Inflation and wage expectations of UK businesses eased in August
A monthly survey conducted by the Bank of England shows that UK businesses are expecting inflation and wage growth…
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2023
Carlyle investigates the sale of UK video game maker Jagex for £1bn
Carlyle, a private equity firm, has hired advisers in order to investigate the possibility of selling its UK video…
Pinault’s Artemis buys majority stake in Hollywood talent agent CAA
France's billionaire Pinault family has agreed to buy a majority stake in Hollywood talent manager Creative Artists…
CBI and Make UK in merger talks
CBI and manufacturing group Make UK are in discussions about a possible merger, a sign that Britain's largest…
Scientists in the UK have developed a 10-minute blood test for diagnosing…
Scientists from the UK have developed a finger prick blood test which can detect proteins associated with many…
Apple shares hit by China fears ahead of iPhone 15 launch
Investors' fears that China could crack down on official iPhone usage has knocked 200bn off Apple’s market value.…
BBC Good Food bans ChatGPT online recipes over ‘robot chefs’ fears
BBC Good Food has blocked ChatGPT's ability to harvest recipes from its site amid fears that "robot chefs"…
OECD warns that a ‘wave of bankruptcy’ is threatening the eurozone due…
The OECD warned that a "wave of bankruptcy" could threaten the Eurozone's economy, as companies used by…
Barratt warns that it will take at least two years for the recovery of new homes
Barratt Developments' chief executive has warned that it will take at least two more years for the new home market…
Recep Tayyip Erdogan has abandoned cheap money in order to combat Turkey’s…
Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has abandoned his life-long hostility to interest rate rises, vowing to use…
Waitrose encourages workers to accept flexible working hours
Waitrose shop staff could lose their jobs if the supermarket chain does not allow them to work flexible hours. The…
UK backs off from Big Tech clash over private messaging
The UK government has admitted it won't use controversial powers under the Online Safety Bill to scan messaging…
New vaccines are available to combat the highly mutated Covid variant
Early studies indicate that the new Covid-19 vaccines may help protect against the highly-mutated variant BA.2.86,…
WeWork informs landlords that it will renegotiate the majority of office leases
WeWork is seeking to renegotiate nearly all of its leases around the world, weeks after the SoftBank-backed office…
A large UK private sector landlord has ordered checks for dangerous concrete
The UK's largest private landlord will inspect its older buildings to check for dangerous concrete, which has…
Andrew Bailey, BoE’s Andrew Bailey, casts doubts on the need for future…
Andrew Bailey said the UK would avoid any further interest rate increases on Wednesday. The pound fell to its…
UK joins EU Horizon Research Programme
Officials in London and Brussels have confirmed that the UK has reached an agreement to join the EU's Horizon …
UK Government Slashes Health Benefits in a bid to close Fiscal Gap
The UK government is planning to tighten the conditions for those claiming health benefits in an effort to curb the…