Britain posts biggest budget surplus for seven years

The news will be welcomed by Chancellor George Osborne and provides the Coalition with an economic boost before the general election.

The Office for National Statistics showed that income tax related payments rose by 6.1 per cent year-on-year in January itself, and were now up 3.2 per cent year-on-year through the first 10 months of the fiscal year 2014/15.

The improvement puts Osborne on track to at least meet the fiscal targets for 2014/15 that were contained in last December’s Autumn Statement.

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Event Diary

UKREiiF has quickly become a must-attend in the industry calendar for Government departments and local authorities.

The multi-award-winning UK Construction Week (UKCW), is the UK’s biggest trade event for the built environment that connects the whole supply chain to be the catalyst for growth and positive change in the industry.

The organisers of the world’s largest dedicated hydrogen event, World Hydrogen 2024 Summit & Exhibition have announced it’s return to Rotterdam in May 2024, with an expansion of a whole extra summit day. Sustainable Energy Council (SEC) are partnering with the Government of the Netherlands, the Province of Zuid-Holland, the City of Rotterdam, and the Port of Rotterdam to host an extended, larger scale Summit in 2024, to expand the event to meet the surging demand.