At its meeting ending on 29 July 2026, the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) voted by a majority of 6–3 to maintain Bank Rate at 3.75%. Three members voted to increase Bank Rate by 0.25 percentage points, to 4%.
Read more →The FCA has censured Equity for Growth (Securities) Limited (EFG) for approving financial promotions relating to minibonds that were unfair, unclear and misleading.
Read more →The European Central Bank has outlined the accessibility features of the digital euro app, which will allow users to access basic digital euro services. From the outset, accessibility and inclusion have been core design…
Read more →Rolls-Royce is not the only weapons company to report strong demand today: BAE Systems has also said that “sustained increases” in defence budgets around the world meant it had upgraded its profit forecasts.
Read more →Shell more than doubled its profit in its second quarter of the year, as Europe’s biggest oil and gas company reaped the benefits from the jump in oil and gas prices triggered by war in the Middle East.
Read more →Carmakers are delaying final decisions to invest in UK factories until electric car sales rules are relaxed, according to the head of the British car industry’s lobby group.
Read more →UK interest rates are expected to be held at 3.75% for a fifth time by Bank of England policymakers.
Read more →Mark Zuckerberg’s media spree touting the positive effects of artificial intelligence did little to cushion the blow of Meta’s second-quarter earnings, which sent its stock tumbling on Wednesday.
Read more →US interest rates have been held for the fifth time in a row by the Federal Reserve.
Read more →The Federal Open Market Committee approved the following statement for release by a 9 â 3 vote:
Read more →Transport for London is pursuing a potential £1bn legal action against car manufacturers over vehicles that it argues should not have been allowed to drive freely in the capital’s clean-air zone.
Read more →Las Vegas is in a tourism slump. Hotel occupancy and air travel are down, and many local hospitality employees are experiencing layoffs or cuts in their hours. What's driving this downturn, and can Sin City bounce back?
Read more →OpenAI has revealed that a cyber-attack carried out by a rogue AI agent had more than one victim.
Read more →Richard Tice has been referred to parliament’s standards watchdog over an undeclared loan of nearly £80,000 from Nigel Farage’s aide George Cottrell .
Read more →BMW is planning to cut as many as 8,000 jobs in Germany, according to reports, in the latest sign of Europe’s largest carmakers reducing costs under pressure from Chinese rivals.
Read more →Iced matcha lattes and a bigger range of salads and chicken rolls helped Greggs to boost its sales during the string of summer heatwaves, as the bakery chain continues to expand across the UK.
Read more →The Indian Premier League’s value has surged to an estimated $20.6bn (£15.5bn), boosted by ownership deals involving two of its biggest franchises, according to a report by the investment bank Houlihan Lokey.
Read more →Concacaf has joined Uefa in criticising Fifa’s plan to sell off stakes in the World Cup to private investors.
Read more →The European Central Bank (ECB) wage tracker, which covers active collective bargaining agreements, indicates negotiated wage pressures with smoothed one-off payments of 2.3% in 2026 (based on a coverage of 44.3% of emp…
Read more →Heathrow passengers face decades of higher fares after the airport was given permission to recover early costs from developing its expansion plan.
Read more →Datacentre projects in Britain will be forced to put down significant upfront fees to secure an energy connection under proposals to ease an electricity grid logjam .
Read more →Netflix is neck-and-neck with the BBC as the default service Britons turn to when they switch on their TV, according to research.
Read more →Andy Burnham has been warned by a leading thinktank of “very difficult trade-offs in the next autumn budget” if the Iran war keeps oil prices and inflation high.
Read more →Bloggers David and Ina Steiner were stalked by eBay executives over their critical coverage of the company
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