Finance

A £500m deal for 14 new trains has secured hundreds of jobs at Hitachi’s factory in north-east England.

One of the UK’s biggest recruiters has warned that the UK is heading towards recession, blaming the chancellor’s National Insurance hike for a slump in the jobs market.

More than half of British employers plan on cutting jobs and raising their prices in response to Labour’s first budget, a Bank of England survey has found.

One the UK’s biggest dairy companies is facing a public backlash after including a new controversial additive in its animal feed in a bid to tackle burping cows.

Move would be last-ditch attempt to save thousands of UK jobs amid standoff with company’s Chinese owners

It marks the latest loss for the London Stock Exchange amid a flurry of takeover deals and speculation this week.

Associates of former Bangladeshi PM Sheikh Hasina have spent millions buying up top-flight property assets in the UK

The Bank of England warned on Friday that higher trade barriers could hit global growth and feed uncertainty about inflation, potentially causing volatility in financial markets and pushing up borrowing costs for businesses and consumers.

The cost of a TV licence is to rise by £5 to £174.50 in 2025, the government has announced.

Bogus online businesses could be cheating the exchequer of ‘hundreds of millions’ of pounds in tax, LBC has learned, with MPs calling on Companies House to do more following our findings.

The owner of Vauxhall has announced plans to close its van making factory in Luton, putting about 1,100 jobs at risk.

Bosch, the world’s biggest car parts supplier, has said it will cut thousands of jobs, blaming a slower-than-expected transition to electric, software-controlled vehicles.

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.