High street brands that boomed in the noughties before the squeeze of both sustainably minded consumers and the rise of ultra-cheap online labels are staging a comeback.
Read more →Profits at some of the UK’s best-known charity shops have plummeted as they face a number of pressures, including from online secondhand clothes platforms, prompting claims that a key part of the sector’s fundraising mo…
Read more →It’s a good time to be a coal plant in the US. The Trump administration has given support to almost half of the nation’s coal plants, helping them to continue operating despite economic and regulatory headwinds, accordi…
Read more →Passengers travelling on some of Great Britain’s busiest railway lines at Christmas have been warned of significant disruption from 10 days of engineering works.
Read more →Elon Musk has poured so much money into US politics this midterms election cycle that his donations could fund half a dozen SpaceX rocket launches or buy thousands of Tesla Cybertrucks. At the Tesla Diner in Los Angeles…
Read more →Police scheme in City of London offers errant cyclists a choice – watch a roadside safety video or pay a £50 penalty
Read more →Avanti West Coast paid out more than £20m to passengers in just three months this summer in refunds for disrupted journeys on Britain’s main intercity rail network.
Read more →Eight out of 10 properties in London’s most exclusive neighbourhoods – such as Mayfair, Belgravia and Knightsbridge – now sell below asking price, according to research by Coutts, which provides private banking services…
Read more →The MV Odyssey was billed as the ultimate escape from Donald Trump. Instead, the oil shock caused by his war has left passengers unceremoniously dumped in Cambodia
Read more →A series of suspicious bets that correctly predicted the exact top-five finishing order of this year’s Ballon d’Or and generated almost $200,000 (£149,000) in winnings is being investigated by the event’s organisers, Fr…
Read more →This Advisory updates our February 13, 2025 Advisory to reflect recent developments regarding the extension of certain implementation dates of the SEC’s Treasury Clearing Rule.
Read more →Replacing government grants with revenue streams from taxation will not in itself reduce regional inequalities. But the political implications are radical
Read more →Richmond Fed President Tom Barkin said the Federal Reserve's policy direction is largely settled given elevated inflation and a sturdy economy, but he left open how fast borrowing costs should rise from here.
Read more →Binance exchange says it will cover customer losses as it scrambles to freeze affected assets, with about $3bn located so far
Read more →With the chain on the brink of administration, its low-profile US owners face questions about their conduct
Read more →My aim today is to describe how AI is reshaping the euro area economy.[1] Although the development of frontier AI models is primarily taking place in the United States and China, the adoption of AI will be a key determi…
Read more →Iran’s Revolutionary Guard claimed Friday that three oil tankers exploded and caught fire while traveling through an unauthorized route in the Strait of Hormuz. It said one was a supertanker carrying more than 2 million…
Read more →On 29 October 2026 ECB President Christine Lagarde informed the Governing Council and the President of the European Council António Costa that she would step down from her position on 7 February 2027. A related press re…
Read more →Andrea Egan calls for same political focus on teachers, care sector and NHS and says Jackdaw decision ‘a serious misstep’
Read more →BP’s profits have hit their highest level in almost two decades as the war in the Middle East drove up oil and gas prices and led to “significantly higher” trading.
Read more →Housing secretary says Labour wants to reverse fortunes of towns plagued by boarded-up shops and rogue businesses
Read more →UK house prices grew by an annual rate of just 0.5% in October, the slowest pace in more than two years, as higher mortgage rates put off potential buyers.
Read more →After UK’s hottest summer on record, Ardingly near Haywards Heath is just 19% full – and next-closest reservoir is unusable due to broken treatment works
Read more →Respondents’ expectations for headline inflation, as measured by the Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices (HICP), stood at 3.0% for 2026, 2.6% for 2027 and 2.0% for 2028. Compared with the previous round, these were revi…
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