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Warning that unfair banking is harming small firms
Treasury says confidence among SMEs has fallen.Water firms ask for bill increases
Proposed rises range from between 24% and 91%.Insolvency figures rise by 18%
Surge attributed to high borrowing rates and inflation.Brexit border checks to cost further £4.7bn
Multiple delays and shortages increase financial outlays.250k construction workers needed by 2028
Skills gap in the construction industry needs to be addressed.Treasury grants HMRC £51 million to improve helplines
The funds aim to improve the call response rate.Report reveals HMRC service wait times for taxpayers
Taxpayers have waited for a total of 800 years.Staff rates fall while pay growth rises
Workplaces drop but salaries increase over April.Interest rates to remain at 16-year high
Rate of 5.25% maintained for the sixth time.UK no longer in recession
Country exits recession with fastest growth in 2 years.
In the 11th and 12th centuries half a million pilgrims a year travelled on foot from all over Europe to Santiago de Compostela in northern Spain. In September 1992 Patrick Shanahan retraced their steps, recording his 500 mile journey in a series of photographs, some of which are reproduced on this website.