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Sunak hopes of pre-election interest rate cuts frustrated by inflation…

Posted by April 17, 2024

When the Bank of England governor, Andrew Bailey, told an event in Washington on Tuesday that the UK economy was “disinflating”, it raised the hopes of mort

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Breaking: Altrad to buy Aberdeen-headquartered energy services firm Stork

Posted by April 17, 2024

Altrad, the French industrial services giant, has announced it is acquiring Aberdeen-headquartered energy services firm Stork. The deal will see 1,800 workers m

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Inflation blow leaves Britain facing just one rate cut this…

Posted by April 17, 2024

Thanks for joining me. Inflation has fallen to 3.2pc, official figures show, in a boost/blow to hopes for interest rate cuts.Th

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UK inflation falls to lowest level since late 2021 as…

Posted by April 17, 2024

Inflation in the U.K. fell to its lowest level in two and a half years in March after a further easing in food prices, official figures showed Wednesday.Consume

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UK inflation rate slows to 3.2% in March

Posted by April 17, 2024

British consumer price inflation slowed by less than expected to a two-and-a-half-year low of 3.2% in annual terms in March, down from a 3.4% increase in Febru

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UK inflation falls to 3.2%, the lowest level since September…

Posted by April 17, 2024

The UK’s annual inflation rate fell in March for a second consecutive month, dropping to 3.2% – a two-and-a-half-year low – easing pressure on households

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Garden centres in UK stockpile plants before new Brexit checks

Posted by April 17, 2024

Garden centres and nurseries are stockpiling plants before Brexit checks are introduced later this month, amid concerns over whether new border posts will be re

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Government ramps up work to secure supplies of medicines and…

Posted by April 16, 2024

Government takes action to safeguard flows of vital goods such as medicines and smartphone chips with new Critical Imports Council. New Council brings tog

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Gold is sniffing out monetary and geopolitical dystopia

Posted by April 16, 2024

However, there is a parallel explanation. Covid finally broke our spendthrift governments. The talk in hedge fund land is that

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New nuclear power plant expected to kill 46 tonnes of…

Posted by April 16, 2024

EDF said it was working with Natural England, the Environment Agency, and other conservation bodies to develop the new natu

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UK households face second year without improved living standards, says…

Posted by April 16, 2024

Britain’s households will endure a second year without an improvement in their living standards in 2024 as the effects of high inflation take time to abate, t

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British economy hammered by second downgrade in three months

Posted by April 16, 2024

The IMF highlighted that the domestic workforce was smaller today than it was in 2019, compared with a roughly 20pc rise in the

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