Tax Portugal aims to become a low-tax haven of young people admin Oct 12, 2024 Portugal plans to become a tax-free haven for young people by offering them a decade's worth of tax breaks. This is…
Private equity Moody’s warns that private equity assets are struggling to pay off heavy… admin Oct 12, 2024 Moody's reported on Thursday that private equity groups such as Platinum Equity, Clearlake Capital, and Apollo…
Transport Infrastructure tsar: UK must prepare to implement road pricing admin Oct 12, 2024 The country's top infrastructure advisor has stated that Britain needs to prepare for road price in order to cover…
Farming Wet weather in England causes the second-worst harvest on record admin Oct 12, 2024 After heavy rains last winter, England's second-worst harvest in history has been recorded. There are growing…
Energy EDF seeking up to £4bn in investors’ funds to complete Hinkley Point C admin Oct 12, 2024 EDF, the French energy company, is reported to be in talks with investors about raising up to £4bn for the Hinkley…
US Florida examines wreckage caused by Hurricane Milton admin Oct 12, 2024 On Thursday, rescue operations began in Florida as officials assessed the damage caused by Hurricane Milton. The…
Banking TSB fined £10.9m for ‘worse’ systems that place customers at risk admin Oct 11, 2024 The UK's financial watchdog has fined TSB Bank £10.9m after finding that its "woreful" system put customers at…
Financial TGI Fridays pays workers following redundancy row admin Oct 11, 2024 TGI Fridays, the restaurant group, has finally agreed to pay its workers what they are due after being laid off.…
Economy Mark Carney: Change the fiscal rules so that the assets of the nation are included admin Oct 11, 2024 Mark Carney, former governor of Bank of England has given his support to Labour's proposal that the national debt…
Economy Financial Times records record readership admin Oct 11, 2024 The Financial Times reported a record number of paying readers at 1.4 million, although profits dropped sharply…
EU Matt Brittin resigns as Google Europe boss admin Oct 11, 2024 Google's UK and Europe boss is retiring after nearly two decades in which he guided the internet giant to a $2…
Politics Unilever finally sells a Russian unit to a local tycoon, after years of intense… admin Oct 11, 2024 Unilever sold its Russian subsidiary for €520m to a local group after being criticized for continuing operations in…
Banking The new HSBC boss targets senior bankers to save $300m admin Oct 11, 2024 HSBC will make a second effort to combine its Commercial Banking Division with its Global Banking and Markets Unit…
EU Brookfield wins warehouse giant Segro for £1.1bn admin Oct 11, 2024 Brookfield, a major investment group in the world, has outbid a competitor and agreed to a deal worth £557million…
Inflation US inflation drops to 2.4%, raising hopes for a base rate reduction admin Oct 11, 2024 Last month, the consumer prices in America declined more slowly than anticipated as rising food and housing costs…
Healthcare NHS to be saved by private hospitals admin Oct 11, 2024 The NHS plans to use private hospitals to address a growing crisis as part of a £1 billion initiative to reduce…
Jobs and employment Parliament will soon be considering new laws that would prevent a repeat of the… admin Oct 10, 2024 Laws to prevent a repeat of the P&O Ferries mass sackings scandal will be presented to parliament this week as…
Companies Boeing withdraws its pay offer to striking employees admin Oct 10, 2024 Boeing has pulled its 30 percent pay offer to striking factory workers as negotiations to end the costly strike…