Since March 2020, Airmic has been issuing Friday Reading, a curated series of readings and knowledge resources sent by email to Airmic members. The objective of Airmic Friday Reading was initially to keep members informed during the Covid-19 pandemic. Today, Airmic Friday Reading has evolved in scope to include content on a wide range of subjects with each email edition following a theme. This page is a searchable archive of all the readings and knowledge resources that have been shared.
Friday Reading Edition 192 (8th March 2024)
As expected it was largely a Budget aimed at workers and families with National Insurance cuts, changes to the High Income Child Benefit Charge, and an increase to the VAT registration threshold. The non-dom announcement perhaps goes further than expected and the drop in the capital gains tax rate for residential property was a surprise.
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Friday Reading Edition 191 (1st March 2024)
Women need greater employer support when it comes to the provision of healthcare and the creation of a culture of safety and well-being.
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Women in Work 2024 Text
Friday Reading Edition 191 (1st March 2024)
While women’s participation in labour markets is increasing, they continue to face pay disparities compared to men. The gender pay gap widened between 2021 and 2022 in 20 of the 33 OECD countries. This includes the UK, which experienced the largest annual fall on the Index of any OECD country, dropping four places from 13th to 17th place.
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Friday Reading Edition 191 (1st March 2024)
Mentors play a vital role in supporting and advancing women in today’s workplace, where gender bias persists in many areas including pay and career growth opportunities. In honour of International Women’s Day, a group of women leaders at WTW shared their perspectives and insights.
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Friday Reading Edition 189 (16th February 2024)
During the pandemic, a third of people in the UK reported that their trust in science had increased. But 7% said that it had decreased. Why is there such variety of responses?
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Friday Reading Edition 186 (26th January 2024)
Companies are facing the latest supply chain challenge as commercial ships are rerouted from one of the world’s busiest shipping lanes. We see an uneven impact across sectors and think those companies that learned from other recent trade disruptions may be better able to ride out the current upheaval
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Friday Reading Edition 180 (17th November 2023)
The chancellor presented his autumn statement alongside the latest forecasts from the independent Office for Budget Responsibility.
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Friday Reading Edition 180 (17th November 2023)
Higher inflation has boosted tax revenues. Rather than compensate public services, or bank the spoils, the Chancellor decided to cut taxes.
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Friday Reading Edition 180 (17th November 2023)
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt was among the keynote speakers at the CBI's annual conference in London. He addressed the public ahead of his autumn statement, where he focused on helping struggling families with the cost of living
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Friday Reading Edition 180 (17th November 2023)
Hear KPMG’s reactions to the Autumn Statement 2023. Tim Sarson, Partner and Head of Tax Policy will be joined by Yael Selfin, Chief Economist, and Colin Ben-Nathan, Director, Tax at KPMG.
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