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’Golden quarter’ fails to give UK retail strong ‘send off’ into 2025

The Christmas trading period failed to provide UK retailers with cause for celebration as they head into a challenging new year, a survey on Tuesday...

Tue, 07/01/2025 - 05:04


UK PM Starmer promises to reform NHS and ‘fight for it day and night’

Rebuilding the National Health Service is the ‘cornerstone’ of rebuilding Britain, the prime minister said, as he pledged to fight for it ‘day and night’.

Keir...

Mon, 06/01/2025 - 11:42


UK service sector growth picks up but post-budget worries still rife

The UK service sector remained in growth territory in December, numbers on Monday showed, though it was a largely tepid final quarter of the year....

Mon, 06/01/2025 - 09:47


UK firms to increase prices amid ‘pressure cooker’ of rising costs, tax

More than half of UK companies plan to raise prices by early April, according to research, which found business confidence has slumped since the budget.

A...

Mon, 06/01/2025 - 08:52


Ireland service sector growth eases but remains elevated

Ireland’s service sector economy ended the year strongly, though the pace of its expansion eased slightly, numbers on Monday showed.

The AIB services business activity...

Mon, 06/01/2025 - 06:29


2024 sees biggest exodus from London stock market since global crisis

Last year was one of the quietest on record for the London Stock Exchange, which saw the largest outflow of companies since the global financial...

Mon, 06/01/2025 - 05:48


UK government confident as launches huge social care reform

The UK government on Friday launched the biggest reform in decades of Britain’s ailing social care system, aiming to help thousands struggling to look after...

Fri, 03/01/2025 - 13:45


Donald Trump calls on Britain to dismantle North Sea wind turbines

US President-elect Donald Trump called on Friday for the UK to dismantle its wind turbines in the North Sea in response to a decision by...

Fri, 03/01/2025 - 13:22


Drab December caps disappointing year for UK retail footfall - BRC

Fewer consumers hit shops in the UK in December, while footfall fell for the second year in a row, a report on Friday showed.

According to...

Fri, 03/01/2025 - 05:08


UK manufacturing in sharpest fall for almost a year on cost pressures

The UK manufacturing sector downturn deepened more sharply than expected last month, a survey on Thursday showed, with the fastest rate of decline since last...

Thu, 02/01/2025 - 10:05


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