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Some families say they will be priced out of private education after schools started getting charged VAT on fees

Private schools lose VAT legal challenge - what it means for parents

United offer some clarity on pre-season plans as decisions explained

The pupils of Mylnhurst School assemble on the playground for World Book Day 2025

Independent Sheffield school is doing well

Bookkeeping needn't be a pain if you have the right software

90% off QuickBooks deal makes bookkeeping a breeze

Keeping the books up to date is a task every business owner needs to master

High-tech accounting software now just £1 per month thanks to a deal

The best business software can save you hours every week. Picture: Getty Images/iStockphoto.

Quickbooks offers 90% off - as Lampard becomes their brand ambassador

Pupils at Winchester College, one of the UK's most famous private schools

How Britons really feel about VAT on private school fees

Private school fees could go up an average of more than £3,000 per year, new research warns

Private schools fees may rise 'thousands' for parents, as VAT kicks in

An infographic showing how the increased price of glass could impact select goods.

Price hikes loom for Festive favourites in glass bottles and jars - by Max Haley

Me, with a very large Penny Bun aka. Porcini I found one afternoon in September 2024. I love Sheffield for its huge parks and woods, but I love those parks and woods for all the mushrooms I find every year. Here's why this is the perfect city for to try this gadabouting hobby.

Why I love mushroom foraging in Sheffield

There have been concerns that private schools raising fees in response will edge out many families

Explainer Why private schools will be taking on the Government in legal battle

File photo of pupils at Mylnhurst Preparatory School in Ecclesall. Sheffield’s private schools have criticised a Government plan to have them charge 20 per cent VAT on their term fees.

Private schools brand Government VAT scheme as 'a huge error'

Rachel Reeves listens to Keir Starmer on the Labour general election campaign trail in May (Photo: JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images)

Budget 2024: when it is and what could be in it - as PM warns of pain

The cost of some private schools might become prohibitive for some families if they put their fees up in response (Image: National World/Getty Images/Adobe Stock)

What adding VAT to private school fees could mean for pupils

The top UK Wetherspoons have been revealed, but does Sheffield make the ranking?

Why food & drink will be cheaper at local Wetherspoons pubs next week

Rick Bailey of IPM Group, third from left with scissors, at the launch of Panenka Bar and Grill with, from left: IPM director Gavin Page, Robert Dowd, Sheffield United manager Chris Wilder, Chris Woodburn and Chris Beasley. Picture: Neil Anderson Media

Firm launched £1.3m cocktail bar before collapsing with £5.6m debt

Heat pumps are pricey - but there’s some big savings to be had and they can pay off in the long run

I priced up a heat pump to replace my groaning gas boiler

A woman who has skin cancer has urged Sheffield City Council to take action on becoming a 'sun safe city'. Picture: LDRS

Call for ‘sun safe city’ action to cut skin cancer risk

(Photo: BEN STANSALL/AFP via Getty Images)

How UK parties are approaching National Insurance ahead of election

Frerot, at Sheffield's new Cambridge Street Collective food hall, will be run by the brothers behind the Michelin-recommended Juke & Loe restaurant, Joseph and Luke Grayson

The jewel in the crown of city's huge new food hall

Amalasiddhi Silva, owner of Dana Cafe on Crookes

Hundreds rally to save cafe from closure

The highly rated Sheffield restaurant Tonco, in Sharrow, is to close, bosses have confirmed. Picture: David Walsh, National World

Popular award winning Sheffield restaurant is to close, owners confirm

Sheffield councillor and deputy mayor Jayne Dunn has welcomed the news that the government has agreed to drop VAT on period pants, something she has campaigned for as part of her work on period and menopause poverty. Picture: Sheffield Labour

Period poverty campaigner welcomes news of VAT cut

John Healey, Labour MP for Wentworth and Dearne

Rotherham MP launches campaign to scrap tax on life-saving defibrillators

How much wine, beer & spirits will cost after government tax increase

Nick Patrick, Director of the International Trade Centre, at Sheffield Chamber of Commerce

The importance of going global

Superdrug to cut cost of sun cream with items available from just £2.79

Superdrug to cut cost of suncream with items available from just £2.79

Mars Wrigley factory fined after two people fell into vat of chocolate

Here’s where to get the best deals for National Pizza Day.

Five places to get cheap pizza on National Pizza Day

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt admits tax rises are coming and “sacrifices” will be necessary.

Jeremy Hunt expected to announce increase to National Living Wage

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt admits tax rises are coming and “sacrifices” will be necessary.

Jeremy Hunt admits tax rises are coming in Autumn Statement

Chancellor urged to slash VAT on public EV charging

Public EV charging hits £1 per kWh as Osprey hikes prices by 50%

(Photo by Hollie Adams/Getty Images)

Campaigners demand 25p fuel duty cut to ease cost of living crisis

The exterior of the pub.

Popular pub that attracts visitors from miles around goes up for sale

Greggs set to extend opening hours and delivery services - but prices could rise

During today's (July 28) full council meeting, councillors accepted a motion submitted by the Liberal Democratcs and amended by Labour, to declare a cost of living emergency.

Barnsley councillors unite to declare cost of living emergency

File photo. Only one forecourt in Sheffield is selling petrol at a 'fair price' according to the RAC.

Only one forecourt in Sheffield is selling petrol for 'fair price', says RAC

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