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The Bank of England’s unanimous decision to raise interest rates to four per cent reflects serious concerns over persistent inflation, not just external shocks. The government most now address root cost issues rather…
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The issue has placed a strain on relations between Spanish football chiefs and Fifa, amid suspicions that Morocco will be given the honour of staging the climax to the tournament. Spain, Portugal and Morocco are the…
Get emails about this page Documents Income Tax: image rights payments treated as employment income HTML Draft guidance: tax treatment of image rights payments under the new legislation HTML Details The government will…
Get emails about this page Documents Simplified Process for Internal Market Movements (SPIMM) — Category of goods HTML Details With the publication of the Windsor Framework , goods moving from Great Britain (GB) to…
So, with the UK desperately short of exposure to the technology sector, it might be thought that managers would be keen to invest in the £2 billion fund. But far from it. Very few UK specialist funds have any exposure at…
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The fall in the value of their shares across the world has been blamed on an expectation of a slowdown in AI development, although it comes after sharp rises over recent years. As companies grow, they may issue shares.…
Investors in East Asia, a region at the centre of the AI chip supply chain, interpreted the vote as a clear rejection of AI. Japan's Nikkei index touched a five-month low, with shares in SoftBank falling nearly 9% in…
Their compromised laptop gave hackers a route into the inner workings of the world's top cryptocurrency exchange. The crypto heist, which is thought to be the largest single theft in history, has been blamed on the North…