ONS data showing British national output rose in final quarter of 2024 confounds forecasts of 0.1% decline• Business live – latest updatesBritain’s economy unexpectedly grew in the final three months of last...
Read MoreExclusive: Several women claim City grandee exploited his position to harass or sexually assault them in the 1990sOne of the world’s most celebrated financiers, Sir Evelyn de Rothschild, has been accused of exploiting his...
Read MoreCBI says businesses plan to cut jobs and raise prices while debt charity says millions are ‘facing worries’The government is under growing pressure to get momentum back into the economy amid warnings that businesses...
Read MoreLatest setback, after talks with Treasury, blamed on lack of clarity about implementation in USBusiness live – latest updatesThe Bank of England has delayed the introduction of tougher global banking capital rules by a...
Read MoreONS data shows CPI below reading of 2.6% in November, meaning prices rose at a slower rateUK inflation unexpectedly fell in December, handing some breathing space to the chancellor, Rachel Reeves, after a week of turbulence in...
Read MoreBCC survey shows growing concern over planned employer tax rises with 55% of companies planning to hike pricesMore than half of British companies are planning price rises in the next three months, according to research that...
Read MoreEconomic confidence polls reveal that 70% expect turnover to rise and 73% expect profitability to riseA majority of UK businesses expect a positive start to 2025, according to two economic confidence surveys which show managers...
Read MoreNew powers come amid concerns that cyber-attacks and outages could put the country’s financial stability at riskCity regulators will begin cracking down in the new year on tech firms providing “critical”...
Read MoreNobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz among 50 signatories of statement that points to risks to Labour’s wider aimsFifty economists and policy experts have issued a warning to Rachel Reeves that encouraging the City to expand...
Read MoreBlow to Labour growth hopes as poll finds demand for staff falling at ‘sharp and accelerated pace’, particularly in permanent rolesThe number of job vacancies in November fell at the fastest rate since the start of...
Read MoreForeign secretary David Lammy says he is ending London’s role as a money laundering capitalDavid Lammy, the foreign secretary, claimed he was bringing the “golden age of money laundering” to an end as he...
Read MoreNew remit given to FCA by chancellor raises fears of a weakening of rules meant to avert another financial crisisThe financial regulator has been ordered to encourage more risk-taking across the City, raising concerns that the...
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