July 2024

Another survey showed that business confidence improved in the second quarter of the year as firms hope to benefit from an improving economic picture. The Institute of Chartered Accountants of …

The number of staff employed by UK banks saw its biggest increase in a decade last year, new data shows, as headcount returned to pre-pandemic levels and lenders enjoyed record …

Where the City’s movers and shakers have their say. Today, Victoria Scholar, head of investment at Interactive Investor, takes the notebook pen to tell us the latest trends in retail …

A new EU directive banning fully detachable lids on plastic bottles has angered soft drink consumers everywhere, says an orange-juice soaked Steve Allen I sit here furious, looking like I’m …

China’s economy showed mixed signals in June with consumer prices rising modestly for the fifth straight month but missing expectations, while producer prices stayed in deflationary territory.  These developments come …

Moving markets today: Asian markets mixed; oil prices rebound, China’s CPI inflation eases, RBNZ keeps key rate at 5.50 per cent; focus shifts to US Fed and BOE policymakers’ speeches  …

Prepare for over 17,000 runners racing through the city this weekend, as the Saucony London 10k takes over the capital  One of the city’s favourite celebrations of running has arrived. …

A sequel to The Devil Wears Prada is finally in the works, but how close will its plot mirror the reality of Vogue’s decline? Nearly 20 years on from the …

The weakness in the commercial property sector that arose from the coronavirus pandemic and subsequent hikes in interest rates may last years, Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell has warned. “It …

Newly-elected MPs have begun being sworn into Parliament for the first time as Sir Lindsay Hoyle is re-elected as the Speaker of the House of Commons. The MP for Chorley, …