Small businesses expect positive year despite ‘incredibly challenging’ 2023 January 15, 2024 Small businesses are confident in reaching profit targets this year, new research shows, despite high interest rates and an “incredibly challenging” 2023. A new survey by accountant and business advisory Moore UK shows 80 per cent of small businesses expect to reach their profit targets, with 91 per cent saying their profitability will increase over [...]
Who created Bitcoin? A UK court trial is set to decide January 15, 2024 The self-proclaimed inventor of Bitcoin is set to appear at the High Court today as a trial gets underway to decide if he really is the creator of the first-ever cryptocurrency.
House prices make biggest January leap since 2020 amid mortgage price war January 15, 2024 House prices made their biggest month-on-month leap in December to January since the pandemic, rising by 1.3 per cent to £359k.
The Notebook: George Lagarias on why we’ve all been asking the wrong question about inflation January 15, 2024 George Lagarias, chief economist at Mazars, takes the Notebook pen to talk inflation, films and Winter Wonderland.
SFO chief: We’re ready to use our new powers to clamp down on fraud January 15, 2024 The head of the UK's Serious Fraud Office has said he is ready to put the agency's new powers to use to help investigate and prosecute fraudsters.
Investors look set to pour cash into infrastructure following BlackRock acquisition January 15, 2024 Top investors on both sides of the Atlantic could be set to pump cash into the $1trillion infrastructure market as governments ramp up pressure on the private sector for investment.
Octopus investment pours £200m into data centre heat recycling firm January 15, 2024 Using the Octopus tranche, the UK firm Deep Green plans to expand its technology to more sites across the country.
FTSE 100 today: London markets brace for muted start amid thin U.S. holiday trading January 15, 2024 Asian markets decline in response to sparse U.S. holiday trading; China's central bank maintains stable lending rate; investor attention shifts towards Q3 earnings and China's Q4 GDP figures,
China’s central bank unexpectedly keeps lending rates steady; stocks recover from early slump January 15, 2024 The People's Bank of China has defied market expectations of providing a much-needed economic boost through additional easing measures by opting to maintain a crucial interest rate unchanged.
Post Office warned it could face insolvency over £100m tax bill January 14, 2024 Fears over the Post Office’s finances are growing as it emerged it claimed tax relief on compensation payouts.