For our economies, we want more people to spend on UK holidays – including Wales?
So why . . . https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-62956842
By Brendon Williams BBC News
Visitors booking stays in Wales could face a tourism tax, including those who already live in Wales, the Welsh government has said.
Green home upgrades could also create 140,000 new jobs by 2030, analysis by Cambridge Econometric finds
Insulating homes in Britain and installing heat pumps could benefit the economy by £7bn a year and create 140,000 new jobs by 2030, research has found.
But the uptake of these energy-saving measures depends heavily on government policy, according to analysis by Cambridge Econometrics, commissioned by Greenpeace.
Read more … https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/sep/20/energy-saving-measures-could-boost-uk-economy-by-7bn-a-year-study-says
In a huge industrial shed on Leckford Estate, a farm owned by the supermarket Waitrose in a beautiful part of southern England, a revolution is stirring in the world of mushroom growing. UK production of this crop relies on peat, the incredibly carbon-rich organic matter found in bogs and fens across the country. Peatland contains so much carbon, it is sometimes described as “the UK’s rainforests”.
That is why the UK government has promised to restore 280,000 hectares of peatland in England alone by 2050, to help meet its climate change goals.
If you are an employer, could this apply to you?
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Ros Altmann* writes in Money Marketing
“I want to highlight a major pensions injustice concerning employers who choose an auto-enrolment scheme administered on a net pay basis.
“Such schemes cannot add the 25 per cent bonus of tax relief to contributions of workers earning less than £11,500 a year from the employer.
“Auto-enrolling these employees – mostly women – into a net pay scheme forces them to pay extra for their pension. Every £10 that someone on more than £11,510 a year puts into a pension will cost only £8 but every £10 low earners contribute costs them the full amount. So the lowest paid are paying £2 more for the same pension.
“If their employer were to use a relief at source scheme instead, no one would have to pay more than £8 for their £10 of pension. But most would not understand the difference between choosing a net pay or relief at source scheme.
When discovering this as pensions minister, I tried desperately to address it. But nobody was interested in helping the low earners.Officials said “It’s not much money”, which I found unacceptable.
Firstly, it may not be much money, but it could and should be theirs if their employer had chosen a different scheme.
April has definitely been a busy month in terms of clean energy
As Christmas approaches, like so many other business people, I am starting to focus on
In any profession is important to share with other professionals, exchange ideas and learn
As an experienced and enthusiastic adviser [IFA] in this area I am pleased to
Read moreBreakthrough for Social Investment Tax Relief (SITR)
The British love affair with rental property combined with the new pension freedoms is
Good Money Week is the campaign to raise awareness of sustainable, responsible and ethical finance to help people make good money choices.
Good Money Week aims to ensure that everyone knows they have sustainable and ethical options when it comes to their financial decisions.
Good Money Week takes place this year from 30th October- 5th November.
During this annual event we make it a focus for the financial editors of national papers to publish real life stories about people who make the choice to invest in Socially Responsible Investments, (SRIs). The important thing is that they are not odd or extreme in their principles but normal people who take the time to consider the potential outcomes of investing.
If you can invest and get the same, or better, return on your investment and be certain that the investment meets your ethical values, then surely that’s a win-win.
There are of course the cynics who question those good intentions. In the same way that a driver of an electric vehicle is challenged over the source of the electricity they charge the vehicle with. Most of us ensure it’s from either wind or solar but it does not stop the cynics. Somehow doing thoughtful things, like using alternative energy or composting garden waste and not burning it is still considered odd!
Someone please explain it to me?
You might want also to explain why some prefer to drive a mile rather than walk. Walking restores your energy levels and keeps you fit, driving causes pollution, outside the school, in green spaces and around your homes! It’s a responsible life-style choice.
So therefore, if investing in thoughtful and responsible ways provides good returns and respects your values, what stops you?
Is it a lack of understanding, a question of not knowing where to find responsible investments or preferring to leave money with your bank so they can do irresponsible things with it?
To find out more about Good Money Week – goodmoneyweek.com
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One thing is clear, there are some difficult social challenges that the
I have just returned from a conference on Social Justice, its start coincided
I have just returned from a visit to a local professional. The visit was
Read moreAvoidable tax bill, much greater than the cost of advice
In chancellor George Osborne’s Budget last month, he announced the introduction of the
Pension
s minister Ros Altmann has urged people to seek independent advice over
