BP: Profits double to £23bn as soaring oil and gas prices continue to boost its bottom line February 7, 2023 BP is the latest energy giant to unveil record profits, reporting full-year earnings of £23bn, cashing in on soaring oil and gas prices.
Britishvolt: Rescue deal doesn’t mean UK will achieve EV goals, analysts say February 7, 2023 The UK’s future in electric vehicles is uncertain, warned experts, despite the impending rescue takeover of collapsed start-up Britishvolt.
UK in the dark about real owners of £6.7bn worth of British properties February 7, 2023 The UK government is still in the dark about who owns tens of thousands of British properties, after thousands of offshore firms failed to comply with new transparency laws, which campaigners said exposes the UK property market to huge money-laundering risks. There are almost 52,000 properties in Britain, worth a combined sum of £6.7bn, that [...]
House prices are poised to slide in 2023 but straight into the hands of the lucky few February 7, 2023 There’s a pretty wild variety of house price predictions doing the rounds. Capital Economics have forecast they could fall 12 per cent, while experts at property search site Zoopla are a bit more optimistic. The consensus seems to be somewhere around a six per cent fall in 2023. One thing is certain: house prices are [...]
The therapy industry on TikTok and Instagram is trapped in a moral maze February 7, 2023 Would you find your therapist on TikTok? Brits are increasingly turning to social media for help for their mental health, but the space is completely unregulated, writes Elena Siniscalco
Truss didn’t win the argument, she’s rewriting history to claw her way back February 7, 2023 Liz Truss has defended her go-for-growth tax cuts in her mini-budget last year, but the ideological clothing is a farcical excuse to keep her relevancy in Westminster, writes Will Cooling
Forget writing letters to stay at home mums, we need to rethink tax-free allowances February 7, 2023 Britain has a productivity and employment problem and the government, try as it might, can't get the over 50s or parents back to work. Changing tax-free allowances might be the ticket, writes Alex Petropoulos
WeTransfer partners with blockchain platform Minima to give more control to digital content creators February 7, 2023 Blockchain platform Minima has announced a unique collaboration with digital content sharing platform WeTransfer.
Retail experts warn of ‘challenging’ months ahead as sales growth slows February 7, 2023 Senior retail figures have warned that the coming months will be “challenging” for the sector, after sales slowed over January, falling below the three-month average growth of 5.2 per cent to 4.2 per cent Helen Dickinson OBE, chief executive at British Retail Consortium (BRC), said consumer confidence remains “stubbornly low” and looming rises in household [...]
Retail groups call apprenticeship levy a ‘£3.5bn mistake’ and call for urgent reform February 6, 2023 Kate Nicholls, chief executive of UKHospitality, said a “much-needed” overhaul of the system would enable businesses to go even further in their skills investment.
