Mar
2007
Articles from 22nd Mar 2007
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Budget: Education
Mar 22 2007 | Other UK business news
Gordon Brown repeated his ambition to close the gap in spending per pupil between state schools and private schools. Read
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Budget: Further Education
Mar 22 2007 | Other UK business news
Every teenager in the country will have a right to stay on at school or in job-related training until the age of 18, Gordon Brown confirmed yesterday. Read
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Budget: Public transport
Mar 22 2007 | Other UK business news
Transport officials, business leaders and environmentalists across the Midlands reacted with fury yesterday after there was no mention of support for public transport schemes in the Budget. Read
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Budget: Vehicles
Mar 22 2007 | Other UK business news
Jaguar and Land Rover said a mistaken perception that the Budget meant higher tax for all 4x4s could harm sales of British cars like the new Land Rover Freelander. Read
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Budget: Air travel
Mar 22 2007 | Other UK business news
Officials at Birmingham International Airport said it would have been "perverse" for Gordon Brown to announce VAT for airline tickets in his Budget yesterday. Read
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Budget: Emissions
Mar 22 2007 | Other UK business news
The vice-chancellor of Aston University is to team up with Sir Nicholas Stern in a major review of UK road transport. Read
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Midlands forging strong links with China
Mar 22 2007 | Other UK business news
Strong relations forged between the Midlands and China’s second richest province could see a string of Chinese companies locating to the region, an influential figure has claimed. Read
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Computer games still booming
Mar 22 2007 | Other UK business news
As the Serious Games Institute is officially launched at Coventry University this week, business reporter Joanna Geary examines the growth of the computer games market, one of the region's fastest-growing industries. Read
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Budget: Health
Mar 22 2007 | Other UK business news
The Chancellor's pledge to plough an extra £10 billion into the NHS was greeted with scepticism, as it emerged much of the money would be spent on health service reforms. Read
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Budget: Homebuyers
Mar 22 2007 | Other UK business news
First-time buyers struggling to get a foothold on the housing ladder were left frustrated by the Budget, industry experts said. Read
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Budget: ISAs
Mar 22 2007 | Other UK business news
The 20 per cent increase in the tax-free element of 17 million cash ISAs (individual savings accounts) left savings providers disappointed. Read
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Budget: Small businesses
Mar 22 2007 | Other UK business news
Businessman Mik Barton yesterday criticised Gordon Brown's decision to steer clear of the euro in the Budget. Read
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Budget: Pensions
Mar 22 2007 | Other UK business news
The Government's safety net scheme for workers who lost their occupational pensions when their companies went bust will quadruple in size, Gordon Brown said yesterday. Read
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Gordon's little red book
Mar 22 2007 | Other UK business news
Uncle Joe Stalin was never like this. It was just the boastful Gordon Brown we have got to know and cringe before over ten previous Budgets pretending he was Father Christmas. Read
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Budget: Alcohol and tobacco
Mar 22 2007 | Other UK business news
Drinkers in the West Midlands, who have already seen the price of a pint rise by 14p this year, would suffer following yesterday's tax increases, the Campaign for Real Ale (Camra) said. Read
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Budget: Family - two kids
Mar 22 2007 | Other UK business news
For 36-year-old Sharon Hopkins, the Budget was no cause for celebration. Read
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Budget: Family - three kids
Mar 22 2007 | Other UK business news
Mother-of-three Neelam Gaur criticised the Budget for "penalising larger families". Read
