Regulator also vetoes extra Blackpool service, saying insufficient space for new direct trains to LondonBusiness live – latest updatesPlans to run direct train services to Wrexham and Rochdale from London have been reje…
The governance landscape for digital assets in the United Kingdom is entering a period of significant friction, driven by a widening gap between European regulatory standards and the evolving domestic framework. While t…
Talks between Sainsbury’s and Morrisons have set industry tongues wagging, with analysts saying the market is ripe for change
Tesco has raised its profit outlook as it expects households to splash out this Christmas – despite buying less alcohol – as they shrug off “uncertainty” over the Iran war.
Not at all. Perhaps some people initially feared that the aim of the digital euro was to replace cash. But that is not the case. The ECB’s work to develop and ultimately introduce a new series of euro banknotes with dif…
Move expected to make pump pricing more transparent and encourage competition after diesel hits record £2 a litre
Banknotes are getting a nature makeover - and the Bank of England has revealed the four creatures that will feature on our money.
The Atlantic puffin, barn owl, buff-tailed bumblebee and European hedgehog will represent UK wildlife and feature as the central images on our next series of banknotes.
The UK needs to do more back its own companies at a time when a growing number are choosing to list their shares in the US rather than at home, the boss of the London Stock Exchange (LSE) has told the BBC.
The Federal Reserve on Wednesday released the minutes of the Federal Open Market Committee meeting that was held on September 15â16, 2026.
The minutes back a hawkish read of the Fed path, keeping a further hike at the 27-28 October meeting or in December firmly in play and supporting front-end Treasury yields. The explicit link between prolonged high energ…
TaxWatch contradicts claims about David Reuben’s departure and questions stories of super-rich exodus
Former Selfridges owners buy UK high street institution from long-term backer Stefano Pessina
Pennon slashes dividend and launches £550m cash call ‘to drive improved outcomes for customers and communities’
Time: 2pm – 3.30pm | Location: Bank of England, Threadneedle St, London, EC2R 8AH
Party hopes to win over affluent middle-class voters as leader rejects calls to ‘unite the right’ in conference speech
Royal Mail is to cut up to 2,500 jobs as the embattled company seeks to restructure its business amid intense competition and the continuing decline in letter deliveries.
Five more former traders who were jailed for rigging interest rates have had their convictions quashed by the court of appeal in London, after a long battle to clear their names.
The head of the International Monetary Fund has called on governments across big economies to tighten their belts as soaring bond yields hit budgets.
James Kaye (Chair, HSBC) welcomed new Committee members: Adam Jukes (Deutsche Bank) replacing Nimit Jobanputra, and Jonathan Morris (Goldman Sachs) replacing Anna Chadderton.
Too costly for most, too large for UK car parks, and wheels bigger than a warlord’s pickup truck. But it does come in ‘London red’
Andrea Rosen (Chair, Bank of England) welcomed Sylvain Duquenoy (RBC Capital Markets) and Myles McGuiness (Financial Markets Standards Board (FMSB)) as new members of the Committee. Ms Rosen noted that going forward Mr …
The September 2026 SESFOD survey covered a period of uncertainty linked to the conflict in the Middle East and volatile energy prices. The European Central Bank (ECB) raised its key interest rates by 25 basis points in …
Record prices caused by global shortages amid shutdown of war-damaged refineries in Middle East and Russia