Economic news and events

Retail sales held up better than expected in February as consumers proved they are still ready to celebrate events such as Valentine’s Day despite the-cost-of...

Rebuilding Britain’s dwindling stockpile of munitions in the wake of the war in Ukraine could take at least a decade putting UK national security at...

The new car market in the UK has grown for seven consecutive months, new figures showed on Monday.

A total of 74,441 new cars were registered...

Construction activity picked up in the UK during February, according to survey data on Monday, as a rebound in commercial work offset a continued decline...

The UK will be a science and technology ‘superpower’ by the end of the decade, under a new plan announced by Rishi Sunak.

Funding of more...

Ireland’s economy grew by 0.3% quarter-on-quarter in the final three months of 2022, figures from the Central Statistics Office showed on Friday.

In the third...

The UK’s private sector returned to growth in February for the first time in six months, survey results showed on Friday.

The latest S&P Global/CIPS UK...

The strongest growth for Ireland’s service providers in almost a year gave a boost to the country’s entire private sector last month, with input cost...

New data on Friday revealed that growth in UK footfall decelerated in February as the cost-of-living crisis continued to bite at consumer demand.

According to data...

Boris Johnson has suggested he may not vote for UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s new Brexit deal for Northern Ireland, criticising it as ‘not about...