Finance

Analysts have warned rents are being pushed to unsustainable levels amid another yearly jump and concerns there is no natural plateau in sight.

Inflation increased to 2.3% in October after a jump in energy bills.

National insurance increase and higher interest rates mean company failures will stay high, says Begbies Traynor

Spanish construction giant Ferrovial and joint venture partner Macquarie agreed to sell AGS Airports to AviAlliance.

A string of big lenders have announced interest rate hikes one after the other - as the mortgage market takes a turn for the worse.

Reeves’s budget could slow demand but prices have not fallen significantly since post-pandemic ‘race for space’

Single Trade Window designed to reduce friction on imports and exports will be halted until at least 2026 amid cost fears

Dollar up and renewable energy stocks down, while shares in president-elect’s media business rise by more than a third

Fees have been frozen at an annual level of £9,250 since the 2017/18 academic year but Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson has now confirmed they will rise from April 2025.

Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ 2024 Budget includes huge funding announcements to rescue public services but there are some nasty details buried in the financial statement

Barclays (BARC.L), opens new tab on Friday won its bid to more than halve a shareholders’ lawsuit worth up to 560 million pounds ($727 million) at London’s High Court for allegedly misleading the market about its private "dark pool" trading platforms.

Irish prime minister speaks of need to overcome housing and infrastructural deficits to maintain foreign investment

The Department for Business and Trade has said the benefits of the employment rights bill will justify the costs it will impose on business amounting to nearly £5bn per year.

Policy known as ‘fiscal drag’ could bring in as much as £7bn a year after 2028, while dragging workers into paying more tax

Whitehall source says it would only allow NHS to ‘stand still’ on waiting lists rather than reduce them

The number of women who hold executive reins in corporate Britain has fallen for the first time in eight years in an "unacceptable" reversal that could delay gender parity for another five generations, a consultancy said on Thursday.

NHS Providers chief says ’vital bits of the NHS are literally falling apart after years of underinvestment’

Joshua Alliance to take company private, paying 40p in cash for each share not already owned by himself and family

Bigger than forecast annual drop to 1.7% in September puts pressure on Bank of England to cut interest rates

UK households are battling with rising bills since the Ofgem price cap rose at the start of October. This has sparked increased anxiety over the affordability of energy bills throughout the winter period.