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An increasing number of American taxpayers are eyeing the UK as their new home, according to Blick Rothenberg, a leading UK-based audit, tax, and business advisory firm.

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has unveiled a £15.6 billion package to fund trams, trains and bus networks outside London, as Labour seeks to reset the political narrative ahead of a difficult spending review.

UK steelmakers have narrowly avoided being hit with a damaging 50% import tariff by the United States – for now – after President Trump signed an Executive Order confirming that the UK will remain under the existing 25% tariff while a new bilateral steel agreement is finalised.

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has been warned by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) that her wafer-thin fiscal buffers could prove inadequate if the UK economy is hit by a fresh downturn, following a downgrade to the country’s growth forecast.

Rachel Reeves’s planned overhaul of inheritance tax reliefs for farmers and family businesses could end up costing the Treasury nearly £2 billion by 2030, rather than raising revenue as intended, a new analysis has warned.

British manufacturers have urged the government to ensure that small and medium-sized businesses are major beneficiaries of the UK’s rising defence spending by embedding legally binding offset agreements in future military procurement contracts.

Two of Britain’s largest bioethanol producers have issued stark warnings that a recent UK-US trade deal could trigger site closures and significant job losses across the sector, unless the government intervenes with targeted support.

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) across the UK are showing remarkable resilience by prioritising employee welfare and environmental sustainability, despite mounting economic pressures, according to new research by Purbeck Insurance Services.

Business sentiment in the UK private sector has slumped to its weakest level in nearly three years, as rising wage costs and mounting global trade concerns weigh heavily on economic outlook.

A third of the UK’s pubs, bars, restaurants and hotels are now operating at a loss following a wave of government-imposed tax increases that came into effect in April, according to a new industry survey.

The UK’s fast-growing crypto market has reached a major inflection point as IG Group, one of the country’s biggest online trading platforms, becomes the first London-listed company to offer direct cryptocurrency trading to retail investors.

Britain’s steelmakers are bracing for a sharp escalation in trade tensions after the United States signalled it will double import tariffs on UK steel to 50% from Wednesday — despite a recent transatlantic deal to remove such duties.