Bussiness
UK inflation: Higher energy bills push rate to 2.3% in…
Interest rates were cut for the second time this year to 4.75% two weeks ago, but further cuts are not expected until 2025.Grant Fitzner, chief economist for th
UK music industry scales record £7.6bn heights as grassroot venues…
The UK’s music business scaled new heights, contributing a record £7.6bn to the economy last year despite the ongoing crisis facing small music venues and th
Women plan UK legal action over Johnson and Johnson talcum…
BBC Cassandra Wardle is one of hundreds of women part of the group action against Johnson & JohnsonHundreds of women in the UK are planning to take on one o
UK pension fund loses more than £350m with waste incinerator…
One of the UK’s biggest pension funds has lost more than £350m on a series of “calamitous” investments in incinerator power plants that are expected to g
Value of UK music industry hits record £7.6bn thanks to…
The value of the UK music industry has hit a record £7.6bn after superstar acts including Elton John, Beyoncé, Coldplay and Ed Sheeran embarked on Covid-delay
UK cut to fuel payments will push up to 100,000…
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.The UK government’s decision to c
Wales abandons UK-wide DRS – The Spirits Business
The Welsh government will include glass as part of its deposit return scheme (DRS), abandoning its plans to align w
What are the inheritance tax changes affecting UK farmers?
Thousands of farmers plan to descend on central London on Tuesday to protest against changes to inheritance tax announced in the budget last month. The farmers
UK retailers warn Rachel Reeves of £7bn hit from Budget…
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.Dozens of large UK retailers includ
Newspaper headlines: PM ‘defiant’ on Ukraine and ‘Clarkson’s farmy army’
The Daily Telegraph, external says Chancellor Rachel Reeves has told farmers she will not be reversing plans, announced in the Budget, to bring in inheritance t
UK-India trade talks to re-launch in the new year
Free trade talks between India and the UK will be relaunched in the new year, Downing Street has announced.The news comes after Sir Keir Starmer met Indian prim
UK ‘exposed’ in event of global trade war, warns business…
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.Britain would be heavily exposed to
