Food inflation in the UK edged higher in March as Britons splashed out early on Easter eggs and seasonal confectionery, pushing up prices of chocolate and sweets across supermarket shelves. According to the latest data from Kantar, grocery inflation rose to 3.5% in the four weeks to 23 March, up from 3.3% the previous month. […]
UK house prices climbed 3.9 per cent year-on-year in March as a flurry of buyers rushed to complete property purchases ahead of stamp duty threshold changes coming into effect on April 1, according to the latest figures from Nationwide. The average price of a UK home now stands at £271,316, unchanged from February, but flat […]
Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Group is celebrating what it calls a “green signal for competition” after the UK rail regulator confirmed that there is enough capacity at Eurostar’s London maintenance depot to support rival high-speed train services through the Channel Tunnel. The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) announced that the Temple Mills depot in […]
Aston Martin Lagonda has secured a fresh £125 million capital injection as executive chairman Lawrence Stroll and his Yew Tree Consortium deepen their financial backing of the iconic but loss-making British carmaker. The latest round of fundraising comes from two sources: the £74 million sale of Aston Martin’s stake in Stroll’s privately owned Formula 1 […]
The UK government has set out the scope of its upcoming Cyber Security and Resilience Bill, a major piece of legislation aimed at strengthening the country’s digital defences and safeguarding critical national infrastructure against growing cyber threats. Due to be introduced later in 2025, the Bill will introduce mandatory cybersecurity requirements for around 1,000 service […]
Breadcrumb Trail Links PMN PMN Business Author of the article: The Canadian Press Maan Alhmidi and Rianna Lim Published Mar 31, 2025 • 3 minute read Article content Hundreds of thousands of people across Ontario were still without power Monday after freezing rain coated swaths of the province with thick layers of ice, with outages […]
Article content (Bloomberg) — On Semiconductor Corp. has enlisted Morgan Stanley for advice as it pursues Allegro Microsystems Inc., people familiar with the matter said. Article content Onsemi, as the Phoenix-based company is known, has added the Wall Street bank alongside UBS Group AG as it weighs an acquisition of the advanced chipmaker, according to […]
Breadcrumb Trail Links Diane Francis Now, Mark Carney is in charge. But he has demonstrated an inadequate grasp of the problems facing Canada Published Mar 31, 2025 • Last updated 4 minutes ago • 4 minute read Mark Carney embraces former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau after being announced the Liberal Party’s new leader on March 9. […]
Breadcrumb Trail Links PMN PMN Business Author of the article: The Canadian Press Kelly Geraldine Malone Published Mar 31, 2025 • 4 minute read Article content WASHINGTON — White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said Monday there will be “no exemptions” to U.S. President Donald Trump’s latest moves to upend global trade this week and […]
Breadcrumb Trail Links PMN PMN Business Author of the article: The Associated Press Marcia Dunn Published Mar 31, 2025 • 2 minute read Article content CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s celebrity astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams said Monday that they hold themselves partly responsible for what went wrong on their space sprint-turned-marathon and […]