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MPs call for BTs broadband monopoly to be broken up for good of the nation
MPs have called for BT's monopoly of broadband cable network to be broken up.
Thursday 5 November 2026
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MPs have called for BT's monopoly of broadband cable network to be broken up.
Business customers at Barclays are likely to have to accept new bank account numbers under a far-reaching restructuring designed to make banks safer after the financial…
Government policy is failing to keep up with the rise in home-based businesses in the UK, a report from the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England…
Online retailer says it will hire new staff in London, Cambridge and Edinburgh and at warehouses across the country
Government borrowing was £11 billion lower in the financial year to December, but the chancellor still faces a stretching final quarter if he is to stick…
The government has sold it stake in the King's Cross development - currently part-way through a process that will overhaul the 67-acre site - to pension…
Global stock markets have rallied for a second day, boosted by rising oil prices and hopes of more stimulus measures from central banks.
Venture capital (VC) investment into UK companies reached a record breaking $1.3bn (£910m) in the final quarter of 2015, according to new data.
CCJs against businesses reach alarming new levels signalling businesses are under increasing financial stress
Provisional figures released today indicate an increase in the number of young people, aged under 19, earning and learning on apprenticeships, and also growth in higher…
Customer satisfaction in the utilities sector is improving faster than in any other industry, while banks and building societies have stalled
More than £50 billion was wiped from the value of Britain’s biggest businesses yesterday as the stock market plunged to its lowest level for four years.
Two thirds of UK staff admit they have never received personal finance education such as how to manage everyday spending and saving
Over 75 per cent of over 55’s claim they are more productive in a quiet and calm office.
Unemployment in Britain has dropped to its lowest rate in a decade, as the economy becomes a “jobs-creating machine”.