Amy Ingham is a reporter at Business Matters, covering UK business news with a focus on breaking news, business policy, late payments and insolvency. She joined the magazine in 2026 after completing the NCTJ Diploma in Journalism at Harlow College's journalism school. Her recent reporting includes British Steel's nationalisation and its impact on SME suppliers, the decline in late payments by large firms, and Insolvency Service director disqualifications. Reach her at aingham@cbmeg.co.uk.
NatWest reports £2bn quarterly profit, beating forecasts and raising 2026 guidance as the Iran conflict pushes mortgage rates and net interest margins higher.
Early-stage funding for Britain's clean tech start-ups halved in 2025, hitting a five-year low. Cleantech for UK warns the innovation pipeline is at risk.
Singapore billionaire Christina Ong's Como Group has taken a controlling stake in Heston Blumenthal's loss-making Fat Duck Group, paving the way for international expansion.
Britain's biggest winemaker uncorks a record-breaking year as chief executive James Pennefather sticks to his audacious target of capturing 1 per cent of the global champagne…
Premier Inn owner Whitbread is scrapping its branded restaurants and recycling £1.5bn of hotel freeholds, putting 3,800 jobs at risk in a sweeping five-year strategic reset.
Niesr warns the UK economy will lose £35bn over two years as the Iran conflict pushes inflation above 4% and forces the Bank of England to…
Tony Blair Institute calls on ministers to slam an 'emergency handbrake' on Britain's spiralling £78bn sickness benefits bill, warning that mild mental health and musculoskeletal conditions…
The United Arab Emirates has announced it is to withdraw from Opec and the wider Opec+ alliance after nearly six decades of membership, in a move…
Lloyds Banking Group was the UK's most complained-about financial services firm in H2 2025, with 187,516 grievances logged as the sector paid out £236.2m in redress.
A leading global venture capital firm has cautioned that Britain's flagship tax-incentivised investment schemes are leaving early-stage businesses stranded, with fewer than one in 25 companies…
British AI child safety firm SafetyMode has written to every UK MP, urging ministers to look beyond outright bans and embrace on-device technology to protect children…
Sir Richard Harpin's £5m-backed flooring chain has called in Begbies Traynor and Santander's restructuring division as falling demand and rising costs put 300 jobs and 50…
Ministers have written to nearly 200 UK business leaders urging them to sign a new cyber-resilience pledge as Anthropic's Mythos AI model raises hacking fears across…
HMRC has paused enforcing VAT bills on free medicines supplied through compassionate use schemes after Bayer halted new patient enrolments and pharma giants warned the levy…
UK government borrowing dropped to £12.6bn in March, a four-year low, as debt interest payments tumbled. But economists warn the Middle East conflict could wipe out…