Business

Several changes that could affect your tax bill took effect as the new financial year began this week. Here are six big tax changes that have now kicked in… Making tax digital Sole traders and landlords earning more than £50,000 from self-employment and property will have to use the Making Tax Digital system from 6…

<a href='https://news.sky.com/story/money-live-tips-personal-finance-consumer-sky-news-latest-13040934?postid=11469047#liveblog-body'>Workers have raft of new rights from today</a>

More than 12 million people will see their state pension rise by £575 a year from tomorrow. The triple lock guarantee means it increases every April by whichever is highest out of inflation, wage growth or 2.5%. Monday’s 4.8% rise – which is in line with average earnings growth – will take the full rate…

A raft of changes affecting the money in your pocket are coming into force this month. Council tax and water are just two of the household bills which will rise, while mobile phone and broadband contracts are also going up, along with the price of a pint. And a change to Premium Bonds means your…

Chelsea FC have announced a pre-tax loss of £262.4m – the biggest in Premier League history. The west London football club said the losses for the 2024-25 season were in part due to higher operating costs compared to the previous year. In the previous year’s accounts, Chelsea posted a profit of £128.4m which was helped…

Chocolate-flavour bars and smaller packs appear here to stay despite the fall of cocoa costs to a near three-year low and a 20% drop in the sugar price. It was last year, during near-record-high cocoa prices, that customers began noticing smaller packs and the phrase “chocolate flavour” bar, as the cocoa content dropped to such…

Marks and Spencer’s retail boss has warned crime is getting “more brazen, more organised and more aggressive” after a week plagued by antisocial behaviour. Retail director Thinus Keeve hit out at the government and London mayor Sadiq Khan in a letter posted to the supermarket’s website. “Without a government seriously cracking down on crime and…

Every month we interview top chefs from around the UK, hearing about their cheap food hacks, views on the industry and more.​​​​​​​ This time, we speak to multiple Michelin-starred chef Kenny Atkinson, chef-owner at Solstice and House of Tides in Newcastle and Solaya in London. I’ve been fortunate to work under some amazing chefs… but…

The latest attempt by Donald Trump to ease uncertainty over the US and Israel’s war on Iran has only heightened investor concerns. The US president’s primetime address, saying American forces could leave Iran in two to three weeks, while threatening to strike Iranian electric plants “extremely hard”, has caused the fallen oil price to jump…

With the US-Iran conflict continuing, governments worldwide are desperately trying to curb the effect of soaring energy prices on populations. Iran is one of the largest suppliers of natural gas (after the US and Russia) and coupled with its control of the key waterway, the Strait of Hormuz, the price of oil has rocketed to…