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...
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20th Jun 2026 | Updated at 11:57pm 20th Jun 2026
Former RAF pilot steers CAB through turbulent turnaround
A former Royal Air Force fighter pilot who once flew Tornado jets at supersonic speeds is now navigating a different kind of high-pressure environment: the financial markets.Neeraj Kapur, 60, chief executive of CAB Payments, is leading a turnaround...
Where is growth in the Budget?
Rachel Reeves and the government have missed a real opportunity to put our country on a growth trajectory in this Budget.
Irish airline Ryanair says it is expecting to cut fares this winter to help boost passenger demand. While the airline has seen business picking up recently, it warned it was still recovering from the Covid-related collapse in air travel. It...
Analysts have warned that rising mortgage rates risk bringing down buyers, and slowing runaway price growth. Several UK banks reported strong mortgage demand in their third-quarter results last week, including Santander, NatWest, and Lloyds.
More than twice the voters now believe that Brexit is taking a negative toll on the UK economy, as per the latest opinion poll for the Observer. The survey comes as Richard Hughes, the chairman of the Office for Budget Responsibility, said his...
Karnataka born CS Venkatakrishnan, who was Barclays global head of markets and previously chief risk officer, has replaced Jes Staley as the British bank’s...
The billionaire Issa brothers' EG Group has pulled out of its planned £750mn acquisition of Asda's forecourt business. The Lancashire-headquartered company,...
A new, not-for-profit, free of charge dispute resolution service, the Business Banking Resolution Service (BBRS) is appealing directly to London-based...
Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s Autumn budget 2021 is full of promises and hope with a booster dose of what seems like a humble bunch of zeroes. The budget being...
In a bid to tackle supply chain problems in the run -up to Christmas, UK is set to relax the rules on the number of deliveries overseas lorry drivers can...
Daligas, another UK energy supplier, has ceased trading, regulator Ofgem announced, making it the third provider to collapse this week. It supplies gas...
