Businesses face billions of extra costs as wages and tax to rise
UK businesses are set to face a multibillion-pound wave of higher costs this week as higher wages and tax increases come into force. Retail and hospitality bosses have warned that…
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Yvette Cooper signals no progress made exempting UK from tariffs
Home secretary Yvette Cooper has indicated that no progress has been made to exempt the UK from US president Donald Trump’s tariffs, adding that they could harm the entire world’s…
Does Liam Lawson have a legal case against his Red Bull demotion?
The big Formula 1 news of last weekend was the demotion of Liam Lawson from Red Bull to junior sister team Racing Bulls. His former teammate Yuki Tsunoda has been…
Millions of workers to receive pay rise on 1 April
Millions of workers will receive a pay rise on April 1 when the statutory minimum rates increase in a move unions believe will help boost economic growth. The government said…
Monzo, Starling, Zilch: The fintech IPOs that could boost London
London markets have suffered a torrid couple of years, but could fintech help turn the tide? Swedish fintech Klarna marked the latest snub to the City after it announced it…
Noble intentions are not enough. Reeves must fess up to mistakes
Rachel Reeves’s good intentions mean nothing against rising inflation, meagre growth and falling employment, writes shadow secretary of state for work and pensions Helen Whately One thing that I don’t…
Are Brits getting richer? It depends how you measure growth
Wobbly growth is the opposite of what Rachel Reeves would have hoped for in her first six months as Chancellor. While the headline figure on Friday morning said the UK…
Why are we all saving so much?
It’s a question that has been puzzling economists for months. The worst of the cost-of-living crisis is, for most households, moving further into their rear-view mirror. The Bank of England’s…
The ‘innovation economy’ and why AI won’t steal your job
Historically, economic progress has been driven by seismic shifts in how we value things. From the agrarian economies that once sustained early civilisations, to the industrial revolutions that mechanised production…
What links Elon Musk, Manchester City and a Chinese crypto tycoon?
What links Elon Musk with Manchester City and one of China’s biggest crypto tycoons? The answer is an English fitness tech company which counts British tennis star Cameron Norrie among…