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The 2022/2023 tax year ended on April 5 and the 2023/2024 tax year began on April 6. People who needed to file a self-assessment tax return should now have completed it. Being aware of the next year’s tax deadlines can help you fully prepare for your tax bill. Find out below the important dates over the next tax year.more

Belgian households will become poorer by €94.5 billion in 2022, the Belgian Central Bank (NBB) reports today. The reason was primarily rising interest rates and falling stock markets.more

Sainsbury's has followed its rival Tesco in cutting the price of its milk. The supermarket said it was reducing the price of its four-pint own brand bottle to £1.55 on Thursday, after Tesco did the same on Wednesday.more

Sixty percent of company heads in Poland expect a moderate slowdown in the global economy, while 40% expect a strong one, according to a survey by EY. One in two respondents expects the slowdown in Poland to be strong, it stressed.more

The UK is set to be one of the worst performing major economies in the world this year, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF). It says the UK economy's performance in 2023 will be the worst among the 20 biggest economies, known as the G20, which includes sanctions-hit Russia.more

A number of ‘high-risk’ roads in England will be made safer with potentially life-saving new funding. The Department for Transport (DfT) confirmed the news this morning and revealed which areas will benefit.more

Four out of five companies and organisations in Great Britain still pay their male employees more than female ones, according to Guardian analysis of the government’s gender pay gap reporting. more

The report of the UCE RESEARCH analytical and research platform shows that a group of Poles with the so-called franc credit and non-litigation with the bank is currently strongly divided. The survey has been conducted periodically for 3 years. The latest edition showed that as many as 37.9% of franchise holders intend to file a lawsuit against the lender in the near future. more

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Every year, cashless payments break new popularity records, and there are already over 1.2 million POS payment terminals on the Polish market, all of which are adapted to accept contactless and mobile payments. However, there are still so-called White stains.more

In Belgium, supermarket prices rose by a record 20% in March. compared to the previous year. Consumer organizations are demanding that the government freeze prices, reports the Brussels Times.more

Every fifth company does not pay its contractors on time, often because it does not receive payments from customers itself, according to the study "Overdue invoices in Polish enterprises". For 68% of enterprises, payment backlogs are a barrier to running a business.more

A new tax year has now started with calls for people to be "diligent" with their finances due to tax, pension and benefit rules.more

For the first time in history, according to the Forbes ranking, both the richest woman and the richest man in the world are Frenchmen - Francoise Bettencourt Meyers, the main shareholder of L'Oreal, and Bernard Arnault, the head of Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessy (LVMH).more

Aldi has been named as the UK's cheapest supermarket, but it depends on the size of your shop.more

Frail and vulnerable people will go without the care they need, council chiefs are warning, after ministers in England set out funding plans for care. more

More than half of UK consumers have cut back on discretional spending since the start of the year, with nearly two-thirds choosing to reduce the amount they spend on eating out, according to research from KPMG. more

According to economists surveyed by "Dziennik Gazeta Prawna", GDP will grow slightly this year. Consumption will fail to do so, the "Dziennik Gazeta Prawna" reported today.more

Unemployed workers are “job ghosting” companies with fake applications so they can continue to receive benefits, one of Britain's biggest employers has claimed. Swissport, an airport ground handling company with 55,000 staff around the world, said a growing number of would-be employees appear to be gaming the system to prove they are looking for work.more

Three-month extension of energy price guarantee welcomed but key state support schemes expiring. Millions of people across the UK continue to struggle with soaring bills as the cost of living crisis goes on. more

The chairman of Tesco, the UK's biggest retailer, says he cannot forecast when rises in food prices will peak. But John Allan said the supermarket was "doing our bit" to help customers cope with the impact of high inflation. more

The number of new businesses opening in the capital is now being outstripped by closures for the first time in six years, figures show. London is the worst region for closures in the UK after suffering a net loss of 7,695 local enterprises in 2022.more

Passport Office workers are beginning a five-week strike in the increasingly bitter civil service dispute over jobs, pay, pensions and conditions.more

The BBC is set to swap 1,000 hours of original programming of new television shows, in a bid to save money, leading to more repeats likely being aired instead. more

Nearly 700 jobs to go at Sir Richard Branson’s rocket company Virgin Orbit Holdings, amid reports it will cease operationsmore