Simplyhealth on a ‘war footing’ as tax increase announced

Simplyhealth chief executive Des Benjamin has told employees to ready themselves for a battle as Chancellor George Osborne hiked Insurance Premium Tax (IPT) by 1% last month.Speaking to HMN, Simplyhealth sales and marketing director Jack Briggs said the firm had already been ‘working on the premise’ that IPT would rise and that chief executive Des…