Economic news and events

A railway workers union has served notice for strike action at a further six train operating companies and Network Rail – just hours after meetings...

French energy firm TotalEnergies SE on Friday said it will cut North Sea oil and gas investment by 25% next year after the UK government...

UK retail footfall suffered a sharper decline in November, figures on Friday showed, with rail strikes adding to a wall of worry for the sector,...

The UK Transport Secretary has said he is trying to ‘encourage’ a deal between employers and trade unions on reforming the rail industry and bringing...

Ursula von der Leyen on Thursday hailed a ‘more pragmatic spirit’ in talks between the UK and the EU aimed at resolving post-Brexit trade problems...

Ian Blackford has announced he will step down as the leader of the SNP at Westminster in a bid to welcome ‘fresh leadership’ to the...

Ursula von der Leyen has said she is ‘very confident’ a solution will be found on the Northern Ireland Protocol, if there is the political...

UK regulator Ofcom has launched an industry-wide investigation into whether phone and broadband firms set out in-contract price rises clearly enough before customers signed up....

The UK manufacturing sector continued to weaken in November as recession fears mount, figures on Thursday showed.

The seasonally adjusted S&P Global/CIPS UK manufacturing purchasing...

Ireland’s manufacturing sector contracted in November, marking the first overall deterioration since the first Covid-19 lockdown in May 2020, survey results on Thursday showed.

The...