Brook & Ledger — UK business, markets, and money — for people who read the numbers first.
Analysis by the Resolution Foundation thinktank shows that a lack of flexible working, insecure jobs and a loss of independence have undermined how workers feel about their employment. Based on the 2025 British Social…
Because the billionaire, who is chief executive of petrochemicals giant Ineos, has finally broken a run of winlessness in sport. The 74-year-old on Sunday saw Formula 1 driver Kimi Antonelli become the youngest ever…
The new Founders’ Relief offers a 10 per cent capital gains tax rate on up to £10m of lifetime gains, but its complex eligibility requirements have sparked a backlash just days after the Chancellor unveiled the scheme in…
Early reports suggest it will be broken into three themes: growing up, getting on and growing old. I wish I was making that up, but it seems the PM really is putting the finishing touches to a ‘cradle to the grave’…
He said any new action, which would include thousands of pubs across the UK, would ban every MP who has not shown public support to a cut for VAT for hospitality firms. Lennox said: ”There is so much anger out in the…
The £1bn Lindsell Train UK Equity fund returned 10.8 per cent to investors in October, in its best month relative to its peers and its second-best in absolute terms since its 2006 launch. In a letter to Lindsell Train…
Over the weekend, Jenrick suggested the government should intervene in the possible insolvency of Poundland, which would put some 12,000 jobs at risk, and stop its American owners from allowing the high street brand to…
Polling by City AM /Freshwater Strategy showed that about half of voters expected the Budget to make “no difference” to Britain’s economic fortunes. More respondents said it would improve the UK economy than those who…
Dublin-based aparthotel operator Staycity, which owns the Wilde brand, has founded a partnership with Penta Real Estate to deliver the new project. The 11-storey site, which will offer apartment living and co-working…
Under pressure from a cabinet backlash and health unions, the home secretary has offered a carve-out for care workers to allow them to apply for indefinite leave to remain after five years. But most of the rigorous new…