Money & Financial

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Reed draws up plans for a state-owned housebuilder that could borrow on the cheap

Reed draws up plans for a state-owned housebuilder that...

Steve Reed is drawing up plans for a state-owned housebuilder that could borrow...

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British Business Bank puts UK scale-ups in ‘fifth gear’ as direct investing tops £600m

British Business Bank puts UK scale-ups in ‘fifth gear’...

The British Business Bank has invested more than £600m into 50-plus UK scale-up...

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Brexit has left Britain more prone to runaway inflation, says Bank of England chief economist

Brexit has left Britain more prone to runaway inflation...

Bank of England chief economist Huw Pill says Brexit has left Britain exposed t...

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Bosses ‘can’t afford to pay themselves the minimum wage under Labour’

Bosses ‘can’t afford to pay themselves the minimum wage...

Rising employment costs are forcing thousands of owner-managers to absorb the b...

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Burnham right to put devolution front and centre

Burnham right to put devolution front and centre

BusinessLDN's John Dickie backs Andy Burnham's devolution drive, warning London...

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How Much Consumer Data Can SMBs Keep

How Much Consumer Data Can SMBs Keep

For UK small businesses, the question of how long to hold onto customer data is...

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Apple lifts iPad and MacBook prices by up to 25% as AI memory crunch bites

Apple lifts iPad and MacBook prices by up to 25% as AI ...

Apple has lifted iPad and MacBook prices by as much as 25% after warning it can...

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Next prime minister ‘must back business, not tax it’, warns chambers chief

Next prime minister ‘must back business, not tax it’, w...

British Chambers of Commerce boss Shevaun Haviland tells the next prime ministe...

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Around $125bn of ships and cargo lie stranded in the Gulf as Hormuz crisis ushers in a ‘new maritime order’

Around $125bn of ships and cargo lie stranded in the Gu...

Around $125bn of vessels and cargo is stranded in the Gulf as the Strait of Hor...

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Elon Musk loses his trillionaire crown as SpaceX and Tesla shares slide

Elon Musk loses his trillionaire crown as SpaceX and Te...

Elon Musk Net Worth Falls Below $1tn as SpaceX, Tesla Slide

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Aldi banks on £370m store splurge as discounters keep eating the big four’s lunch

Aldi banks on £370m store splurge as discounters keep e...

Aldi will open 16 new UK stores this year as part of a £370m investment, pushin...

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UK unemployment falls to 4.9% as pay growth beats forecasts before Bank of England verdict

UK unemployment falls to 4.9% as pay growth beats forec...

UK unemployment fell to 4.9% in the three months to April as pay growth outpace...

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Can AI chatbots really pick stock market winners?

Can AI chatbots really pick stock market winners?

ChatGPT, Claude and Grok are now being put to work picking shares. From a $10,0...

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Weather trumps the World Cup at the till, says Tesco as growth cools

Weather trumps the World Cup at the till, says Tesco as...

Tesco warns the weather matters more to grocery sales than home-nation World Cu...

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‘Tax break tart’: how hospitality plans to game the summer VAT cut on children’s meals

‘Tax break tart’: how hospitality plans to game the sum...

Pubs and restaurants are devising "enterprising" menus to exploit the summer VA...

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London housing slump leaves Labour’s 1.5 million homes pledge looking out of reach

London housing slump leaves Labour’s 1.5 million homes ...

London delivered just 7% of the 88,000 homes it needed last year, says JLL. Wit...