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Retailers in Britain are looking to increase pay and attract staff in a tight labour market, as workers are increasingly taking to strike action amid a cost-of-living crisis in the country.more

"From January 1, 2023, the price of electricity in Poland will be frozen. There will be no increases to consumption of 2,000 kilowatt-hours per year - and therefore for the vast majority of Polish families, especially in the provinces," said Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki.more

According to "The Guardian", Liz Truss is expected to loosen immigration rules in an attempt to stimulate economic growth amid warnings of a recession. The prime minister is set to expand the government’s shortage occupation list in order to help businesses fill vacancies by recruiting overseas workers with less bureaucracy.more

Retailers and the hospitality industry have welcomed the planned return of VAT-free shopping for international tourists, saying it would help to boost sales.more

The government has announced a cut to stamp duty, the tax paid when people buy a property in England and Northern Ireland. The threshold at which the tax falls due has been raised to £250,000 from its current £125,000 level. Meanwhile the threshold for first-time buyers has been increased from £300,000 to £425,000. more

Renters whose landlords pay for their energy bills will still benefit from a £400 discount being brought in by the government.more

British Finance Minister Kwasi Kwarteng announced yesterday the wide-ranging tax cuts that Prime Minister Liz Truss had promised. As he explained, this way the economic stagnation will be overcome. Critics indicate, however, that the cuts will come at the expense of the country's increased debt.more

Health chiefs are desperately calling for extra money ahead of the ‘the most extreme winter pressures that the NHS has ever faced’.more

More than 40,000 workers from Network Rail and 15 train operators will strike again on 8 October, their union says.more

The increase in social security contributions introduced in April, which was to become a separate tax for health and social services from April 2023, will be lifted on November 6, announced British Finance Minister Kwasi Kwarteng.more

The labor market shortage in the Netherlands is double that of last year, the Employment Insurance Agency (UWV) reported. Labor shortages have increased to the point where shortages occurred in all 92 occupational groups in the second quarter.more

New employees want to hire in the last quarter of 2022. 29 percent of companies in the banking, finance, insurance and real estate industries, while 22 percent plan to reduce the number of full-time positions, according to the "ManpowerGroup Employment Outlook Survey."more

The Bank of England has raised interest rates from 1.75% to 2.25% - the highest level for 14 years - and warned the UK may already be in a recession. The central bank had previously expected the economy to grow between July and September but it now believes it will shrink by 0.1%.more

The British government today lifted a ban on hydraulic fracturing for shale gas extraction that was imposed in 2019 after a series of seismic tremors. The ban was lifted despite the fact that predicting tremors "remains a scientific challenge," according to the report.more

The death of Elizabeth II and the assumption of the throne by her son Charles III will entail not only a redesign of British passports and money. The packaging of the hundreds of products that boast the royal recommendation must also be redesigned.more

Nearly 1/3 of Poles are saving "on everything" - According to a survey of Poles' attitudes toward rising prices. More than 80 percent of respondents believe that prices of products and services will continue to rise in the coming months.more

The average household in the Netherlands will save €2,200 a year by adopting the government's proposal to cap gas and electricity prices, according to calculations by the Energy and Climate Ministry. The cabinet has set aside €5.4 billion in next year's budget for this purpose.more

Experts commenting on the latest data from stores believe that the peak of inflation in Poland is still ahead of us. However, they disagree as to whether it will come in fall or early 2023, or maybe only in spring.more

On Friday, the new Government will set out its economic plans in a mini-budget, with chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng expected to announce various tax cuts. He is also weighing up scrapping the cap on bankers' bonuses.more

Energy bills for UK businesses will be cut by around half their expected level this winter under a huge government support package. The scheme will fix wholesale gas and electricity prices for firms for six months from 1 October, shielding businesses from crippling costs.more

The data does not indicate that the domestic labor market is set to experience a significant slowdown in the coming months, assessed Mariusz Zielonka of the Lewiatan Confederation in a commentary on the CSO indicators. He added that employment is growing steadily on an annual basis.more

There will be no energy rationing in the UK, the country's new Prime Minister Liz Truss promised today, but stressed that security cannot be compromised in the name of keeping bills low.more

For the first time since Russia's aggression against Ukraine began, McDonald's restaurants have opened in Kiev. For the time being, the chain is selling meals only in delivery mode by courier companies via an app, the Ukrainian portal Telegraf reported today.more

As early as November this year, there will be a maximum energy price to be paid by households, according to an agreement between the government and energy companies, media reports. The program is expected to cost the budget "many billions of euros" and is to be officially announced today.more

An entrepreneur will no longer submit an application to CEIDG on paper. He must have the Internet," reports today's Rzeczpospolita.more