Double-decker bus crashes into an All Bar One in Tottenham Court Road March 5, 2024 A double decker bus has crashed into a pub in central London's New Oxford Street. Emergency services were called to the scene shortly after 10am.
New car market has strongest February in 20 years as firms invest in fresh wheels March 5, 2024 The UK's new car market has recorded its best February in two decades, according to the latest date from the SMMT.
Spring Budget 2024: Jeremy Hunt to cut national insurance rather than income tax as rate windfall fails to materialise March 5, 2024 The Chancellor has repeatedly stressed his determination to bring down the tax burden, which is on course to rise to record levels no matter what Hunt announces in the Budget.
Mergers and acquisitions: UK deals dry to pandemic low amid ‘constrained’ conditions March 5, 2024 The number of UK mergers and acquisition (M&A) deals continued to fall in the final three months of 2023, with December seeing the lowest number since the coronavirus pandemic began. There were a total of 367 combined domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions in the fourth quarter of the year, down from 400 in the [...]
Spring Budget 2024: Forget a National Insurance cut – a fix on fiscal drag would trap Labour March 5, 2024 Spring Budget 2024: Jeremy Hunt is expected to deliver a national insurance cut - but fiscal drag is more of an issue
What is the OBR and why does it matter? March 5, 2024 Chancellor Jeremy Hunt will take centre stage tomorrow when he delivers the Spring Budget but investors are likely to pay just as much attention to the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR).
Spring Budget 2024: Hunt’s pension reforms could ‘backfire on British business’, AJ Bell warns March 5, 2024 Forcing pension funds to disclose how much they invest in the UK companies could “backfire on British business” as savers will shun domestically-heavy schemes due to their lacklustre returns, AJ Bell has warned.
Marks boss: Running a business under this government is like ‘going up a down escalator with a rucksack on your back’ March 5, 2024 Marks and Spencer boss Stuart Machin has said operating a business under the current government is like “running up a downwards escalator with a rucksack on your back”.
Monzo hits $5bn valuation with new funding round led by Alphabet’s CapitalG March 5, 2024 Monzo has secured a new $430m funding round led by Alphabet-owned fund CapitalG valuing the digital challenger bank at $5bn.
UK economy ‘turned a corner’ despite slight weakening in services sector March 5, 2024 New business orders drove the increase, with the survey showing the sharpest rate of new business growth since May 2023.