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.
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UK exports to the US dropped 11.4% in September to their lowest level since 2022, as Trump-era tariffs and sector disruptions weigh on British trade.
UK grocery inflation eased to 4.7% in October as supermarkets launched heavy discounts ahead of Rachel Reeves’s budget and the festive trading season.
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The Co-op will open or refurbish 50 stores by Christmas as it recovers from a major cyber attack and urges the government to reform business rates…
Chancellor Rachel Reeves is preparing to introduce a US-style whistleblower reward scheme that could pay informants up to 30% of taxes recovered from fraud cases.
Former health secretary Alan Milburn will lead a government review into the impact of mental health and disability on youth unemployment, as nearly a million young…
The Conservative Party has pledged to scrap mandatory ESG and climate reporting and rein in “woke” regulators if re-elected, as part of plans to revive London’s…
Mishcon de Reya managing partner James Libson warns that Rachel Reeves’s reported plan to raise taxes on limited liability partnerships could drive lawyers, accountants and entrepreneurs…
Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ reported plan for a 20% “exit tax” on wealthy individuals leaving the UK has been branded “reckless and self-defeating” by deVere Group CEO…
The UK government has recovered £74m from firms accused of making excessive profits from asylum accommodation contracts worth £2.1bn, after MPs condemned the Home Office for…
Gdańsk-based venture capital firm Balnord has launched a €70m fund — oversubscribed and targeting €100m — to back frontier and dual-use technology startups driving Europe’s reindustrialisation…
The National Enterprise Network has called on Chancellor Rachel Reeves to deliver targeted support for small and micro businesses in the Autumn Statement, including tax reliefs,…
Carmakers warn Rachel Reeves’ plan to tax employee car ownership schemes could cost the Treasury £500m and threaten 5,000 jobs as new car sales fall.
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