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Private healthcare in the UK is experiencing unprecedented growth as NHS (National Health Service) waiting lists soar and public services struggle to keep up. This surge in demand is also fuelling a...

Boutique investment banks hiked pay and hired senior dealmakers as a rebound in M&A (Mergers and Acquisitions) work in 2025 had set them on course for a stellar year. The elite boutiques that work...

Irish businesses in the European Union expect tariffs to have an impact on the wider economy in 2026, but very few see them as a direct threat to their own operations. A survey by the Association of...

The Financial Conduct Authority’s new deputy chief executive has urged women not to rule themselves out of senior jobs. Sarah Pritchard, who took over her role in June, has made the list, compiled...

Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has said that Brazil will walk away if the trade agreement between the EU and South American trade bloc Mercosur is not finalised this month. He was...

Just as the UK economy struggles at present, Ireland’s in the European Union is not faring much better. Ireland’s reliance on multinationals and international exports means “global shocks”...

The Bank of England (BoE) is coming under mounting pressure to boost the ailing UK economy after fresh data revealed it suffered another contraction in October. The central bank’s Monetary Policy...

Reading captions of some newspaper articles one might get the impression that building a startup these days in the UK is not the right thing to do. Capital markets remain cautious, the macro-economics...

With AI systems spreading across the world, the question arises who is responsible when they cause harm, fail or bring about unexpected results. This is becoming a major problem for businesses. As...

The decision of the UK government to transfer oversight of anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing supervision to the FCA (Financial Conduct Authority) has raised concerns within the...

A little over a year ago, the governor of the Bank of England (BoE), Andrew Bailey, took the unusual step of warning that in his view, Brexit has undermined the British economy. He urged ministers to...

London has held on to its spot at the top of a closely watched index of European cities as other UK destinations move up the ranks. The capital has once again ranked number one on the 25th edition of...

It would be generally agreed that Britain faces a challenging economic context. Weak global demand, persistent inflation and high borrowing costs are squeezing both households and businesses....

As the UK faces up to the economic challenges it confronts as a country, it should remain optimistic about its ability to thrive in an uncertain world. Britain has four of the top 10 universities in...

Despite the somewhat grim prediction of the Treasury back around the time of the Brexit referendum, there have been some major success stories in Brexit Britain and manufacturing has been one of them....

Nearly half of business owners are still planning to reduce headcounts in response to chancellor Rachel Revers’ £25 billion tax hike on employers’ national insurance contributions (NICs), a new...

The UK is facing a “quiet but urgent crisis” on workplace sickness that costs the country around seven per cent of GDP each year, a review by former John Lewis boss Sir Charles Mayfield has found....

The manufacturing industry has warned the government to prioritise growth in the Budget as the sector fights back from a year-long downturn in the face of “existential threats”. Manufacturers have...

UK finance chiefs believe the country is falling behind rivals as costs are stacking up and squeezing profit margins, a new survey has shown, with further alarm bells ringing that businesses are...

Business confidence in the UK fell to a fresh record low, as fears of another cost squeeze stoked up an already dire operating environment that was found to have “worsened across the board”....