Predictions of tax hikes, both for companies and for individuals, in the coming years may have been exaggerated because Gordon Brown is going to re-examine his spending plans, The Guardian says. The Times stresses that this was supposed to happen next year but will in fact take place in 2007. The Independent says the delay won't help.
Speaking of money, the Telegraph says company auditors are to have their liability limited, no doubt much to their relief.
In terms of market sectors, selling mobile phones appears to be a growing business in spite of there already being more handsets than people in the country (but not if you're selling Virgin phones; talking to staff is back on the agenda as a good idea. Sectors and policies aside, though, it seems confidence is slipping and was doing so even before the London bombs - the Evening Standard reports on a Chamber of Commerce report that said 17 per cent of London firms expect a worse economy over the next 12 months - although we can't help noticing that 17 per cent is hardly a majority.
