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UK exports are hampered by cargo costs
Record shipping costs are hurting the ability of British companies to export outside the European Union, dampening one of the apparent benefits of Brexit, a leading…
Sunday 25 October 2026
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Record shipping costs are hurting the ability of British companies to export outside the European Union, dampening one of the apparent benefits of Brexit, a leading…
Elon Musk has moved to terminate his $44 billion takeover of Twitter, walking away from a bid that had faced growing scepticism on Wall Street.
Economy minister Robert Habeck last month activated the second stage of the country’s gas emergency plan, but he warned on Tuesday that the situation could continue…
Sainsbury's has seen off an attempt by a group of shareholders to force it to commit to paying the so-called real living wage to all staff.
New figures out this morning show that the growth of the “subscription economy” is stalling rapidly as living costs squeeze household budgets and people return to…
Dairy farmers are warning that a chronic shortage of workers is hitting milk production and further fuelling food price inflation, and are calling for urgent action…
What price happiness? The answer might be £3,360 a year, as the average UK worker would take a 10.5% pay cut to work for an employer…
Shell expects its refining profits to jump by as much as $1.2 billion this quarter as it benefits from record high fuel prices.
The June edition of the UK Export Monitor by Coriolis Technologies and The Institute of Export & International Trade (IOE&IT) further highlights the struggles British businesses…
Nadhim Zahawi, the new chancellor of the exchequer, has called for a review of the UK’s corporate tax policy in a clear hint that a rise…
Nearly three quarters of Brits say they do not feel that their employer has adequately kept up with the cost of inflation.
House prices rose for the twelfth month in a row in June, defying expectations of a slowdown.
Boris Johnson will announce his resignation this morning after concluding that his position is untenable.
Takeaway giant Just Eat and Amazon have launched a new partnership today to give Amazon Prime members access to free deliveries on orders in its U.S.…
Demand for debt services among Lloyds Bank customers has jumped by 30% in the first six months of the year, as the cost of living crisis…