Government borrowing rose by less than forecast last month as strong tax revenues and a falling debt interest bill helped to boost the public finances. Official figures from June showed that public borrowing rose by £18.5 billion, less than the ...
Employers are still struggling with labour shortages and would need the entire population of Birmingham twice over to fill every vacancy, according to the latest snapshot of Britain’s labour market. Employers ran active job advertisements for 2.25 million jobs in ...
Business confidence in the HMRC’s competence has fallen markedly as accountants raise “significant concerns” about the accuracy of the information it provides. Official annual surveys of SME-sized businesses released by HMRC has revealed that those with fewer than 20 staff ...
48 percent of women said work had a negative impact on their mental health, compared to 40 percent of men. Women are also less confident in openly discussing their mental wellbeing with their employer. 34 percent of men called in ...
WASHINGTON – US Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said he is willing to take a hard line with airlines when necessary as the Biden administration vows a sweeping upgrade in passenger consumer protections. “We’re continuing to work to make sure that airlines live up to their obligations, which we will ...
BEIJING – Chinese authorities announced measures on Friday intended to help boost sales of automobiles and electronics with the goal of shoring up a sluggish economy, but the steps failed to impress investors who have been clamoring for stronger stimulus. Regions will be encouraged to increase annual car purchase ...
WASHINGTON/ISLAMABAD – A US-funded audit of Afghanistan’s Taliban-run central bank has failed to win Washington’s backing for a return of bank assets from a $3.5 billion Swiss-based trust fund, said two US officials and a former US official, a move that would help ease the country’s financial crisis. The audit has not changed the US Treasury’s view that the bank must make ...
NEW DELHI – India on Thursday ordered a halt to its largest rice export category in a move that will roughly halve shipments by the world’s largest exporter of the grain, triggering fears of further inflation on global food markets. The government ...
SHEIKHPUR – Shivraj Nishad spreads jasmine and rose flowers onto trays in his village in northern India to dry petals used for making tea, aided by a solar-powered dryer in what may be a nascent rural energy revolution. Mr. Nishad, 29, returned home to cultivate flowers on a ...
WASHINGTON – Beijing-linked hackers accessed US Ambassador to China Nicholas Burns’ email account in an espionage operation thought to have compromised at least hundreds of thousands of individual US government emails, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported on Thursday. Daniel Kritenbrink, the assistant secretary of state for ...