Number of UK businesses in financial distress ‘at two-decade high’
Administrator BTG says 738,144 firms struggling as calls grow for more support for private sector in budget
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Anthropic IPO filing in focus; Boeing to report - what’s moving markets
Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) and Nasdaq-100 Index (NDX) are climbing triple digits, as investors turn their focus to a fresh batch of earnings and today's start of the Federal Reserve's two-day meet…
Read more →UK government met 137 businesses over AI datacentres – but no environmental groups
Investigation finds dozens of ministers and civil servants moved into AI roles as government developed datacentre expansion plans
Read more →Will the Budget pass Burnham's Makerfield test?
On a wet Tuesday in October, Platt Bridge Community Centre, near Wigan, is alive with the music of Shania Twain. About 30 women and one man are line dancing to her hit Man! I Feel Like a Woman! The class is so popular t…
Read more →Donald Trump's biggest economic problem looks strangely familiar
The White House is confronting a familiar dilemma. The economic numbers aren't necessarily bad - but the public mood is.
Read more →‘It’s a better experience’: shoppers praise Oxford Street pedestrianisation
To the east of Oxford Circus, there is chaos. A steady stream of red London buses swing round the last junction before the newly pedestrianised Oxford Street begins. The streets are crammed with pedestrians, some squabb…
Read more →Landowners could scupper free Land Registry access plans, campaigners warn
Plans by the government to give the public free access for the first time to information on who owns England’s land are at risk of being scuppered by landowners, campaigners have said.
Read more →Four takeaways from Anthropic’s potentially record-breaking stock market filing
The AI company’s first public financial disclosures reveal explosive growth, huge costs and risks ranging from cyber-attacks to the limits of safeguards
Read more →Super-rich get ‘double dividend’ from causes and costs of climate crisis, report finds
Oxfam says investing by rich in disaster recovery widens inequality and gives incentive to delay climate action
Read more →UK shop price inflation ‘highest since 2024’ as retailers struggle to limit price rises
Shop price inflation has risen to the highest level in two and a half years, according to the British Retail Consortium, which warned that “the dam is starting to break” when it comes to retailers trying to limit price …
Read more →'I'm a single mum on £41,000 and limit my weekly shop to £40.' What do you want from the Budget?
Unlike in previous years there have been very few leaks about what will be in it, though Healey's tax and spending plans will be under close scrutiny at a time when government borrowing costs are at "historic highs".
Read more →October 2026 euro area bank lending survey
According to the October 2026 bank lending survey (BLS), euro area banks reported a further net tightening of credit standards – banks’ internal guidelines or loan approval criteria – for loans or credit lines to enterp…
Read more →iPhone Duo owners report cracks in Apple’s first foldable handset
Company says small number of devices affected by display glitch after posts appear on Reddit and social media
Read more →Microsoft to reportedly offer buyouts to 60,000 employees in latest cuts
Tech company offers buyouts in an effort to reduce costs amid the rising use of AI, according to reports
Read more →No 10 clarifies Andy Burnham’s stance on freedom of movement
Clarification comes after PM fuelled speculation about EU-UK relationship in series of interviews at weekend
Read more →Audi boss under fire in Germany for Trump rally appearance
Gernot Döllner criticised for in-person announcement of major investment in US days before midterm elections
Read more →Netanyahu rejects reports of potential escalation with Iran before elections - AP
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israelis entered the final 24 hours of an intense election season on Monday, as reports circulated that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu may have clashed with the Israeli military over initiating a pos…
Read more →Why Goldman Sachs expects Fed to skip October rate hike
Goldman Sachs has pushed back its forecast for the Federal Reserve’s next rate increase to December from October after U.S. inflation pressures came in weaker than expected. The bank went further, saying there is also a…
Read more →Defence SMEs need banking services that work
Before they can develop new technologies, win contracts or expand into new markets, they need access to banking services to help them operate, invest and grow.
Read more →European gas prices soar to four-year high over winter supply fears
European gas prices have jumped to levels not seen since 2022 as fears continue to grow around the continent’s supply this winter and the conflict in the Middle East.
Read more →Chandler King (City) Limited enters creditors’ voluntary liquidation
On 17 September 2026, Chandler King (City) Limited (Chandler King) went into creditors’ voluntary liquidation. Grace Jones and Karyn Jones of Parker Andrews were appointed as joint liquidators.
Read more →Drive reindustrialisation from No 10 North or risk failure, MPs tell Burnham
Ninety-plus Labour MPs warn civil service lacks skills to drive growth where it is needed and plan should be steered by Louise Haigh from Manchester
Read more →Brexit deal is not good enough for British public, says Andy Burnham
Brexit has not “played out” like it was promised to the public, has weakened the economy and the current deal is not good enough, Andy Burnham has said, while ruling out any major changes in the current parliament.
Read more →Survey on the Access to Finance of Enterprises: lending conditions tightened
In the most recent round of the Survey on the Access to Finance of Enterprises (SAFE) in the euro area, covering the third quarter of 2026, euro area firms widely reported a further net increase in interest rates on ban…
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