At our event yesterday Sope Otulana from Nest Insight described the impact of the "volatility premium" ⤵️

Aston University continues to be one of the best institutions in the world for studying business in the latest QS World University Rankings tinyurl.com/yckbusyk

As I said to BBC Breakfast government *isn’t* proposing reform. It’s cuts. The Department for Work and Pensions has a genuine plan for reform to help more people get support, healthcare & work when they can. HM Treasury driving the opposite. Cruel & counterproductive cuts for short term savings.

So what was the tax scheme that bankrupted Frankie Dettori, and who is the unnamed adviser who sold it to him? And why should we feel (slightly) sorry for Dettori? Quick thread.

Good brainstorming session today with the EMPOWER project team (exploring personal financial wellbeing in ethical minority led businesses) addressing what comes next after first 6 mnths of this 2 yr project - what kinds of support is missing to aid financial resilience growth ?

Exciting day at Aston University today for our next Offer Holder Day exploring with our applicants why doing accounting and finance with Aston Business School might be the right next step for them - over 100 students booked in today alone to speak with us!

Really useful graphic explaining some of the key misunderstood issues linked to Inheritance Tax

A National Audit Office (NAO) report found that HM Revenue & Customs has underestimated the level of noncompliance by wealthy individuals after the U.K. tax authority collected far more revenue from that cohort than expected. More from Santhie Goundar: taxnotes.co/4klYggZ

New analysis from The Fabian Society, released last week, shows living standards declined under the 2019-2024 government for the first time on record. For the poorest households, incomes fell to levels not seen in nearly three decades. The report outlines the extent of the living

Pleased to be joining the Nest Insight 2025 Annual conference today in London with a focus this time on wider business and economic benefits of action to address low financial resilience. Exploring several potentially innovative solutions.

Great to get a name check from Alex Director of Aviva Foundation at the Nest Insight conference today for the Centre for Personal Financial Wellbeing project they are funding exploring financial resilience amongst ethnic minority business owners - testing actionable innovations

Two conferences in one week this week! Now in York at the Social Policy Assoc Annual conference where the Centre for Personal Financial Wellbeing team is leading three symposium - 2 on pensions tomorrow(Hayley) and one on the tax policies so far of the Labour government on Friday (me)

As Centre for Personal Financial Wellbeing we are also involved in another session today at the Stephen McKay conference in York- this time a tax and social policy session on national/social insurance funding - looking at how the patterns of social insurance charges changed in the UK and across the OECD

As the Social Policy Assoc annual conference draws to a close today, I was delighted to chair a symposium for the Tax and Social Policy Group exploring tax changes over the last 12 mnths under Labour - and what more needs doing - big focus on persisting inequalities and tax on wealth

A fun morning at the Social Policy Assoc conference this am chairing a distinguished panel discussing the tax changes of the Labour government over the last year. Much thanks to our panelists Emma Congreve , Fran Bennett, David Byrne & Adrian Sinfield

So exciting to see another of our graduating cohorts this year! Huge congrats to our students and much thanks to my amazing team who have seen them through their four years to this successful conclusion!

Getting some fascinating insights this week from a range of great ethnic minority led businesses detailing how financial resilience forms part of their evolving business creation activities.

Spent a fun hour today recording a podcast on our harmful gambling work as a Centre (Centre for Personal Financial Wellbeing ) with Birmingham City Council and their tenants - particularly focusing on the risk this creates of homelessness. Due to be available in early October. aston.ac.uk/research/bss/a…