Latest 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...
Read MoreFast fashion retailer did not appear in list of clients published by Global Counsel, co-founded by Labour peerPeter Mandelson’s consultancy Global Counsel advised the Chinese fast fashion company Shein until earlier this...
Read More10-year gilt yields have risen in the past month but are within the range of other pre-budget periodsUK government borrowing costs have risen ahead of Rachel Reeves’s budget on Wednesday.Some City investors say the...
Read MoreUHY Hacker Young says 92 companies have delisted and only 10 floated on junior stock market in past yearThe UK’s Alternative Investment Market (Aim) has shrunk to its smallest size in 23 years as business owners and...
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