| Date | Title | Description |
| 09.07.2026 | Singapore on Thames or the Sick Man of Europe?: The Economics of Brexit Ten Years from the Referendum | Paul Johnson, former director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies and Robert Johnson of the Centre for Cities analyse the economic impact of Brexit and its promise of deregulation and growth
Since the Brexit referendum of 2016, and since
ac... |
| 28.06.2026 | Burnham to unveil plans for devolution and ‘reindustrialisation’ | Andy Burnham will unveil plans to devolve power away from London and shift some government operations to a “Number 10 in the North”, as the Prime Minister-to-be calls for a change in “how Britain is governed”.
In a speech focused on growth ... |
| 12.06.2026 | UK economy falters as deeper damage to growth to come | The UK economy lost momentum in April, official data has revealed, as the energy price shock from the Iran war took its toll on businesses and consumers.
The Office for National Statistics said GDP declined by 0.1 per cent in April.
The ser... |
| 14.05.2026 | UK grows 0.6% in the first quarter — before the Iran war really started to hit global economy | The U.K. economy expanded 0.6% in the first quarter, in line with economists’ expectations.
Growth was led by broad-based increases across the services sector, the ONS said.
The data will provide a ray of comfort for the Labour government, ... |
| 13.05.2026 | Princess Catherine arrives in Italy on first solo trip abroad after cancer goes into remission | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
By SILVIA STELLACCI and DANICA KIRKA
REGGIO EMILIA, Italy (AP) — Britain’s Princess Catherine made her first overseas trip since announcing her cancer was in remission, traveling to Italy on Wednes... |
| 11.03.2026 | Global Markets Brace for Impact: Middle East Crisis Ignites Inflation Fears | The escalating Middle East conflict sends shockwaves through global financial markets. Oil prices surge, triggering widespread inflation concerns. Central banks, once poised for interest rate cuts, now face immense pressure to maintain or e... |
| 09.03.2026 | Barclays joins run of mortgage rate hikes in blow to borrowers | Barclays has become the latest in a flurry of mortgage lenders to hike their rates amid mounting fears the Bank of England will keep the base interest rates higher for longer following the war in the Middle East.
The blue-chip banking giant... |
| 09.03.2026 | Will the Bank of England raise interest rates amid Iran war energy crisis? | Traders are betting on interest rate hikes this year as Rachel Reeves and Sir Keir Starmer have consulted analysts at the Bank of England to monitor the impact of spiralling oil prices on the UK economy.
Investors believe interest rates are... |
| 06.03.2026 | Iran war: From fuel to food, what could get more expensive? | Amid fears the war in Iran could “bring down” the world’s economies, experts have warned the conflict could have wide-ranging impacts which reach into the households of everyday consumers.
The Middle East plays a central role in global ener... |
| 05.03.2026 | Barclays set to cash in on market frenzy amid Middle East crisis | Barclays and its UK banking peers could be set for a cash boost from the brewing crisis in the Middle East as investors quickly dump equities and fears of an inflation spike spread.
FTSE 100 giant Barclays has been noted as uniquely shielde... |
| 05.03.2026 | ‘And so it begins’ – Mortgage lenders kick rates back up amid Middle East crisis | A number of mortgage lenders are kicking the their rates back up, with more expected to follow, as market conditions remain volatile due to the unfolding crisis in the Middle East.
HSBC UK has said it will increase some of its mortgage rate... |
| 04.02.2026 | Cost of hiring graduates shot up after Reeves’ tax raids | The cost of hiring graduates and other young Brits in entry-level roles increased by seven per cent in real terms after Chancellor Rachel Reeves hiked employers’ national insurance and raised the national living wage, economists have found.... |
| 20.12.2025 | UK Inflation Plummets to 3.2%, Bank of England Rate Cut Imminent | UK inflation cooled significantly to 3.2% in November. This sharp drop fuels strong predictions for a Bank of England interest rate cut. Economists widely anticipate a 25 basis point reduction. This would bring the rate to 3.75%. The decisi... |
| 17.12.2025 | Interest rate cut likely after inflation undershoots expectations | Inflation dropped far below market expectations in November, official data has shown, easing Bank of England doves’ nerves a day before a decision on whether to cut interest rates is revealed.
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said i... |
| 29.11.2025 | Reeves ends Budget week with more unanswered questions than she started with | It was supposed to be the week that ended months of uncertainty.
But Rachel Reeves has finished Budget week with more questions to answer than she started with.
Not all of it was bad. Increasing the fiscal headroom was prudent. Cutting back... |
| 24.11.2025 | Markets are on tenterhooks over the UK’s budget plans, here’s what’s at stake | The Autumn Budget takes place this week, on Wednesday Nov. 26.
Market strategists say that Reeves must stick to her own rules and that a selection of tax rises are a necessity in order to placate investors.
Strategists also want to see spen... |
| 13.11.2025 | Squint hard enough and you can see signs of the AI bubble bursting | Is the AI bubble bursting? Naturally, most eyes are on the movements of the world’s biggest tech firms – the OpenAIs, the Microsofts, the Nvidias. These are, after all, where a large share of AI investment has been deployed. But for the ear... |
| 06.11.2025 | Daily Mail owner moves assets offshore ahead of Budget | The owner of the Daily Mail has moved hundreds of millions of pounds worth of assets to its newly created offshore parent ahead of the November Budget, City AM has found.
Daily Mail and General Trust (DMGT), which owns a host of publication... |
| 05.11.2025 | Reeves’ deregulation agenda won’t help growth this parliament, economist warns | Rachel Reeves’ deregulation agenda is unlikely to make any improvement to economic growth before the end of this parliament, a leading economist has warned, in the latest sign the government’s growth mission is running out of steam.
Profess... |
| 30.10.2025 | Will the Autumn Budget push up inflation? | For a few weeks, there was one thing Rachel Reeves appeared to speak about more than anything else: inflation.
Earlier this month, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) confirmed inflation hit 3.8 per cent in the year to September, nearl... |
| 23.10.2025 | Tariffed with the same brush: confronting today’s challenges to trade − speech by Swati Dhingra | Thank you for the invitation to speak at the Central Bank of Ireland.
It feels like a momentous time to be discussing global trade policy, taking as it has a more overtly combative turn in recent months. It will come as no great revelation ... |
| 15.10.2025 | Rachel Reeves: We are looking at tax hikes | Chancellor Rachel Reeves has revealed the government is considering making tax hikes at this year’s Budget, the first time she has made the admission in public.
In an interview with Sky News, Reeves admitted that the government was consider... |
| 13.10.2025 | Rachel Reeves urged to levy one-off wealth tax | Researchers say Rachel Reeves should introduce a one-off wealth tax to avoid the “direct disincentive” of an annual levy.
But the Chancellor risks wreaking havoc on the UK economy unless she breaks Labour manifesto commitments and introduce... |
| 10.10.2025 | Hiking VAT would have ‘serious negative impact’, economists warn Reeves | A hike to VAT would “have a serious negative impact” on the UK, leading economists have warned, as the chancellor weighs which taxes to put up at next month’s Budget to plug a £30bn shortfall.
An increase in the sales levy would have the bi... |
| 10.10.2025 | OBR risks being ‘unreasonably pessimistic’ as Reeves set to be given leeway | The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) risks being “unreasonably pessimistic” if it decides to downgrade productivity growth trends by more than 0.1 percentage point, fresh analysis has indicated, in what could hand Chancellor Rachel Re... |
| 09.10.2025 | Labour ministers ordered to stop relying on emergency funds | Labour ministers have been told they will be blocked from using the government’s reserve funds to pay public sector staff and will only be given cash in exceptional circumstances.
James Murray, the chief secretary to the Treasury, has told ... |
| 09.10.2025 | What will Rachel Reeves’ budget pay for and where will the money come from? | Rachel Reeves’ November budget is fast approaching, and steep tax rises are once again on the cards. Speaking at Labour conference last month, the Chancellor hinted at tax hikes by warning that she will be forced into “harder choices” by “h... |
| 22.09.2025 | Labour given fresh warning on ‘real’ risk of fiscal crisis without cuts | Labour Party parliamentarians have been alerted to the “real” risk of an economic emergency if spending cuts are not made as the incoming tax hikes at the Budget could trim growth and worsen the UK’s jobs crisis.
Backbench MPs have been wid... |
| 19.09.2025 | ‘Staggering’ – Public sector borrowing in August jumps to highest in five years | Public sector borrowing in August has jumped to its highest level in five years, raising fears of huge tax hikes in the autumn to balance the books.
Borrowing – the difference between total public sector spending and income – was £18bn in A... |
| 16.09.2025 | OBR ‘downgrades productivity’ in major pre-Budget blow to Rachel Reeves | The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) has reportedly told Chancellor Rachel Reeves that it will downgrade productivity forecasts for the UK economy, blowing a hole in the public finances and making tax hikes all but guaranteed at this ... |
| 04.09.2025 | Watch: Reeves fights back against critics ‘talking rubbish’ | It’s not just Angela Rayner who finds herself on the defensive; Rachel Reeves has come out fighting – claiming many of her critics are talking rubbish. Who could she be talking about?
Imagine returning from your summer break to find that yo... |
| 01.09.2025 | Budget 2025: Lloyds, Natwest and Barclays brace for a tax raid? | Ahead of the 2024 Autumn Budget, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer warned Labour’s first fiscal event was “going to be painful”.
He added those with the broadest shoulders “should bear the heavier burden” as Chancellor Rachel Reeves battled a... |
| 28.08.2025 | Watch: Are we on the brink of a financial crisis? | This might be the calm before the storm; the final stretch of a summer holiday that we might look back on as heady days before things turned very nasty indeed.
Yesterday I interviewed the Prime Minister, the Chancellor and the Business Secr... |
| 28.08.2025 | Reeves to consider national insurance on landlords’ rental income | Rachel Reeves is considering a tax increase for UK landlords in this year’s Autumn budget as she attempts to fill a £40bn hole in the public finances.
The Chancellor is examining proposals for applying national insurance (NI) to rental inco... |
| 21.08.2025 | UK government borrowing since April hits £60bn | The UK government borrowed a total of £1.1bn last month, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS), compared to £2.3bn last year and below the fiscal watchdog’s £2.6bn forecast.
The total deficit hit £60bn in the months since Ap... |
| 21.08.2025 | Rachel Reeves’ stealth tax raid to slap extra £7,000 on high earners | Rachel Reeves would force Britain’s high earners to face a mounting tax burden if she opts to extend the freeze on income tax thresholds in the autumn Budget.
The Chancellor would slap an extra £7,000 in income tax on Brits earning over £10... |
| 20.08.2025 | Rachel Reeves considers ‘mansion tax’ on homes above £1.5m | Chancellor Rachel Reeves is looking at imposing capital gains tax on the sale of houses above £1.5m as she looks to fill a £40bn hole in the public finances.
The change, which would likely happen at this year’s Autumn Budget, would see high... |
| 18.08.2025 | Pensions, motorists and workers: The tax targets Rachel Reeves is eyeing up | If there is one thing that is clear three months out from the Autumn Budget, it is that Chancellor Rachel Reeves will hike taxes.
The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR), which scores the economic impacts of the government’s policies and... |
| 18.08.2025 | Reeves mulls scrapping stamp duty for new national property tax | Chancellor Rachel Reeves is considering replacing stamp duty with a new national property tax on homes above £500,000, according to fresh reports.
Senior ministers in the Treasury have been asked to study how a new “proportional” levy could... |
| 14.08.2025 | UK economy grows faster than expected in June | The UK economy grew 0.4 per cent in June, official data has shown, in an unexpected turnaround following months of tariff and tax uncertainty.
In the second quarter, GDP rose by 0.3 per cent after declining in both April and May.
The Office... |
| 10.08.2025 | Economy faces ‘midlife crisis’ as benefit claimants hit new high | The economy faces a “midlife crisis” after a fresh study revealed the number of jobless benefit claimants aged 50 or older has reached nearly two million for the first time.
A new report from the Centre for Social Justice (CSJ) has shown th... |
| 09.08.2025 | Bank of England Navigates Economic Crosscurrents Amid Rate Cut | The Bank of England is poised to cut its key interest rate to 4%. Conflicting economic data fuels this decision. Inflation remains stubbornly high, especially in services. Yet, the labor market shows clear signs of weakness. This delicate b... |
| 08.08.2025 | Interest rates likely to remain higher for longer | Markets are indicating interest rates are set to stay higher for longer than expected after the Bank of England’s “hawkish cut” and gloomy inflation and growth forecasts shocked City analysts.
Prior to the Bank’s interest rate cuts, markets... |
| 08.08.2025 | The UK government won’t admit it, but tax rises are coming — and there are no good options | The British government remains tight-lipped over widespread forecasts that there will need to be tax increases in the fall.
The National Institute of Economic and Social Research is the latest economic think tank to warn on Wednesday that t... |
| 08.08.2025 | European defense stocks fall after reports of U.S.-Russia plan to stop Ukraine war | This was CNBC’s live blog covering European financial markets.
European stock markets rose sharply after news emerged that U.S. and Russian officials are working on a deal to stop the war in Ukraine.
Bloomberg, citing sources familiar, repo... |
| 06.08.2025 | Starmer refuses to rule out tax rises – and criticises forecasters | The Prime Minister has refused to comment on whether he will break Labour’s manifesto pledges on taxes at this year’s Autumn Budget as he slapped down independent forecasters’ claims the government faced a £50bn black hole.
The National Ins... |
| 06.08.2025 | The Bank of England’s trouble-free decision to cut interest rates | The Bank of England has long suffered from the accusation of groupthink. Reforms have been mooted – and some have been implemented – but it has struggled to shake off the charge. Economists at the Cato Institute and the National Institute o... |
| 06.08.2025 | Rachel Reeves needs £50bn tax raid to stick to fiscal rules, economists warn | The Treasury will need to raise more than £50bn in fresh taxes to stay within its fiscal rules, one of the UK’s most prestigious economic groups has warned, laying bare the scale of the pain that could be wrought on businesses by Rachel Ree... |
| 06.08.2025 | Mortgage recovery hinges on a Bank of England interest rate cut | Homeowners across the UK are catching a break as mortgage arrears fell for the first time since the cost-of-living crisis began – but a full recovery will hinge on the Bank of England’s decision on Thursday.
Missed mortgage payments in the ... |
| 27.06.2025 | Reeves may need larger fiscal buffer to ‘build credibility’ | Chancellor Rachel Reeves may need to make her headroom larger than £9.9bn in the autumn to restore credibility and fund policy U-turns, an economics think tank has warned, prompting warnings that “unpopular tax hikes” are coming down the li... |
| 24.06.2025 | Inflation ‘plateau’ could keep interest rates higher, Bank hawk warns | Bank of England officials may avoid cutting interest rates as worries inflation will remain above three per cent over the coming months leave policymakers in an “uncomfortable place”, a Monetary Policy Committee member has warned.
Speaking ... |
| 18.06.2025 | Inflation overshoots expectations ahead of Bank of England meeting | Inflation hit 3.4 per cent in the year to May, official data has revealed, which is set to be the final set of data Bank of England officials receive before coming to an interest rates decision on Thursday.
Data published by the Office for ... |
| 11.06.2025 | Spending Review: Reeves splashes cash across transport, healthcare and energy | Rachel Reeves has insisted her fiscal rules are “non-negotiable” as the Chancellor splurged on transport, tech and energy investment in her Spending Review, paving the way for further tax hikes in the autumn.
Reeves said she made “the choic... |
| 11.06.2025 | Reeves’ Spending Review: Spend now, tax later? | Cash will be splashed across transport, energy, and healthcare under plans laid out by Chancellor Rachel Reeves in her Spending Review.
Reeves described the plans, which will see an extra £190bn in government spending, as “a credible plan f... |
| 06.06.2025 | Rachel Reeves may have to ‘revisit’ manifesto tax pledges to meet fiscal rules, economists warn | Rachel Reeves may have to tear up Labour’s manifesto tax commitments to meet her tight fiscal rules, economists have warned, as the Chancellor battles to balance the books amid calls for higher spending on defence and welfare.
A suite of ne... |
| 05.06.2025 | Will the Bank of England torpedo Rachel Reeves’ fiscal rules with quantitative tightening? | Rachel Reeves is in a pickle. At under £10bn, the Chancellor’s self-imposed fiscal headroom – the Treasury’s wiggle room within its fiscal rules – is already wafer-thin by historic standards. And it is under intense strain, given a recent s... |
| 05.06.2025 | Will the Bank of England’s quantitative tightening torpedo Reeves’ fiscal rules? | Rachel Reeves is in a pickle. At under £10bn, the Chancellor’s self-imposed fiscal headroom – the Treasury’s wiggle room within its fiscal rules – is already wafer-thin by historic standards. And it is under intense strain, given a recent s... |
| 04.06.2025 | The Fiscal Tightrope: UK’s Economic Balancing Act | The UK economy is walking a tightrope. The OECD has thrown a spotlight on the precarious state of the nation’s fiscal health. Rachel Reeves, the current Chancellor, faces a daunting challenge. Her fiscal headroom is thinner than a whisper. ... |
| 03.06.2025 | OECD: Rachel Reeves’ ‘insufficient’ fiscal headroom poses risk to UK economy | The OECD has warned Rachel Reeves’ wafer thin fiscal headroom poses a significant risk to the UK economy as it cut its growth outlook for Britain in 2025 and 2026.
The economic organisation urged the Treasury to “step up” efforts to bolster... |
| 29.05.2025 | The Stealth Tax and the Rise of the ABLOC Vote: A Perfect Storm in British Politics | The UK is at a crossroads. A stealth tax is creeping in, and the political landscape is shifting beneath our feet. The government’s recent tax policies are like a slow tide, rising quietly but surely, threatening to drown the wallets of mil... |
| 29.05.2025 | The Looming Tax Storm: A Closer Look at UK Pension Policies and Economic Proposals | The winds of change are blowing through the UK’s economic landscape. With rising government spending and a ballooning deficit, the government is eyeing new sources of revenue. The recent HMRC review signals potential shifts in pension tax p... |
| 29.05.2025 | Which taxes could Rachel Reeves raise in the Autumn Budget | Rising borrowing costs, u-turns on spending cuts and a wafer-thin fiscal headroom all point to one thing: Chancellor Rachel Reeves is widely expected to put up taxes later in the year.
But given Labour’s manifesto commitment to avoid tax ri... |
| 28.05.2025 | HMRC review signals potential pension tax changes in Autumn | Rachel Reeves could target pension savers in fresh tax grab as the Chancellor looks for additional ways to fund the government’s ballooning spending.
His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has published research as part of an official rev... |
| 27.05.2025 | New warning over ‘stealth’ £9bn income tax raid | The government is under fire over its “stealth tax bombshell” as hundreds of thousands of Brits are set to be dragged into higher tax bands by the end of the decade.
As many as 1.9m workers will see their pay fall into higher tax brackets b... |
| 21.05.2025 | Reeves’ taxes push inflation to 3.5 per cent in ‘Awful April’ | Inflation bounced back up to 3.5 per cent in April, official data has revealed, underlining the cost burden firms are taking on after Chancellor Reeves’ tax hikes on employers and rise to the national living wage came into effect.
Consumer ... |
| 20.05.2025 | Reeves’ risky borrowing policies prompt fresh tax hike fears | Tax hike fears are gathering pace as rising borrowing costs are set to wipe out around half of Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ small £9.9bn headroom, a leading economics consultancy has warned.
Reeves made around £14bn in spending cuts at her Spr... |
| 08.05.2025 | Analysis: What is in the US-UK trade deal and what does it mean? | The US administration has offered the UK its first trade deal since President Trump turned global trade on its head last month.
The UK government will see the deal as a win, at least symbolically, while Bank of England Governor Andrew Baile... |
| 07.05.2025 | Rachel Reeves to blame for UK’s economic uncertainty, report says | Responsibility for the UK’s sluggish growth prospects should lie squarely with Rachel Reeves’ fiscal policy, Britain’s oldest independent economics research institute has said, as it warned tax rises left the economy in a “risky and vulnera... |
| 07.04.2025 | IFS boss: We’re screwed with or without trade deals | The director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) has suggested the UK could be heading for a recession as a trade deal may not be enough to revive crumbling markets or prevent a slump in economic growth.
Paul Johnson, who is set to le... |
| 03.04.2025 | Tariffs: The Storm on the Horizon for the UK Economy | The winds of change are blowing, and they carry the scent of uncertainty. President Donald Trump’s impending tariffs threaten to reshape the landscape of the UK economy. Analysts are sounding alarms, warning that these tariffs could push UK... |
| 03.04.2025 | Trump tariffs to drag global growth down by trillions of dollars | Donald Trump’s tariffs is set to drag the world economy down by trillions of dollars, according to forecasts by leading economists.
The International Monetary Fund estimates the current global economy is worth more than $115 trillion and it... |
| 02.04.2025 | Trump’s tariffs could crush UK growth to zero | US President Donald Trump’s tariffs could knock UK growth down to zero next year, according to the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR).
The prospect of low or zero growth would deal a catastrophic blow to Chancellor R... |
| 02.04.2025 | Trump confirms 10 per cent tariffs to hit UK exports in huge economic blow | Donald Trump has confirmed the UK will be hit by 10 per cent tariffs on exports to the US, in a major blow to Britain’s economic growth.
The US President confirmed the measure in a provocative and bombastic statement in the White House Rose... |
| 27.02.2025 | Between a shock and a hard place: Trade fragmentation and Monetary Policy – speech by Swati Dhingra | I am delighted to deliver the Dow lecture. Last time I was here at NIESR, there were significant events occurring in international trade. Today, I am going to revisit some of them and discuss the new developments that have taken place since... |
| 16.12.2024 | Coffee Prices Soar: A Bitter Brew for Consumers | Coffee is more than just a drink. It’s a ritual, a comfort, a lifeline for millions. But now, that lifeline is fraying. Prices have surged to levels not seen in nearly half a century. The cost of Arabica coffee futures has reached a stagger... |
| 13.12.2024 | UK economy suffers first back-to-back declines since 2020 | UK economy suffers first back-to-back declines since 2020
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| 09.08.2023 | Think-tank warns UK is set for five years of lost growth | The UK is set for five years of lost growth, dogged by growing unemployment, sticky inflation and high interest rates, according to a leading economic think-tank, writes David Connett.
The National Institute of Economic and Social Research ... |
| 09.08.2023 | Inflation to remain above Bank of England’s target until 2025, think tank warns | Inflation may remain above the Bank of England’s two per cent target for the next few years as price increases have increasingly spilled over into the wider economy, a think tank warned today. |
| 04.08.2022 | Банк Англии сделал свою ставку | Банк Англии в четверг вслед за Федеральной резервной системой США и Европейским центробанком решительно поднял процентную ставку — сразу на 50 базисных пунктов, до 1,75% годовых. Это стало самым значительным повышением индикатора за последн... |
| 06.05.2022 | A textbook crypto capitulation, or is Bitcoin getting dragged down by market contagion? | with Jason Deane |
| 06.01.2021 | World Economy in 2021: Here’s Who Will Win And Who Will Lose | Xi Jinping, the Chinese president. China’s economy is now showing strong growth. Shutterstock
by Steve Schifferes
The coronavirus has crippled the world economy. Global GDP suffered its sharpest drop since the end of the second world war in... |
| 06.01.2021 | World Economy in 2021: Here’s Who Will Win And Who Will Lose | Xi Jinping, the Chinese president. China’s economy is now showing strong growth. Shutterstock |
| 14.03.2019 | Experts urge government to emphasise low-wage sectors in industrial strategy | The United Kingdom’s national productivity – which has remained relatively stagnant for almost a decade – could be substantially improved with increased government focus on productivity in low-wage sectors. |
| 20.06.2018 | Sopra Steria Scotland Unveils New Strategy For Government | The Scottish Government could be facing a public spending shortfall of £27 billion over the next seven years, more than 20 times greater than estimates from the Scottish Fiscal Commission, according to a new report from the National Institu... |
| 13.04.2016 | UK immigration: Why are EU citizens coming to the UK? | |
| 11.11.2014 | European Court of Justice rules states can refuse welfare to immigrants but how many “benefits tourists” are there really? | |
| 01.08.2014 | Cut unemployment benefits for immigrants, but don’t cut immigration | |
| 04.06.2014 | Number Of Companies Using The Patent System Is 'Surprisingly Small' | One of the common mantras is that patents are indispensable, particularly for smaller companies, in order to prevent inventions being appropriated. If that is true, then presumably innovative companies are patenting like mad in order to pro... |
| 21.02.2014 | The 7 issues Clegg and Farage must tackle in EU debate | |
| 15.11.2013 | Growing up: taking your business to the next level | Growing up: taking your business to the next level
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Making the transition from a hands-on small business to a more scalable, structured organisation is much harder than most of us think.
My Business FD's Chris Chapman has lived th... |
| - | As Brits reel from a cost-of-living crisis, the UK stock market quietly booms to an all-time high | The FTSE 100 has smashed through three intraday records over the last week.
The make-up of the index kept it resilient through recent global market turmoil and bumper profits reported by energy, financial and commodities firms have taken it... |
| - | Mortgage rates in Britain hit 15-year high — with many fearful there’s more misery to come | The average level of a two-year fixed deal now stands at 6.66%, according to figures from data provider Moneyfacts, a modest increase from Monday.
It means mortgage costs are now at their highest level since August 2008 during the global fi... |
| - | Bank of England warns of mortgage agony, says monthly costs could jump £500 for some | In the BOE’s Financial Stability Report, the central bank said its model shows that over 2 million mortgage holders will see monthly payments increase between £200 to £499 ($259 to $645) by the end of 2026.
Almost 1 million people, meanwhil... |
| - | Mortgage catastrophe brews in Britain as millions are pushed toward insolvency | The Bank of England’s surprise 50-basis-point hike will affect millions of homeowners as the interest rates on many mortgages in the U.K. are directly linked to the central bank’s base rate.
Finance Minister Jeremy Hunt on Friday met with m... |
