A 1.25% rise in National Insurance will be reversed from 6 November and the government will axe a planned tax rise to fund health and social care. The NI rise was introduced in April under former chancellor Rishi Sunak, but ...
James Sanders from London diamonds is an early-stage investor in start-ups across a number of sectors. His interests lie primarily within AI, technology, gold, art, property and, of course, diamonds. As well as an active investor, James is an entrepreneur. ...
Business travel is, in its very nature, dynamic and changeable. And while COVID-19 was a dramatic demonstration of just how quickly things can go wrong, if you’ve ever had flights affected by strikes or bad weather, or had someone take ...
The Bank of England has raised interest rates for the seventh consecutive time to 2.25 per cent, the highest since 2008, in an attempt to contain near double-digit inflation. The central bank’s nine-strong monetary policy committee (MPC) voted by five-three ...
Receiving a call from an unknown number can be a bit unsettling. Nowadays, with the prevalence of nuisance calls and scam calls, we’re all pretty wary of answering the phone when we don’t know for sure who’s calling. However, ignoring ...
Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng will make his maiden fiscal statement tomorrow announcing a radical shift in the UK’s economic policy mix at a time when households and businesses are suffering from record energy prices, eye-watering inflation and a looming recession. Here is ...
Importers bringing goods into the UK from Asia should see the cost of shipping continue to fall steeply before stabilising next spring, industry experts predict. As congestion in global supply chains has eased and demand fallen, the cost of moving ...
NEW YORK — US President Joseph R. Biden delivered a scathing broadside against Russia at the United Nations on Wednesday, saying Moscow had launched an invasion aimed at “extinguishing” Ukraine and that “horrifying evidence” of war crimes existed. “This war ...
SEOUL — North Korea may be preparing to launch a new submarine believed to be capable of firing ballistic missiles, a US-based think tank reported on Thursday, citing commercial satellite imagery. Images of the Sinpo South Shipyard, on the east ...
KYIV/RIYADH — Russia and Ukraine carried out an unexpected prisoner swap on Wednesday, the largest since the war began and involving almost 300 people, including 10 foreigners and the commanders who led a prolonged Ukrainian defense of Mariupol earlier this ...