The UK’s leading companies are less inclined to borrow now than at any point since the financial crisis of 2008, a survey of directors has found. Demand for credit is flagging among chief financial officers, with barely a quarter of ...
Leo Varadkar, the taoiseach in Ireland, has said mistakes were made on all sides in the handling of Brexit, vowing to be “flexible and reasonable” when attempting to solve issues with the Northern Ireland protocol. He said the post-Brexit protocol ...
Investors in tech start-ups do not trust female founders, reveals new research by Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU). The study, conducted by Sonja Sperber from Vienna University of Economics and Business her co-author Christian Linder, analysed the overrepresentation ...
British companies installed a record number of public electric car chargers during 2022 as they raced to dominate a fast-growing and potentially lucrative market. There were more than 8,700 public chargers installed in the UK during the year to 22 ...
KYIV — The suspected mastermind behind the removal of a Banksy mural in a Ukrainian town could face up to 12 years in prison if found guilty, Ukraine’s interior ministry said on Monday. The artwork, depicting a woman in a ...
KYIV — Russian nationalists and some lawmakers have demanded punishment for commanders they accused of ignoring dangers as anger grew over the killing of dozens of Russian soldiers in one of the Ukraine war’s deadliest strikes. In a rare disclosure, ...
JAPAN plans to boost financial support to households to move away from the capital to combat depopulation in other areas of the country, according to multiple local media reports. Eligible families in the Tokyo metropolitan area will be able to ...
SINGAPORE — Singapore’s economy grew faster that official forecasts in 2022 but slower activity in the fourth quarter points to significant risks ahead for the city-state in the new year as global demand weakens and inflationary pressures weigh. Singapore’s economy ...
A generation of passengers will be put off travelling by train for good because of industrial action, ministers fear, as Britain enters the worst week of rail disruption for 30 years. Millions of people have been advised to avoid using ...
Rishi Sunak will be forced by the House of Lords to abandon plans for a bonfire of European Union laws by the end of the year. The government has committed itself to removing about 4,000 pieces of EU-derived laws from ...