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Shop workers ‘fearing for their safety’ after rioters loot stores

Posted by August 6, 2024

Several high street stores have been the victim of lootings and attacks during the wave of violence that has spread across citi

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How short-sighted computers fuelled the stock market crash

Posted by August 6, 2024

If you’re asked to imagine a trading floor during a market meltdown, images of umpteen bankers running amok may spring to min

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The US is at real risk of recession – and…

Posted by August 5, 2024

As markets opened in the US, the S&P 500 index had fallen by 3.4pc and the tech-focused Nasdaq by 4.3pc.It comes just as th

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British economy outstrips Europe’s as France and Germany struggle

Posted by August 5, 2024

The UK’s new business index jumped from 51.6 in June to 54.9 in July after companies saw a surge in demand from international

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Market chaos derails $2bn UK takeover

Posted by August 5, 2024

Sidara traces its roots back to an engineering firm set up in Beirut, Lebanon, in the mid 1950s by Jordanian politician and bus

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Don’t wreck jobs market revival with heavy-handed reforms, Rayner warned

Posted by August 5, 2024

Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner, who is spearheading the ‘New Deal’, has said the Government will establish a new watch

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‘Brexit Britain’ is outperforming Europe – but Labour threatens to…

Posted by August 4, 2024

But there are some silver linings, too.The relatively strong performance of the UK economy and greater political stability is p

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Why Rachel Reeves is quickly losing her case for tax…

Posted by August 3, 2024

Yael Selfin, the chief economist at KPMG UK, says momentum should be maintained for the rest of the year as wages rise faster t

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Pensions are not just a plaything for politicians, Rachel Reeves…

Posted by August 2, 2024

The Chancellor, a former shadow pensions minister, has labelled her proposals to shake-up the pensions industry a “big bang o

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The best thing Labour could do for growth is flatten…

Posted by July 31, 2024

Consider briefly how much time and energy is spent on keeping dying communities on life support: the obsession with levelling u

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Rachel Reeves is about to reignite the flames of the…

Posted by July 28, 2024

Meanwhile, the Government is aiming to strengthen workers’ rights and ease anti-union legislation. That is not the way to hel

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UK Finance Minister Rachel Reeves pledges most ‘pro-growth, pro-business’ government…

Posted by July 26, 2024

Chancellor Rachel Reeves gives a speech at the Treasury on July 8, 2024 in London, England.Pool | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesLONDON — U.K. Finance Minist

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