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Business Comment

<p>The chancellor may not be so optimistic after the latest official figures showed a sharp rise in borrowing </p>
Business Comment

Britain’s debt nightmare: why more tax rises could be on the way

<p>Britain’s unemployment rate has risen to its highest level for nearly a year </p>
Voices

As unemployment rises, Labour faces a jobs problem...

Voices

Trump’s election will make Brexit even more painful for Britain

<p>Rachel Reeves’s radical budget looms over the Bank of England’s decision making </p>
Voices

The interest rate cut is good news for homeowners – now they need more

<p>A lot more people worry about inheritance tax than ever actually pay it and it is always the little things that create the big problems for chancellors </p>
Voices

How the ‘tractor tax’ became a problem for Rachel Reeves

<p>Filling holes in the road was the most eye-catching spending announcement in Wednesday’s Budget </p>
Voices

Yes, the Budget was disappointing – but not for the reasons you think

<p>Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves courted Britain’s top firms </p>
Business Comment

After a love-in with business, is the romance with Labour now over?

<p>Andrew Bailey, governor of the Bank of England has hinted at a cut </p>
Business Comment

It is time to cut interest rates – and give homeowners a break

<p>Alex Ferguson was axed as an ambassador by Jim Ratcliffe</p>
Business Comment

Why Manchester United were right to bid farewell to Alex Ferguson

<p>A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket flies above the Pacific Ocean carrying a payload of 22 Starlink internet satellites into space </p>
Voices

We can’t stand Musk – but what he did this week is astounding

<p>Cash on tap? A giant barrel of beer forms part of a demonstration against prohibition in 1920s America</p>
Business

Why taxing our bad habits won’t help Rachel Reeves in the Budget

<p>Some bosses claim letting employees work from home hurts productivity, but there is no hard evidence of this </p>
Voices

The WFH wars rage on – but there is a point we are all missing

<p>Yemen's Houthi rebels release video claiming to have blown up a British oil tanker in the Red Sea</p>
Business

Why Middle East crisis is tempering optimism over UK economy

Business

Why Middle East crisis is tempering optimism over UK economy

<p>Yemen's Houthi rebels release video claiming to have blown up a British oil tanker in the Red Sea</p>
<p>Chancellor Rachel Reeves has promised to open the investment floodgates </p>
Voices

Why is Labour promising billions when the country is broke?

<p>Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey has said interest rate cuts could become ‘a bit more aggressive’, sparking sharp falls in the value of the pound</p>
Voices

Bailey hints at faster rate cuts but oil prices could spoil the party

<p>Boris Johnson, who promoted freeports while prime minister </p>
Voices

How the big Tory idea for Brexit success turned into failure

<p>No second rates cut from the Bank of England</p>
Voices

Why borrowers must wait until November for help on rates

<p>No second rates cut from the Bank of England</p>
Voices

Why borrowers must wait until November for help on rates

<p>Air fares kept inflation aloft </p>
Business Comment

Inflation steady – but chances of another rate cut are slim

<p>Lorries at the port of Dover. UK firms have to battle with suffocating red tape when trying to trade with the continent</p>
Voices

Brexit has delivered a great trade crash – and it’s only getting worse

<p>Rupert Murdoch, center, and his wife Elena Zhukova Murdoch arrive at the Second Judicial District Court in Reno,</p>
Americas

Inside the Murdoch money battle tearing the family apart

<p>Reeves talk of a ‘£22bn black hole’ may lead her to look to banks for some extra money </p>
Voices

No one loves bankers – but here’s why Rachel Reeves should

<p>A protest in favour of the steelworks in Port Talbot on Wednesday </p>
Voices

After Port Talbot, is there any hope for British steel?

<p>This time, the firm is adding something extra: ‘Never Knowingly Undersold on quality, service & price’ </p>
Voices

Is John Lewis turning around its fortunes with this old favourite?

<p>House prices grew slightly in August after fast rises earlier in the summer (Anthony Devlin/PA)</p>
Voices

House prices have hit two-year high – but there is trouble brewing

<p>Ofcom is set to allow reforms to Royal Mail’s universal services obligation </p>
Business

Royal Mail must offer something back for cutting Saturday deliveries

<p>This time, the firm is adding something extra: ‘Never Knowingly Undersold on quality, service & price’ </p>
Voices

Is John Lewis turning around its fortunes with this old favourite?

<p>House prices grew slightly in August after fast rises earlier in the summer (Anthony Devlin/PA)</p>
Voices

House prices have hit two-year high – but there is trouble brewing

<p>Ofcom is set to allow reforms to Royal Mail’s universal services obligation </p>
Business

Royal Mail must offer something back for cutting Saturday deliveries

<p>Thames Water recently said it only has enough money to continue operating until May next year</p>
Business

What will it cost to finally clean up our water industry?

Business

What will it cost to finally clean up our water industry?

<p>Thames Water recently said it only has enough money to continue operating until May next year</p>
<p>David Tennant and Cush Jumbo in Macbeth at the Donmar Warehouse </p>
Business Comment

Why business leaders should read the Lady Macbeth guide to ambition

<p>The riots are symptomatic of much that is wrong with the country Labour has inherited </p>
Business Comment

The riots showed that governments can act quickly – but who will pay?

<p>Pavel Durov, co-founder and chief executive of Telegram, speaks at the TechCrunch Disrupt conference in San Francisco in 2015</p>
Business Comment

Who is the billionaire Russian exile behind Telegram?

<p>Traders at work on the floor of New York Stock Exchange </p>
Business

The stock markets have been in turmoil – what happens next?

<p>Traders at work on the floor of New York Stock Exchange </p>
Business

The stock markets have been in turmoil – what happens next?

<p>Financial Markets have been battered by concerns over the US economy </p>
Business

Why are the stock markets plunging – and what does it mean for you?

<p>Daniel Kretinsky has been nicknamed the ‘Czech Sphinx’ </p>
Business Comment

Should we be worried by Russian business links of Royal Mail buyer?

<p>Love it or loathe it, you can’t ignore Foxtons on the street or in the market</p>
Business

One brash and pushy estate agency is outperforming the property market

<p>Nvidia: the chip maker was once the world’s most valuable company, but was heavily sold in the Wall Street rout </p>
Business

Could the AI bubble be about to burst?

<p>Renters are enduring record costs according to Rightmove</p>
Voices

There’s only one answer to tackling soaring rents

<p>The popularity of Taylor Swift’s recent Eras tour helped keep inflation at 2 per cent</p>
Voices

Taylor Swift kept up inflation – but the economy can just shake it off

<p>Chancellor Rachel Reeves and deputy PM and housing secretary Angela Rayner visit a construction project in London</p>
Business Comment

What the industry thinks of Starmer’s housing plans (it isn’t pretty)

<p>Fans at BoxPark Wembley watch the semi-final against the Netherlands</p>
Business Comment

Could a Euros triumph boost our economy? If only it were that simple

<p>School leavers and graduates need more workplace skills, say top entrepreneurs </p>
Business Comment

School-leavers ‘all want to be Wolf of Wall Street’ say tech bosses

<p>The scale of Sir Keir Starmer’s triumph has provided certainty for investors </p>
Business Comment

Markets liked the election result. Can the economy only get better?

<p>Some 20,000 Tesco staffers shared a little extra from the group’s optional share saving scheme</p>
Business

Tesco staff share windfall – but it is dwarfed by chief’s £10m package

Business

Tesco staff share windfall – but it is dwarfed by chief’s £10m package

<p>Some 20,000 Tesco staffers shared a little extra from the group’s optional share saving scheme</p>
<p>The City’s towers of finance where bonus culture looks set to make a comeback </p>
Voices

Bankers’ bonuses are roaring back. Will we live to regret it?

<p>A law firm has written to the Financial Conduct Authority detailing its concerns about Shein’s potential listing </p>
Business Comment

Why Shein could take the shine off of Labour’s business-first plans

<p>Three of the biggest lenders – HSBC, Barclays and NatWest – have reduced their base rates ahead of an anticipated Bank of England interest rate cut</p>
Voices

Your mortgage is about to get a summer break

<p>Robots powered by Nvidia’s AI chip technology, at a keynote address at an artificial intelligence conference in San Jose, California</p>
Voices

Is the AI bubble about to burst?

<p>Robots powered by Nvidia’s AI chip technology, at a keynote address at an artificial intelligence conference in San Jose, California</p>
Voices

Is the AI bubble about to burst?

<p>Since the last general election, the average monthly mortgage payment for first-time buyers has risen by 61 per cent to £1,075</p>
Business

Is this the way out of the housing crisis for first-time buyers?

<p>Shoppers returned to the high street in May</p>
Business

As sales beat expectations, is the High Street waking up at last?

<p>Tortola in the British Virgin Islands. With income tax in the territory set at zero, it’s attractive in all kinds of ways </p>
Business Comment

How has HMRC failed to fine a single ‘enabler’ of UK tax avoiders?

<p>Sunshine over the Bank of England on Thursday – but more gloom for borrowers</p>
Voices

Interest rates are held again – and cuts might not come until November

<p>Basket-case economics: The average shopping bill is more than 25 per cent higher than it was at the beginning of 2022</p>
Voices

Inflation has shrunk – but are you feeling any richer?

<p>Jen-hsun Huang in his trademark black leather jacket </p>
Business

Nvidia has become the world’s most valuable company – who’s behind it?

<p>Labour leader Keir Starmer and his shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves are at least willing to open a conversation about trade with the Europe </p>
Voices

Labour wants a new Brexit deal – business shouldn’t get its hopes up

<p>Michael Gove searches for a mention of levelling up in the new Tory manifesto (it’s on page 72)</p>
Business Comment

It’s not just Brexit – there’s another unmentionable in this election

Brexit continued to be a dominant theme in politics in 2021 (Jonathan Brady/PA)
Business

Business leaders demand action to ease the pain of Brexit

<p>Rachel Reeves badly needs to find some growth to ensure Labour’s numbers add up </p>
Voices

Do Labour’s manifesto numbers add up?

<p>April was wet enough to affect the economy</p>
Business Comment

Rain dampens Sunak’s economic hopes – but it’s a passing shower

Business Comment

Rain dampens Sunak’s economic hopes – but it’s a passing shower

<p>April was wet enough to affect the economy</p>
<p>Job vacancies dropped by 12,000 to 904,000 in the three months to May</p>
Business Comment

What’s behind unemployment rising? The PM needs to find out, fast...

<p>Farage has tried and failed to become an MP seven times and is now on his eighth attempt </p>
Business

What would Nigel Farage’s immigration plan mean for the economy?

<p>Shein could be London’s biggest ever IPO </p>
Business

Why Shein’s £50bn stock market deal is mired in controversy

<p>Up to his neck in... the water crisis: Ed Davey in Lake Windermere this week </p>
Business Comment

How our water crisis could be fixed – without costly nationalisation

<p>Up to his neck in... the water crisis: Ed Davey in Lake Windermere this week </p>
Business Comment

How our water crisis could be fixed – without costly nationalisation

<p> Czech businessman Daniel Kretinsky has had his offer of £5bn to takeover the Royal Mail accepted and is poised to become the first foreign owner in its 500 year history </p>
Business Comment

Who is the Czech ‘Sphinx’ paying £5bn to take over the Royal Mail?

<p>Rishi Sunak in Downing Street after giving a statement about inflation </p>
Voices

Is the economy really going ‘gangbusters’, as Rishi Sunak hopes?

<p>Prime minister Rishi Sunak welcomed the fall in inflation</p>
Voices

Inflation is down – but good news for homeowners will have to wait

<p>The business sector faces an exodus of companies if things don’t change </p>
Business

London’s existential crisis is its own doing – boosterism won’t help

<p>Elbow fans queuing outside Co-op Live for the venue’s delayed opening night </p>
Voices

When branding goes bad: the lessons from the Co-op Live crisis

<p>Unemployment has risen again, taking the shine off last week’s figures showing the UK is out of recession </p>
Business Comment

What does a sudden spike in unemployment tell us about the economy?

<p>Younger home buyers are being forced to gamble with their retirement prospects by taking on ultra-long mortgages, according to former pensions minister Sir Steve Webb</p>
Business

The rise of the 40-year mortgage and the dangers for homeowners

<p>It’s a rich man’s world: turns out Abba were right on the money... </p>
Business Comment

Sweden has more billionaires per capita than the US – why?

<p>Will the Bank of England offer borrowers some June sunshine? </p>
Business Comment

Bank of England ‘optimistic’ about better news for homeowners

<p>Buyers are reluctant to pay through the nose for houses, and prices have been falling month on month </p>
Business

House prices are falling – but what does it mean for the future?

<p>Another Brexit aftershock will be felt in the supermarket aisles </p>
Business

Here’s the real cost to business of Brexit border checks

Business

Here’s the real cost to business of Brexit border checks

<p>Another Brexit aftershock will be felt in the supermarket aisles </p>
<p>The hospitality industry is struggling without a steady stream of young staff </p>
Business Comment

Blocking a Brexit free-movement scheme is spiteful and unforgiveable

<p>London’s FTSE 100 Index has soared to its highest level</p>
Business

Our economy is struggling – so why is the FTSE 100 at a record high?

<p>Tesla CEO Elon Musk</p>
Business Comment

Tesla profits have halved. Can a cut price model save its fortunes?

<p>While the majority of recent changes have been to raise interest rates, there has also been movement the other way</p>
Business

Why mortgage rates are surging again

<p>While the majority of recent changes have been to raise interest rates, there has also been movement the other way</p>
Business

Why mortgage rates are surging again

<p>AstraZeneca CEO Pascal Soriot who will receive a pay package £18.7 million in 2024</p>
Business

Is any boss worth £19 million a year? One company just voted yes

<p>Extra for Tesco: Supermarket has posted a sharp rise in profits for the past year</p>
Business Comment

Unions accuse Tesco of profiteering as earnings soar – are they right?

<p>Nigel Farage at his birthday party with Aaron Banks and finger-flipping ex-minister Andrea Jenkyns </p>
Voices

Cheers, Nigel! Brexit pain gets worse – and shoppers pay the price

<p>If Disney is to find a corporate happily ever after, it needs to find a new protagonist</p>
Business

After Disney’s corporate bust-up, what next for the House of Mouse?

<p>The average UK house price fell by 0.2 per cent month on month in March, although there are signs that activity is picking up, Nationwide Building Society said</p>
Business

House prices fell in March – this is what happens next

<p>Donald Trump during a press conference in New York this week</p>
Business Comment

Will Trump’s Truth Social flotation dig him out of a financial hole?

<p>Apple argues that people are free to purchase the smartphone of their choice </p>
Business Comment

Is Apple really ripping off its customers – and can anyone stop them?

<p>Will spring flowers bloom for borrowers in May?</p>
Business Comment

Why an interest rate cut could finally be on the cards next month

<p>Donald Trump during a press conference in New York this week</p>
Business Comment

Will Trump’s Truth Social flotation dig him out of a financial hole?

<p>Apple argues that people are free to purchase the smartphone of their choice </p>
Business Comment

Is Apple really ripping off its customers – and can anyone stop them?

<p>Will spring flowers bloom for borrowers in May?</p>
Business Comment

Why an interest rate cut could finally be on the cards next month

<p>Food price inflation is finally easing, according to Wednesday’s ONS figures</p>
Business Comment

Inflation is falling fast – but will that mean interest rate cuts?

<p>Mark Zuckerberg has recently ditched $500m of Meta stock... and he’s not alone </p>
Business Comment

Why are billionaires selling off shares – and should you do the same?

<p>America’s House of Representatives have passed a bill to ‘ban’ TikTok </p>
Business

America is right to tackle TikTok – but for the wrong reasons

<p>Investors must stop with the lip service and refrain from funding firms with a history of discriminatory behavior </p>
Business Comment

Why we must do more to tackle sexism in the boardroom

<p>London has struggled to attract new listings in the last year</p>
Voices

No, a British ISA won’t help UK firms – but pension funds might

<p>The Body Shop has sacked hundreds of workers without giving them notice </p>
Voices

If The Body Shop can flout the law by firing staff, the law is an ass

<p>Jacob Rothschild died earlier this week </p>
Business Comment

Rothschild instilled respect, fear and excitement

<p>Many people see the crisis in the NHS and are frustrated by those in charge refusing to fix the problems. Instead of solutions the government chooses obfuscation </p>
Business

Why I’ve had enough of performative public service posturing

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