Economic news and events


UK Chancellor Jeremy Hunt sets March 6 as spring budget date

UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt on Wednesday announced a spring budget will be set out on March 6, in what could be his...

Wed, 27/12/2023 - 12:13


General election looms for UK leaders Sunak and Starmer in 2024

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will go to the country in 2024 hoping that economic growth, success in sending asylum seekers to Rwanda and trust...

Wed, 27/12/2023 - 08:06


PRESS: UK Tories float tax cuts and help for house-buyers

The UK Tories have been dropping hints they could make attention-grabbing pledges on housing and taxes as Rishi Sunak struggles to turn around his party’s...

Wed, 27/12/2023 - 06:03


UK shoppers hit the Boxing Day sales, as bricks-and-mortar outperforms

Shoppers are expected to pack out high streets across the UK looking for bargain buys in the Boxing Day sales.

Queues formed outside stores in Oxford...

Tue, 26/12/2023 - 11:32


Irish wholesale prices edge down in November but annual decline slows

Wholesale prices in Ireland decreased in the month of November, according to the Central Statistics Office on Friday.

Wholesale prices fell by 0.1% in November from...

Fri, 22/12/2023 - 12:08


TOP NEWS: UK economy contracts in third quarter; retail sales up

Retail sales unexpectedly rose in November, new figures on Friday showed, but estimates on growth in the UK in the third and second quarters were...

Fri, 22/12/2023 - 07:29


UK government rows back on £38,700 family visa salary threshold hike

UK ministers have rowed back on plans to hike the earning threshold Britons need to bring foreign family members to live in the UK to...

Thu, 21/12/2023 - 21:00


Electric car tariffs avoided as UK, EU extend post-Brexit trade rules

Tariffs on electric cars from next year will be avoided after the UK and the EU agreed to extend trade rules, Rishi Sunak has announced.

The...

Thu, 21/12/2023 - 14:07


UK government borrowing higher than expected as cost of benefits grows

UK government borrowing was higher than expected last month amid greater benefits costs and increased interest payments, according to official figures on Thursday.

However, it was...

Thu, 21/12/2023 - 08:02


UK’s Hunt to sign financial services agreement with Switzerland

UK Chancellor Jeremy Hunt is to strike a financial services deal with Switzerland aimed at easing UK firms’ access to the Swiss market and vice...

Thu, 21/12/2023 - 06:02


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