The Bank of England seems to be set towards increasing the cost of borrowing next month after its new chief economist, Huw Pill, said the UK’s recovery...
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24th Oct 2026 | Updated at 05:51pm 24th Oct 2026
YOUR FIRST HOME
For many aspiring homeowners, the biggest obstacle to buying a property is not necessarily earning enough to cover the monthly mortgage payments. It is finding the money for a deposit in the first place.
From ‘nonsense idea’ to £42m: Mother-son duo build women’s health brand
A women’s health and nutrition business whose founders were once laughed out of investor meetings has grown into a £42 million company, with ambitions to more than double sales within two years.
Metal magnet Sanjeev Gupta's GFG alliance had bought an aluminium smelter in Lochaber, near Fort William, and two nearby hydropower plants from Rio Tinto in 2016. At that time the total gross guarantee provided by Edinburgh was GBP586million.
UK has become the top investment destination of a number of Chinese millionaires. According to data, the number has surged to 650 in the past year, delivering 135 billion pound investment boost in the country. The law firm Boodle Hatfield found...
Top managers of Asda have resigned following the take over of the supermarket by petrol station billionaires Mohsin and Zuber Issa in February.
A committee of MPs have recently found that almost £400mn of taxpayer money is at increased risk due to a failure to conduct sufficient checks on the now-collapsed...
A British financial watchdog has been accused of unlawfully changing its complaints scheme in a bid to avoid paying compensation to victims of failed funds...
Millions of pensioners face a £169 blow to their incomes next year as the government is set to reject calls from the House of Lords for a bigger pension rise despite inflation already nearing a decade-high four per cent. Around 12.4 million...
A report reveals the end of the furlough scheme had little impact on the levels of unemployment. There were severe concerns that the withdrawal of the furlough scheme could lead to a spike in unemployment, especially considering more than a...
In a new report, British MPs reveal the future of tycoon Sanjeev Gupta’s family-owned conglomerate is under threat. Gupta’s GFG Alliance has been struggling...
The coalition government’s ‘Google Tax’, aimed at cracking down on multinationals shifting profits overseas, has been criticized as a “total failure”. New documents show it is predicted to raise no money over the next six years. Officials had...
