Hargreaves Lansdown's Derren Nathan: Companies best placed to absorb NI cost pressures

Following Rachel Reeves' Budget

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Just as the monster that is inflation starts to look a little less threatening, UK businesses have been hit by a 6.7% increase in the National Minimum Wage for 2025 and an increase in employers' National Insurance (NI) contributions in Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ maiden Budget.

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