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The Scottish government has committed to investing £4.9 billion in the next four years to deliver around 36,000 affordable homes by 2029-30, as part of its ‘Housing Emergency Action Plan. This should provide homes for up to 24,000 children. This year investment in property acquisitions will double to £80 million, which should take an estimated 600-800 children out of temporary accommodation. Màiri McAllan, cabinet secretary for housing, told the Scottish Parliament: “Tackling the housing emergency will be a cornerstone in our efforts to achieve the Scottish government’s key priority of eradicating child poverty. I am determined this action plan will…

2 September 2025 Whether you’ve just heard about Making Tax Digital (MTD) for Income Tax or it’s already firmly on your radar, there are big changes ahead – and the details can be confusing. But FreeAgent’s Chief Accountant, Emily Coltman FCA, has come to the rescue! Starting from April 2026, Making Tax Digital for Income Tax will begin to replace Self Assessment for most self-employed individuals and unincorporated landlords in stages. Instead of filing a tax return on paper or via the internet once a year, you will have to keep digital records and file updates to HMRC each quarter,…

The vast majority (92%) of marketing professionals are using AI in their day-to-day operations, turning it from a buzzword into a workhorse.According to SAP Emarsys – which took the pulse of over 10,000 consumers and 1,250 marketers – while businesses are seeing real benefits from AI, shoppers are becoming increasingly distrustful, especially when it comes to their personal data. This divide could easily unravel the personalised shopping experience that brands are working so hard to build.The rush to bring AI into marketing has been fast and decisive. As Sara Richter, CMO at SAP Emarsys, puts it, “AI marketing is now…

AI is starting to be trusted with high-stakes tasks, including running automated factories and guiding military drones through hostile airspace. But when it comes to managing the data centers that power this AI revolution, human operators are far more cautious.According to a new survey of over 600 data center operators worldwide by Uptime Institute, a data center inspection and rating firm, only 14 percent say they would trust AI systems to change equipment configurations, even if it’s trained on years of historical data. In the same survey, just 1 in 3 operators say they would trust AI systems to control…

How did we choose these Walmart deals? ZDNET only writes about deals we want to buy — devices and products we desire, need, or would recommend. Our experts looked for deals that were at least 20% off (or are hardly ever on sale), using established price comparison tools and trackers to determine whether the deal is actually on sale and how frequently it drops. We also looked over customer reviews to find out what matters to real people who already own and use the deals we’re recommending. Our recommendations may also be based on our own testing — in addition to extensive…

Below is Validea’s guru fundamental report for CRH PLC (CRH). Of the 22 guru strategies we follow, CRH rates highest using our P/E/Growth Investor model based on the published strategy of Peter Lynch. This strategy looks for stocks trading at a reasonable price relative to earnings growth that also possess strong balance sheets.CRH PLC (CRH) is a large-cap value stock in the Construction – Raw Materials industry. The rating using this strategy is 93% based on the firm’s underlying fundamentals and the stock’s valuation. A score of 80% or above typically indicates that the strategy has some interest in the…

Morgan Stanley thinks the markets aren’t taking risks of a real slowdown seriously enough. Source link

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure According to data from River, companies and funds are gobbling up bitcoin at a rate that far outstrips new supply from miners. If these flows hold, the market’s available coins could shrink quickly, pushing liquidity into the hands of a few big buyers. Institutions Outpace Miners Reports have disclosed that publicly traded bitcoin treasury firms and private businesses bought about 1,755 BTC per day on average in 2025. Exchange-traded funds and other investment vehicles added roughly 1,430 BTC per day. A Potential Supply Shock Looms Miners’ output…

Dr. Neil Cobbold, commercial Director, Reapit Buyers, sellers and the bond market are digesting the recent property tax speculation as government borrowing costs head in the wrong direction What began as media speculation around property taxes last week became a row over how many houses Angela Rayner owns — and whether she is guilty of hypocrisy. Unfortunately, such juicy political theatre (including the size of her stamp duty bill) doesn’t help anyone trying to plan their next move in the property market. A more helpful development would have been a government minister confirming the obvious fact that stamp duty won’t…

1 September, 2025 9 min read Share Copy Link Copied Whatever the size of your company, you have any number of contracts, wage laws, workplace policies, and data protection rules to keep track of. To bring order to this web of requirements there’s nothing better than a good checklist. It’s a great tool for spotting gaps that could develop into serious problems if they go unnoticed. Use this article, and our HR compliance checklist, to stay organised and keep your business on the right side of the law. Here’s what we’ll cover: Humanising HR: the magic of AI in empowering…