“Everything I wanted was finally coming to fruition. A house, a change of job and getting married,” says Liz Hurst, looking out to sea on a hot evening in Blackpool.
European stock markets have opened broadly higher this morning – the UK’s blue chip FTSE 100 index is up 0.3%, led by a 11.7% rise in Vodafone after the news that the French billionaire Xavier Niel has bought a £4.4bn s…
Exclusive: Plan to improve skills of thousands of financial sector workers to keep pace with tech revolution
Big name artists including Oasis with their highly anticipated reunion tour, Coldplay and Beyoncé helped to attract a record number of fans to travel to watch live music last year, helped by a surge in overseas visitors…
Vapes could be sold in plain packaging as part of a range of proposals to stop them being marketed to children.
George Cottrell’s mother, Fiona, at centre of criminal inquiry over potential evasion of restrictions on donations
Aviation lawyer Amanda Applegate skipped her annual vacation last month as a surge of wealth from AI startups and SpaceX sent a wave of tech investors shopping for private jets, burying her in paperwork for aircraft-pu…
The Federal Reserve on Thursday announced the leadership and objectives of its task forces to advance the conduct of monetary policy.
Interest rates may need to increase this year to keep rising prices under control, according to the Bank of England's chief economist.
On Tuesday, amid an investigation by parliamentary standards into an undisclosed £5m gift, Nigel Farage announced he would resign and trigger a byelection in his constituency of Clacton-on-Sea.
Capita has revealed that the bill for cleaning up its mess at the crisis-hit Civil Service Pension Scheme could wipe up to £40m off annual profits – a day after its chief executive apologised to MPs for a “very poor ser…
Measures aim to make it easier for victims to gain compensation, with firms such as Bolt and Lime held responsible for damage
Prominent economists including Jim O’Neill, an ally of Andy Burnham, are urging the MP for Makerfield to pursue radical tax and spending reform to “unlock the gridlock that plagues the country” when he is confirmed as p…
The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday announced the execution of the following enforcement action listed below:
Ms Schnabel started her presentation by noting that, since the Governing Council's previous monetary policy meeting on 29-30 April 2026, euro area financial markets had been torn between two competing developments: the …
A second parliamentary committee has urged Labour to scrap Palantir’s £330m contract with the NHS, increasing pressure on the next prime minister over government deals with the US tech company.
Airports have had to use gazebos to shield passengers from sun as they wait to be processed, says Alexander Zinell
On 10 June, a snowy-haired American in his 60s addressed the residents of a remote Greenland hamlet. He was there to tell them about a business venture supported by figures linked to Donald Trump. “So,” Robert Price sai…
A couple of decades ago, Tesco was going to bestride the globe. Little ol’ UK, plus Ireland, didn’t offer enough room for the country’s biggest supermarket chain to expand, ran a theory that was encouraged from outside …
Sony’s announcement spells the end of a whole ecosystem built by superfan collectors – and signals a troubling shift in the industry
An LGBTQ+ cruise ship blocked from Turkish waters this week has been refused entry into Egypt.
Researchers on Beaver Island, in Lake Michigan, are trying to find a more reliable form of power using local resources
Whenever major reform is proposed the media, big business and Westminster quickly conclude it’s too expensive and disruptive. This doesn’t bode well for Andy Burnham
The FCA led an international crackdown on illegal finfluencer promotions – resulting in 3 arrests and 650 social media takedown requests. It also secured a combined 11 years in prison for 2 cases of insider dealing in t…