Economic news and events

Consumer confidence in the UK has seen a sharp drop as households grapple with across-the-board bill hikes and face new warnings of rising inflation.

GfK’s long-running...

Begbies Traynor Group PLC on Friday said its quarterly survey of UK companies found fewer in ’critical’ financial distress than at the end of 2024...

UK retail sales slowed in March but exceeded consensus as good weather drove footfall, a report from the Office for National Statistics showed on Friday....

UK car and commercial vehicle manufacturing production declined in the first quarter, ahead of new US tariff announcements, data published by the Society of Motor...

Talks on strengthening UK-EU relations have made ‘good progress’, Downing Street has said following a meeting between Keir Starmer and European Commission President Ursula von...

Questions about a possible US trade deal continue to overshadow Rachel Reeves’s mission to Washington as she prepares for talks with her US counterpart.

The UK...

Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey said Wednesday that the trade war initiated by US President Donald Trump will impact global growth that could hit...

The UK Chancellor has insisted the US is ‘keen to do a deal with the UK’ ahead of talks with her American counterpart in Washington.

Rachel...

The UK’s service sector declined in April amid ‘aggressive’ continuous job cutting and business optimism at a two-and-a-half-year low, data published by S&P Global showed...

Efforts to find an end to the war in Ukraine will continue in London with officials from Kyiv along with US and European allies discussing...