‘A small snippet’: what pubs make of Burnham’s £100m rates giveaway
One of Andy Burnham’s first policy measures as prime minister is a 20% reduction in business rates for pubs, clubs and live music venues.
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‘Burnham bounce’ and World Cup lift mood in July, says data firm
Consumer confidence in the UK jumped this month by its biggest margin for nearly three years as the prospect of Andy Burnham becoming prime minister became almost certain.
Read more →Qantas tests new ultra long-range Airbus in 17,000km direct flight from France to Melbourne
Airbus A350–1000ULR becomes most watched plane on flight tracking websites as Qantas tests new aircraft for its Project Sunrise
Read more →Regional mayors to take key roles in UK policy decisions as part of No 10 North plans
It’s not just a No 10 in the north, it’s an engine for growth throughout the whole UK | Andy Burnham
Read more →Lobbying firm pressed for details about payments to journalists for favourable stories
A political lobbying firm secretly paying journalists for articles favourable to its clients is facing calls to reveal full details of the payments, after the practice was denounced as a dangerous “attack on democracy”.
Read more →Trump administration to unveil latest stage of aggressive trade policy
Donald Trump ’s administration will unveil the latest stage of his aggressive trade policy on Thursday, the White House has said, amid reports the US president is preparing a fresh wave of sweeping tariffs.
Read more →‘Customers prefer AI chatbots,’ says British Gas owner as 1,300 call centre jobs axed
The owner of British Gas has claimed that most households would rather speak with an AI chatbot than deal with the company’s staff as it prepares to cut 1,300 jobs from its call centres.
Read more →Letter from the Governor to the Daily Mail
On Friday, May 15, Governor Polis pardoned 35 people and commuted the sentences of nine others, including former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters, who was convicted and sentenced for her role in a breach of her office’s el…
Read more →SEC Announces Roundtable on Preparations for 24-Hour Trading
On Monday, September 29, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) held a joint roundtable in Washington, D.C., focusing on regulatory harmonization between t…
Read more →ECB reveals shortlisted designs for new banknotes and launches public survey
The European Central Bank (ECB) today unveiled the shortlisted design proposals for the next series of euro banknotes and launched a public survey inviting people across Europe to provide their feedback. These design pr…
Read more →Oil passes $100 a barrel again and shares fall as Middle East conflict escalates
The oil price broke above $100 a barrel for the first time in two months, as a fresh escalation of the Middle East conflict threatens to compound disruption to global oil supplies.
Read more →UK households free to install plug-in balcony solar panels from end of August
British households will be able to buy plug-in solar panels later this summer after the government changed the law so the UK’s biggest retailers could bring them to market for the first time.
Read more →Christine Lagarde, Boris Vujčić: Monetary policy statement
The Governing Council today decided to keep the three key ECB interest rates unchanged. The outlook for energy prices, while highly volatile, currently stands close to the baseline of the June Eurosystem staff projectio…
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The Governing Council today decided to keep the three key ECB interest rates unchanged. The outlook for energy prices, while highly volatile, currently stands close to the baseline of the June Eurosystem staff projectio…
Read more →Managing conflicts of interest in insurance
Having just joined as the FCA’s new insurance director, it’s been great getting to know the team and see the variety of work they’re doing – whether that’s working with the industry to improve claims experiences for cus…
Read more →Dubai offers £600 rewards to residents who lure friends to visit as tourist numbers plummet
Residents eligible for dining and hotel packages if they can persuade family and friends to city spurned by visitors amid Iran war
Read more →Space datacenters proposed by Musk and Bezos ‘catastrophic’ for planet, experts warn
Space datacenters proposed by SpaceX , Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin and others would release staggering levels of pollution that would probably alter the Earth’s atmosphere and be “catastrophic” for the planet, space indust…
Read more →FCA decides to ban father and son following fraud and misuse of client money
The FCA has decided to ban a father and son from UK financial services after the High Court found that they had engaged in fraud and misused client money.
Read more →EU fines Google €890m for competition breaches over search and apps
Google has been fined a total of €890m (£760m) by the EU for breaches of online competition laws by its search and app store services.
Read more →EasyJet profits plunge 70% as fuel costs soar amid Iran war
The low-cost airline easyJet has revealed a 70% slide in profits because of soaring fuel costs and later bookings as a result of the conflict in Iran , only weeks after it agreed to a £5.7bn takeover.
Read more →Andy Burnham to cut tax for pubs, clubs and live music in England and make vape shops pay more – business live
Pubs and restaurants company Mitchells & Butlers had other things on its plate this summer: the British heatwaves hit its sales .
Read more →Business rates to be cut by 20% for pubs, clubs and music venues in England
Burnham says relief for vape shops and other ‘non-positive’ businesses to be reviewed as part of £100m plan to fund cut
Read more →Carmakers lobbied UK to revoke ban on petrol and diesel cars after 2035
Major carmakers privately lobbied the UK government to revoke a ban on new petrol and diesel cars after 2035, according to documents that reveal for the first time the efforts to overturn a key decarbonisation policy.
Read more →Tesla’s profits slide despite growing revenue as it pivots to robotics and AI
Tesla reported its second-quarter earnings on Wednesday, disclosing far lower profits than expected. The company’s already beleaguered stock, which had fallen about 14% this year to date, dipped further following the ea…
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