NatWest is set to reveal its largest annual profit since the 2008 financial crisis amid speculation that the taxpayer-backed bank will ramp up the size of its bonus pool just as consumers struggle with the cost of living crisis. The ...
Cuts to post-Brexit farming payments mean farms risk “going out of business” as new figures reveal only a tiny fraction of slashed EU subsidies went to agriculture businesses last year. The government is replacing the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), ...
Britain’s pubs are at “breaking point”, hospitality chiefs have warned, after new figures reveal that the number of pub and bar insolvencies has risen 83 per cent in the last year. According to data published by accountancy firm UHY Hacker ...
Start-up group Tech Nation has reportedly lined up a host of potential bidders for its assets as it prepares to close down in March following the government’s controversial move to hand its funding to Barclays. Around 30 buyers have now ...
The bears are getting louder as stocks consolidate recent gains. But the market’s current price consolidation behavior, until proven otherwise, is quite normal, especially after a nearly 20% rally in the S&P 500 (SPX) since the October 2022 bottom. That said, ...
LONDON — This Valentine’s Day is set to look different after a year of record food inflation that has sent up prices of everything from flowers to chocolates and dining in restaurants. COVID-era supply chain logjams and Russia’s invasion of ...
Credit card companies last year had to deal with more fraudulent applications than ever before as people tried to get hold of more money to cope with the soaring cost of living. In particular, banks had reported a jump in ...
The economy may be heading for recession and the jobs market is showing signs of cooling, but employers are still struggling to find enough workers, which is likely to push up salaries again this year. More than half of British ...
When it opened its main London outlet on Oxford Street in central London in 2017, Reserved hinted that further expansion plans would follow. Six years on, the Polish fast-fashion retailer is about to turn those suggestions into something more concrete. ...
Businesses remain pessimistic about the outlook for the economy after a sharp decline in output last month prompted many to scrap any hiring plans they had. For the fourth month in a row, BDO’s optimism index was stuck in negative ...