this week as a political hot topic. In fact you are probably sick of hearing about it, but if you want to understand the basics of the actual tax involved, read on.

Most people want to think about tax as little as possible. However, as the new tax year begins, be brave and make some New Year’s Resolutions. Here are some suggestions.

The issue of domicile is back in the headlines as the Chancellor’s proposals, first announced back in October, begin to take shape.

There has been much discussion about changes to the capital gains tax rules, and the words “private equity” keep being mentioned. However, the proposals did originally catch entrepreneurs and small businesses, and so after much protest, an entrepreneurs’ relief has been announced.