Half of small businesses do not expect to grow over the coming year as confidence plunges and insolvencies spiral, lobbyists have warned. Spiralling costs are eroding margins…

Q: With the Government warning of “significant economic uncertainty” what can small firms, like my own, do to make sure they are prepared for the unexpected? Indeed,…

This may all prove unduly downbeat, but it is nevertheless at this stage quite hard to see why things should turn out much better. Growth heals all…

‘We want whistleblowers [to report breaches] if they believe that there are things happening at the Fringe that are unfair on any front,” says Benny Higgins, chair…

Robert Wood at Bank of America estimates there is a 35pc chance the UK will slip into recession, based on deteriorating consumer confidence. Inflation hit 7pc in…

He’s not exactly a household name. If the average Briton has heard of Andrew Bailey, it’s probably only because he’s the guy who told them not to…

As Margaret Thatcher, the last Prime Minister who had to tackle an inflationary crisis, once memorably put it: “Inflation is the biggest destroyer of all, of industry,…

But what if? What if the conventional wisdom is wrong on both fronts? First, the outlook for shares may be rather more resilient than it seems right…

Overall he expects the economy to shrink by 0.2pc or 0.3pc in the second quarter of the year, marking the first contraction since the lockdown at the…

First, the tax break attracts wealth. The non-doms bring money into the country that otherwise would not be here. They have a wide range of places where…

Paul Dales at Capital Economics says the decline was “encouraging” as it showed households were willing to whittle down their savings to “carry on spending”. He adds:…

What is more, household savings remain buoyant by past standards, giving plenty of headroom to keep spending even as real incomes get squeezed by rising inflation. Around…

The question now is who gets the blame. Britain is about to become much poorer. Almost all of us will find that we can no longer afford…

The cost of living crisis risks sparking a wave of rioting in Britain because its economy is one of the most fragile in Europe, a French investment…

“We’ve got public transportation systems that are nigh on uneconomic. We’ve got catch up education to do. We’ve got health paid for, but not, let’s be honest…

But when it comes to borrowing next year and afterwards the picture is going to be a good deal worse. I suspect that the OBR will be…

For energy, at least, countries already have the blueprint to help beef up their resilience: turning to renewables can boost energy security while also cutting carbon emissions….

Part of the thinking behind Sunak’s fiscal squeeze is that with the economy restored to pre-pandemic health and actually in some danger of overheating, demand could do…

Even if that is not how the challenge is framed, the reality is that the scale of tightening required to return inflation to target would bring the…

On Thursday, the Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) will hold its March meeting. Policymakers will deliberate the economic impact and risks coming from Putin’s war.  Clouded by…

Though Sunak has repeatedly maintained the NI hike must go ahead, mounting pressures could change his mind, notes Chris Sanger at EY: “With the increase in the…

Price signals suggest the Oxford-Cambridge corridor desperately needs more housing and infrastructure, for example, with demand for lab space outstripping supply. Just this week, reports suggest Michael…

Dwell times at UK ports have more than doubled since last spring as global supply chains creak. Shippers spent an average of more than seven days discharging…