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  • Bank of England to hold interest rates as oil price surge threatens UK economy

    Economics

    The Bank of England is expected to hold interest rates in a split vote on Thursday yet a surge in oil prices could complicate the crucial decision.  The Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee is widely expected to leave interest rates unchanged at 3.75 per cent.  Analysts believe that two members, Huw Pill and Megan Greene, could [...]

    Bank of England building on Threadneedle Street, London, showcasing its historic architecture and financial significance
  • Bank regulation, not austerity, explains why Britain is poorer than America 

    Opinion

    When it comes to Britain’s stagnant growth, we must first diagnose the root cause. That starts in the City, writes Daniel Freeman Britain has never really recovered from the Great Financial Crisis, and we will soon be entering our third lost decade of economic growth. Before 2008, the UK and US economies grew at an almost identical rate. Per [...]

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  • Heathrow boss warns Burnham against Budget raid after hub’s tax bill doubles

    Aviation

    The boss of Heathrow has warned Andy Burnham against using business as a cash cow at his maiden Budget this autumn, after the airport’s tax bill more than doubled in the space of a year. Thomas Woldbye said the aviation sector is one of the most heavily taxed industries in Britain, and that uptick in [...]

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  • Hilton, Butlins left fuming over business rates snub 

    July 24, 2026

    Hilton and Butlins have been left fuming after being snubbed by Andy Burnham’s pledge to slash business rates for pubs, clubs and music venues.  The two hospitality giants said that hotels and resorts have been unfairly ignored by successive government interventions to cut the business rates bills of hospitality firms.  Stephen Cassidy, senior vice president [...]

  • ‘Dwarfed by other costs’ – Why cutting business rates for pubs won’t save the sector

    July 24, 2026

    Andy Burnham has unveiled his long-awaited support for the UK’s struggling pubs, but the hospitality industry is contending with far more pressures than just business rates Andy Burnham’s pledge to cut business rates for pubs, clubs and music venues is expected to save each venue more than £1,000 next year in a move that comes [...]

  • HSBC sells Singapore insurance arm to Allianz in £1.6bn deal

    July 24, 2026

    FTSE 100 HSBC has agreed to sell its health and life insurance business to German insurance giant Allianz for $2.1bn (£1.6bn) as it refocuses its strategy on Singapore’s wealth management. The banking giant agreed to sell its Singapore business to Allianz in a transaction that is expected to be completed in the first half of [...]

  • Brits dodge the high street as heatwave boosts online shopping

    July 24, 2026

    Retail sales jumped in June as the heatwave and heavy discounting drove Brits towards online shopping.  The volume of retail sales jumped by one per cent in June, having slowed slightly from 1.2 per cent growth in May, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).  Online shopping grew to the largest proportion of total [...]

  • OBR misery makes tax rises inevitable

    July 24, 2026

    The OBR’s dire fiscal risks report portrays a world in which the only possible solution to Britain’s economic state is tax rises, says Emmanuel Igwe In ancient Greece, devotees trekked to Delphi to be told in ambiguous prose by the Pythia that chaos was nigh and only sacrifice to Apollo could hold off punishment. These [...]

  • Burnham’s cost of living push under threat as oil hits $100

    July 23, 2026

    The benchmark oil price has hit $100 per barrel amid a re-escalation of war in the Middle East, undermining Andy Burnham’s cost of living drive.  Brent crude oil prices inched past the $100 milestone on Thursday afternoon following attacks by the Houthis, an Iran-backed militia based in Yemen, on two Saudi Arabian tankers.  The recent [...]

  • Here’s how to fix London listings

    July 23, 2026

    We need a whole of government effort to halt Britain’s companies falling prey to overseas bids, says Andrew Griffith Mitie’s takeover by rival facilities management group OCS marks the London Stock Exchange’s eleventh £1bn takeover so far this year. That’s before the Prologis bid for Segro. The cry will go up about the London Stock [...]

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