Homebuyers across England who miss the March stamp duty deadline are in line for a silver lining: a decade-high selection of available properties this spring. According to the property website Rightmove, the number of homes on the market is now at its highest level for this time of year since 2015—offering greater choice and curbing […]
Homebuyers across England who miss the March stamp duty deadline are in line for a silver lining: a decade-high selection of available properties this spring. According to the property website Rightmove, the number of homes on the market is now at its highest level for this time of year since 2015—offering greater choice and curbing […]
Britain’s youngest workers are facing a tougher jobs landscape as businesses react to higher employment taxes and a looming rise in the minimum wage by cutting back on hiring. Fresh data from HR services firm Employment Hero, which tracked 105,000 employees at more than 1,500 small and medium-sized firms, showed that overall SME employment shrank […]
Britain’s youngest workers are facing a tougher jobs landscape as businesses react to higher employment taxes and a looming rise in the minimum wage by cutting back on hiring. Fresh data from HR services firm Employment Hero, which tracked 105,000 employees at more than 1,500 small and medium-sized firms, showed that overall SME employment shrank […]
Millions of motorists are poised to receive payouts without having to file a claim, under plans being drawn up by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to address the car finance mis-selling scandal. The watchdog aims to introduce an industry-wide redress scheme obliging banks to identify and compensate affected customers directly, cutting out claims management companies […]
Breadcrumb Trail Links News Economy Talks with Mercosur trade bloc have been in the works for years, but some question whether a deal would move the needle Published Mar 14, 2025 • 4 minute read The Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Last year Brazilian exports to Canada increased nine per cent […]
Berkeley Group, one of the UK’s biggest housebuilders, has cautioned the government that introducing another cladding tax will place “significant pressure” on its aim of delivering 1.5 million homes by the end of 2029. The warning follows industry-wide frustration over mounting costs linked to the remediation of unsafe cladding, first highlighted by the Grenfell Tower […]
President Trump’s second inauguration in a chilly Washington seemed a cause for celebration among Silicon Valley’s elite. The leading lights of Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, Meta Platforms, Nvidia and Tesla—all dubbed the “Magnificent Seven”—were prominently seated, lured by the president’s promise of deregulation and fresh merger opportunities. Yet, barely 50 days later, the total market […]
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Britain are continuing to repay debt at levels more than 20 times higher than before the pandemic, according to industry data. The Department for Business and Trade says this illustrates the lack of “competitive downward pressure” on loan prices, prompting it to open a review into the supply of […]
Bernard Arnault, the 76-year-old chairman and chief executive of luxury giant LVMH, is asking shareholders to change the company’s rules so he can remain in charge until he turns 85. The current age limit for the dual role is 80, having already been raised from 75 in 2022. Arnault has built LVMH into a European […]