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House prices are continuing to fall, according to a closely watched index, but transactions are ahead of the long-term average due to landlords selling up.

Global businesses want a louder voice at the upcoming UN climate change talks, according to a new survey across 14 nations.

Resilient UK SMEs are weathering the storm caused by the cost-of-living crisis and the economic fallout from Covid-19 and Brexit, according to new research. 

Workers across Ireland are missing out on career progression opportunities, promotions and pay rises by working from home, but the majority remain reluctant to return to the office. That is according to a new report by global workplace creation experts Unispace.

Only a third of UK hospitality businesses are optimistic about their future due to high energy prices and rising food costs, industry bosses have warned.

More prospective house sellers are returning to the UK’s property market, pushing agreed home sales to their highest point of the year in May, according to Zoopla, although it warned that the rebound in activity could be knocked by rising mortgage rates.

Consumers buying Mars bars at Tesco in the coming days will notice a change: the chocolate bar’s usual plastic wrapper has been swapped for a more environmentally friendly paper one.

Retail sales volumes have fallen this month compared with the same period last year, while staffing levels have dropped sharply, a survey has found.

Retail sales volumes recovered slightly by 0.5 per cent in April as the sector was lifted by the Easter holidays, however high inflation and strains on household finances continue to hinder spending.

The number of small businesses planning to increase prices to their customers is set to rise dramatically this quarter, further fuelling inflationary pressures. 

VivaCity, the transport technology scaleup transforming cities into smarter and more efficient places to live and work, has partnered with Transport for Wales (TfW), Welsh Government (WG) and Welsh Local Authorities to encourage safe, active, and sustainable travel.

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has backed interest rate hikes being used to calm soaring inflation even if they increase the risk of pushing the UK into recession.

Asda is finalising a deal to buy its sister business EG Group’s UK and Irish petrol forecourts in a deal worth £3bn, allowing the supermarket to step up its shift into convenience retailing.

Drivers in Britain have seen their choice of battery electric car models quadruple in the past five years as manufacturers commit to delivering the UK’s ambition of being the first major car market to go zero emission.

Germany slipped into an official recession over the winter, triggered by family finances being crushed by sky high energy bills, official figures out today show.