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Deloitte survey finds that consumer confidence declines as prices rise
Mounting fears about the cost-of-living crisis have knocked consumer confidence for a second consecutive quarter, a survey has found.
Monday 26 October 2026
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Mounting fears about the cost-of-living crisis have knocked consumer confidence for a second consecutive quarter, a survey has found.
The UK is becoming ever more reliant on manufacturing imports from cheap factories in Asia, despite talk from bosses that they would bring home more of…
Two years after workers across Britain were forced to shift to working from home as the default, the latest policy to overhaul traditional working practices in…
Guy Rigby and David Murray - with a combined age of 124 - made the row to raise funds for UnLtd, a charity that supports entrepreneurs…
Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey said inflation risked getting out of control without restraint on pay rises.
After a promising start to the new financial year Upper crust owner SSP has revealed sales are slipping back.
A cyber-attack targeting KP Snacks could lead to a shortage of some of Britain’s most popular snacks including Hula Hoops, McCoy’s and Tyrrells crisps, Butterkist, Skips,…
Waitrose is ditching free newspapers for loyalty card-holders from 22 February in the latest example of supermarkets cutting costs amid surging inflation.
Amazon’s profits surged to $14.32bn in a fourth quarter marked by record holiday sales, the company said in its earnings report on Thursday, while also announcing…
A historic plunge in the stock price of Facebook’s parent company has erased more than $230bn in its market value, easily the biggest one-day loss in…
Rishi Sunak has warned households suffering from Britain’s worsening cost of living crisis to brace themselves for further increases in energy costs later this year, as…
The Bank of England has raised interest rates to 0.5 per cent in its first back-to-back rate rise for 17 years in an attempt to get…
Companies handed a combined £1.3bn in controversial fast-track Covid contracts with minimal scrutiny also claimed at least £1m in furlough grants, it can be revealed.
Tesco is to stop selling music and films in its supermarkets by the end of this month as it reacts to changing shopping habits.
Northern Ireland’s agriculture minister has ordered all Brexit checks on food and farm products to be stopped from midnight in a unilateral move that will set…