Economic news and events

Irish retail sales recovered in June, data published by the Central Statistics Office showed Wednesday.

The country’s retail sales volume rose 0.6% in June from...

The IMF raised its global growth forecast Tuesday as efforts to circumvent Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs sparked a bigger-than-expected surge in trade, while the US...

UK mortgage activity picked up in June, with net borrowing and approvals both rising, while remortgaging activity hit its highest level since October 2022, data...

The UK’s car market is on track for its strongest year since before the coronavirus pandemic, according to new analysis.

Online vehicle marketplace Auto Trader Group...

The UK construction sector is expected to continue to grow this year and next, but economic risks and uncertainties ‘have risen considerably’, the Construction Products...

Nearly 50,000 UK companies are on the brink of collapse with retailers and hospitality firms among the hardest hit as rising wage costs due to...

Keir Starmer is expected to raise the prospect of reviving ceasefire talks between Israel and Hamas and the future of tariffs on British steel as...

First Minister John Swinney welcomed the President of the European Commission to Scotland ahead of her meeting with Donald Trump.

Ursula von der Leyen travelled to...

UK retail sales improved in June following record-setting warm weather but fell short of expectations, the Office for National Statistics reported on Friday.

Total retail...

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer told Indian counterpart Narendra Modi the signing of a trade deal was a ‘historic day’ for the two countries.

At the...