Brook & Ledger — UK business, markets, and money — for people who read the numbers first.
We brought together more than 2,000 young leaders from over 190 countries, alongside FTSE bosses and global campaigners. Amid discussions on regional food security and democratic backsliding, one issue kept resurfacing…
Researchers from advisory firm PF Global urged the Prime Minister to tout the UK’s oil and gas industry in this month’s EU reset talks , arguing it would help bolster his negotiating position and contribute to Europe’s…
While it didn’t make the headlines, Chancellor John Healey’s Budget speech signalled a huge shift in positioning from previous governments over net zero. “Today I’m setting a new course on energy: to get UK energy costs…
The ballot proposal would have levied a one-time tax on the state's mega wealthy to help fund healthcare. It took nearly a week of counting votes after the midterm election to determine a projection on the measure. There…
In an internal email to staff on Tuesday, the Australian company's CEO Vanessa Hudson said "this is hard news for some and I'm sorry for the uncertainty it brings". The job cuts will begin mid-2027, she said, and start…
Total retail sales in the UK increased by 1.5 per cent year-on-year, according to the British Retail Consortium (BRC), against growth of 1.6 per cent in the year to October 2025. Food sales growth slowed from 3.5 per…
The Conservatives have published a plan to cut the welfare bill by more than £36bn a year as the party pledged to find spending reductions in order to support the public finances. The opposition party has published a…
None of us had that on our bingo cards for 2026. Huang's alleged romantic affair with Alice Huang (no relation), the former CEO of a Singapore-based data centre company, has cast ripples far beyond his immediate family…
Shares in the chip maker fell by almost 7.5% as soon as the opening bell rang out, as investors respond to the news that CEO Jensen Huang has admitted having an extramarital affair – reportedly with a Chinese spy. That…
He co-founded the company as a young engineer in 1993 and oversaw its growth into a multitrillion dollar chipmaker and bellwether of the AI industry at large. He's also made it a family business. His children, Madison…