SES Delivers Solid 9 Months & Q3 2026 Results and Reiterates Full-Year Outlook November 5, 2026 SES S.A. announces financial results for the nine and three months ended September 30, 2026. YTD 2026 Performance (€ million) YTD 2026 as reported (1) YTD 2025 as reported (1)(5) ∆ At constant FX (2) YTD 2025 like-for-like(3) ∆ At constant FX (2) Average €/$ FX rate 1.16 1.11 1.11 [...]
I thought chairing Sussex Cricket would mean a quiet off-season. I was wrong November 5, 2026 Ed Warner on the deluge of work that is triggered by the end of cricket’s County Championship, from recruitment and sponsorship to strategic planning for a possible fall in media rights revenue. The sun never sets on modern day cricket. Just ask the Australian squad, five matches into a 21-Test stretch across 12 months and [...]
Britain is hooked on Halloween and Traitors – and that’s a recession indicator November 5, 2026 Halloween has become big business, and Celebrity Traitors proves it. But this cultural obsession reveals something very wrong with the British economy, writes Matt Kenyon Just after 8pm last Saturday, it struck me that every single person on the Northern line train to Tooting was not just in a Halloween costume, but in an elaborate [...]
City searching for signals as Bank of England set to hike interest rates November 5, 2026 City traders are searching for any signs the Bank of England could move faster in hiking interest rates in the coming months with policymakers widely expected to tighten monetary policy on Thursday . The Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee is set to lift interest rates from 3.75 per cent to four per cent in a bid [...]
OBR warns Healey: Stealth taxes to blame for living standards slump November 4, 2026 Stealth taxes are one of three main reasons that British households are set to suffer near-stagnant disposable income growth in the current decade, the government’s budget watchdog has said. Office for Budget Responsibility chief Professor David Miles said that fiscal drag, whereby a freeze on income thresholds pulled more people into higher tax rates as [...]
Bank of England set for ‘further interest rate hikes’ as businesses boost jobs November 4, 2026 The Bank of England is likely to raise interest rates several times in the coming months after businesses increased their headcount for the first time in over two years, analysts have predicted. Survey figures released by S&P Global, which are closely monitored by government officials and central bankers, showed stronger activity across services firms. [...]
US 2026 midterms: it’s the economy stupid! November 4, 2026 Donald Trump has suffered a historic defeat in the US 2026 midterms, as voters across the country put aside their doubts about pro-Gaza, pro-trans, pro-abortion Democratic candidates who promised to tackle inflation, says Tom Harwood Something remarkable has happened in the United States of America. Something that had been thought to be completely impossible. The [...]
Marks & Spencer boss accuses Labour of ‘biggest tax grab in history’ November 4, 2026 Marks & Spencer boss Stuart Machin has accused the government of mounting “one of the biggest tax grabs in history” in a scathing attack on Labour’s efforts to boost economic growth. The retail boss told reporters that the three Budgets since Labour came to power have resulted in about £73bn in extra taxes, claiming the [...]
Trainline shares slump after profit slips on watchdog probe November 4, 2026 Trainline’s profit slipped in the first half of the year after the ticket retailer was dragged down by a charge linked to an investigation from the UK competition watchdog. The rail ticketing platform recorded a £4m hit to its bottom line, which will cover legal fees and potential liabilities, following the Competition and Markets Authority [...]
‘How deep is your love?’, Wetherspoon asks punters November 4, 2026 JD Wetherspoon has hit out at the rising cost of pints in pubs relative to supermarkets, challenging punters to continue visiting their local despite higher prices. Sir Tim Martin, chairman of the pub firm, told shareholders on Wednesday that recent Conservative and Labour governments have worsened the existing price disparity between pubs and grocers by [...]