Bussiness
UK charities fear first-class stamp price rise will mean fewer…
Royal Mail has been accused of being “shortsighted” and risking a drop in the number of charity Christmas cards sent this year as it increases stamp prices
Labour must ensure benefits of future growth are shared equally…
Politics is hard because it invariably involves making choices between conflicting objectives. As Keir Starmer is discovering, the need to prioritise means you
Prime Minister puts investment at the heart of first Council…
Prime Minister convenes leaders from across the UK for Council of the Nations and Regions in Scotland on Friday 11 October. Council to focus on max
British food firms lobbied to defer £1.7bn plastic packaging tax,…
Lobbyists for Britain’s biggest food brands successfully pushed for a £1.7bn packaging tax to be deferred, new documents reveal.The fees for a new scheme to
Ministers plot Whitehall shake-up in inward investment drive
Ministers are plotting a shake-up of Britain's drive to attract inward investment days before a summit they will claim demonstrates the country is
Irish budget: Stark difference in UK and Ireland’s budgets
PA and ReutersIreland’s finance minister Jack Chambers and the UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel ReevesAs Ireland’s finance minister delivered his budge
Bank holds rate but says it’s ‘optimistic’ things moving in…
Are high interest rates bad news for everyone?published at 12:34 British Summer Time 9 May12:34 BST 9 MayWe've just had the news that interest rates are remaini
UK risks losing AI leadership without data strategy, government warned
The UK needs a strategy to meet growing demand for data centres or risk losing its advantage in the race to develop artificial intelligence (AI),
Fish and chips: NHS bosses want chippy to sell fruit…
There could be something fishy about this chip shop's menu if health bosses get their wayPlans for a new chippy have come up against a health board's demands fo
Ex-Harrods man: I lost my job due to Al Fayed
A long-serving former Harrods executive has claimed that his offer to become boss of the department store chain Fenwick was withdrawn because of his time workin
UK partnership with Indonesia Eximbank creates new business opportunities
The UK government and Indonesia Eximbank have signed a partnership agreement that will help them to create new business opportunities for Indonesian exporter
Bank of England chief economist urges caution over interest rate…
The Bank of England’s chief economist has warned against cutting interest rates “too far or too fast”, a day after the governor, Andrew Bailey, said the c
