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The chiefs of two of UK’s biggest businesses have sounded the alarm over rising costs, regulation and economic uncertainty amidst mounting concern the Chancellor will inflict further damage to the...

The UK economy was hit by a “litany of worrying news” in the three months to September with thousands of jobs lost ahead of Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ second autumn Budget. The latest ‘flash’...

The UK has lost the most billionaires of any country in the world over the last couple of years, new data has shown, exacerbating fears that the UK’s free-moving super-rich residents would continue...

Competition in dealmaking remains intense while Japanese bank Mizuho looks to break into the top 10 investment banks in Europe after making a handful of dealmaking acquisitions.Mizuho wants to emulate...

Hybrid working continues to remain the popular choice of staff and an increasing number of firms feel the staff morale is down when ordered back to working in the office.Among these firms is the US...

The scale of investor doubts over the UK economy is after fresh data found fund managers were pulling out of UK stocks at the fastest in more than two decades.Average equity allocations to the UK...

An increasing number of the UK’s retailers will be forced to close down if businesses are hit with a further round of tax increases in the autumn, the head of the British Retail Consortium (BRC),...

After the head of UK investment banking at BNP Paribas, Matthew Ponsonby, stepped down from the role earlier this year, the French bank turned to Mark Lynagh to replace him. Lynagh, who had spent 15...

JPMorgan Asset Management wants to grow its active ETF assets to more than $100 billion in Europe over the next five years, as the Wall Street giant seeks to keep its lead in the fast-growing...

Since the coronavirus pandemic in 2020, work in the UK’s construction industry is contracting at a fast rate with high costs and tax rises. The sector is vital for the Labour government’s plans...

Investors are cutting their exposure to American equites and returning to the previously unloved British market, according to the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG), adding to evidence that President...

The frenzy of UK tech takeovers shows no signs of slowing down after three separate billion-pound M&A moves were made within hours of each other as US tech giants continued their hunt for British...

The hordes of wealthy foreigners leaving Britain to escape the government’s non-dom (not domiciled) crackdown are being joined by high-net-worth Brits capitalising on an arcane element of the policy...

Business investment in the UK fell by four per cent in the second quarter of the year despite moderate growth of 0.3 per cent, official data has shown, as top economists are pointing to low...

Business directors’ confidence in the UK economy has plunged to a record low, with companies unconvinced by Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ growth-focused policies as the impact of last year’s tax...

The world economy will not suffer as badly from President Trump’s tariffs as previously thought, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has predicted. Global growth is set to be three per cent this...

The world’s top five investment banks have added nearly 11,000 employees to their European Union hubs since Brexit. Goldman Sachs, Bank of America, JPMorgan, Citigroup and Morgan Stanley have added...

Worldwide, there were 539 stock market flotations in the first six months of the year, but despite Ireland’s economy being generally strong within the European Union – particularly in terms of GDP...

The leading feature in the recent free trade agreement signed by the United Kingdom and India, during the visit by India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the UK, is the reduction of tariffs on a...

The number of jobs in Ireland’s financial sector has seen a major increase from 35,000 in 2015 to just over 60,000 now, an increase of almost 70 per cent, according to a consultation paper published...