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UK inflation

  • Inflation eases in March amid looming Bank decision

    Inflation remained stubbornly high at 2.6 per cent in March, official data has shown, leaving Bank of England policymakers with a difficult decision to make on interest rates early next month.  The year-on-year increase in consumer price inflation (CPI) was lower than the 2.7 per cent figure forecast in a Bloomberg poll of economists.  The [...]

  • Blackpool Pleasure Beach to close rides as costs spiral

    Business

    High inflation, interest rates and “significant increases” in the minimum wage have made turning a profit “harder to achieve”, the owner of Blackpool Pleasure Beach has said as it fell back into the red. The attraction, which dates back to 1896, also said the rising costs will force it to close some rides this year [...]

  • Bank of England expected to hold rates as inflation persists

    Economics

    The Bank of England is widely expected to hold interest rates steady at 4.5 per cent this week as wage growth and inflation data remains sticky. Most analysts are expecting a seven to two vote in favour of a hold from the Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee, with external members Swati Dhingra and Catherine Mann voting [...]

  • Bank of England warns ‘age of uncertainty’ stopping rapid rate cuts

    March 5, 2025

    An “age of uncertainty”, especially over the path of inflation, means that rapid interest rate cuts are unlikely to be coming to the UK, top Bank of England officials have said. Huw Pill, chief economist at the Bank of England, said the central bank was unlikely to make “larger and more rapid cuts to interest [...]

  • Oak Furnitureland battles rising costs as sales cut

    March 3, 2025

    Oak Furnitureland remains in the red as a catalogue of issues impacted its sales during its latest financial year. The Swindon-headquartered retailer has revealed its revenue fell by 17 per cent to £236m in the 12 months to the end of June 2024 because of “a soft market, the Red Sea disruption and the subsequent [...]

  • Interest rates to fall to 3.5 per cent City firm predicts

    February 27, 2025

    Paul Dales, chief UK economist at the City consultancy, said it was "very unusual" for the Bank of England to cut interest rates when inflation is expected to rise further even further above target.

  • Tariffs unlikely to spark persistent inflation, Bank of England rate-setter says

    February 26, 2025

    Swati Dhingra, a rate-setter at the Bank of England, said Donald Trump’s tariffs would likely push down on domestic inflation as global exporters slashed prices to maintain market share. Dhingra warned that the UK was “particularly sensitive” to changes in imported costs due to its openness, but suggested that the danger of tariff-induced inflation was [...]

  • How will inflation impact Bank of England interest rate decisions

    February 19, 2025

    The first inflation figures of the year confirmed what many had already known: Inflation will rise significantly in 2025.

  • Bank of England still on track to cut interest rates despite surging wages

    February 18, 2025

    "Pay growth went up, but actually not quite as much as we were expecting," Andrew Bailey said at an event in Brussels.

  • Vitality: ‘Why your health and life insurance premium won’t go down’

    February 18, 2025

    In this episode of Boardroom Uncovered, Neville Koopowitz, the chief executive of health and life insurance giant Vitality.

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