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Borrowing costs for UK companies are climbing
Borrowing costs for British companies have surged as the fallout from Friday’s mini-budget continues to reverberate around bond markets.
Sunday 25 October 2026
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Borrowing costs for British companies have surged as the fallout from Friday’s mini-budget continues to reverberate around bond markets.
A rail strike scheduled for Saturday will be the biggest yet this year, with 11 per cent of services operating and most cities cut off.
Mortgage providers have begun raising interest rates to levels not seen since the financial crisis as economists warned that growing borrowing costs would trigger a steep…
Pub giant JD Wetherspoon has announced it will sell off 32 pubs across the UK due to rising costs.
Virgin Atlantic removes need for staff members to wear gendered clothing
The end of the satellite television dish is in sight after Sky said it would start offering most of its services via a set-top streaming box.
Post-Brexit border checks have slowed the speed at which Eurostar passengers pass through London St Pancras on their way to Paris, reducing the terminal’s capacity by…
The International Monetary Fund has openly criticised the UK government over its plan for tax cuts, warning that the measures are likely to fuel the cost-of-living…
City insiders have warned that tax cuts designed to stimulate economic growth might have the opposite effect.
Royal Mail workers are to hold 19 days of strike action over pay and terms and conditions during the peak postal build-up to Christmas.
Sir Keir Starmer opened his conference speech by warning that the Conservatives have crashed the pound and lost control of the economy.
Luton Borough Council, whose company Luton Rising owns the airport, approved the growth plans in December.
Farmers are threatening to quit the National Farmers’ Union after its leader said she supported the UK government’s apparent move to scrap post-Brexit nature subsidies.
Labour would renationalise the railways, its conference has been told, although Keir Starmer will continue to face pressure after delegates unanimously passed union-backed motions urging public…
EasyJet is to stop offsetting carbon emissions by its planes as it unveiled a “roadmap to net zero” emissions by 2050 including introducing hydrogen-powered jet engines.