Rachel Reeves’s trip to China – the first by a British chancellor since 2019 – was always going to be controversial. In recent years Conservative… Read More »Grim economic news raises stakes for embattled chancellor’s controversial China trip
Making Britain better off will be “at the forefront of the chancellor’s mind” during her visit to China, the Treasury has said amid controversy over… Read More »Reeves intent on ‘making Britain better off’ on China trip – as she backs ‘non-negotiable’ budget
The price of resale tickets could be capped under plans to stop the public being “fleeced” by professional touts, the government has announced. The limit… Read More »Ticket re-sales could be capped under crackdown on touts
Bim Afolami, the former City minister, is to return to HSBC – the bank he worked for before he embarked on a career in politics… Read More »Former City minister Afolami to return to HSBC in board role
A representative for one of the world’s biggest fast fashion retailers, Shein was unable to answer questions from MPs over where it sources its cotton… Read More »‘Very, very, very simple questions’ unanswered by Shein at workers rights meeting of MPs
Shop prices will rise in 2025 as the key Christmas trading period failed to meet retailers’ expectations, according to industry data. Shop sales grew just… Read More »Higher prices for 2025 as Christmas trading fails to meet expectations – industry says
A television network majority-owned by David Montgomery, the media entrepreneur, is to snap up the licence to operate a London-focused TV station from Lord Lebedev,… Read More »Montgomery-backed Local TV swoops on Lebedev’s London Live licence
Outside it is the bleak midwinter. We are smack bang in the middle of some of the country’s best agricultural land. But inside the cavernous… Read More »Could this be the future of farming?
Tide, the business banking services platform, has hired advisers to orchestrate a fresh share sale as it pursues rapid growth in the UK and overseas.… Read More »SME lender Tide rises to challenge with new fundraising
An outsourcing group backed by Lord Hammond, the former chancellor of the exchequer, is among the suitors circling Telent, a major provider of digital infrastructure… Read More »Hammond-backed outsourcer Amey among bidders for £300m Telent