ONS reveals the depth of the crisis as it finds 400,000 additional dropouts
The jobless crisis in Britain is more serious than thought. New estimates reveal that over 400,000 people have left…
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2024
Private equity investors pile up debt to pay dividends
US private equity firms rush to capitalize on lower borrowing costs, by putting debt onto their portfolio…
Electric vehicles are halted by private buyers
Last month, the number of zero emission vehicles sold to private purchasers fell by 25%.
The Society of Motor…
Savings of over a trillion pounds is held in low-interest savings accounts
More than £1 trillion of the nation's savings is sitting in accounts earning less than 2 per cent, while the base…
Companies say that high energy prices will increase their prices
Over 80 percent of British firms expect to raise the prices of their products and services in the next two-year…
Ireland’s life sciences industry is healthy, leaving the UK sickly.
Novo Nordisk's attempts to alleviate global shortages of the "wonder drug", which it claims to be a weight-loss…
The stock market is about to be transformed by big tech
The massive dividends announced by Meta last week, the company which controls Facebook and Whatsapp will buy a lot…
Sunak’s tax raid is a stealthy one to catch 900,000.
New analysis shows that Rishi Sunak’s stealthy tax raid could hit up to 900,00 pensioners next year with a…
UK pension trustees warn against offshore risk transfer
Senior industry professionals are concerned about the increasing involvement of foreign reinsurance companies…
Rocket Revolution threatens to undo years of European space unity
When he spoke to aerospace executives and innovators at Toulouse, the French president Emmanuel Macron had a…
Boeing is in the ‘last-chance saloon’: warns Emirates’ head
Emirates Airline's head has warned Boeing that it is in the "last-chance saloon", as he prepares to send his…
Iran used Lloyds and Santander to evade sanctions
Iran used two of Britain's largest banks to move money covertly around the globe as part of an extensive…
NatWest shares sale targets 2 Million Ordinary Investors
The government wants to convince up to 2 million people to buy NatWest shares when it sells its stake in the bank.…
Jeff Bezos toasts $8bn Amazon delivery
According to filings, Jeff Bezos will make more than $8 billion from the sale of a large stake in Amazon.
The…
UK taxpayers invested £400m in OneWeb. Its technology is now a gift for France.
Pouring £400 million of taxpayers' cash into a bankrupt satellite company in the middle of a pandemic was something…
Jeremy Hunt’s review aims to eliminate tourist tax
Jeremy Hunt ordered a review of the so-called tourist tax, the clearest indication yet that the Treasury could be…
UK manufacturers affected by Red Sea disruption, rising shipping costs
Adidas' boss warned of "exploding global freight rates" after Houthi rebels attacked in the Red Sea, causing delays…
BAE develops a ‘Land Rover of the Sky’ to transport troops
The new generation of heavy-lift drones is expected to revolutionise war
After acquiring a rapidly-growing…