A little imagination needed?

Lynn Webster in the UK on how the challenges resulting from unavoidable rising costs can be met.The beginning of April sparked some considerable activity in the UK with the increase in minimum wage to £12.21 (€14.37) per hour but more so with the most dramatic hike in employers’ national insurance contributions. The main change was an increase in the rate from 13.8 per cent up to 15 per cent. The threshold (the point at which employers become liable for national insurance contri