Christmas shoppers could miss a bargain by focusing on a single day. Those hoping to make their money go further have another shopping window to watch. The days leading up to the event are worth watching, with exclusive figures shared with GB News revealing that the choice of offers on VoucherCodes.co.uk peaked before Black Friday last year. There were 31,400 offers available on both November 23 and 24, compared with 31,100 on Black Friday and 30,700 on Cyber Monday. Connie Suggitt, from Vouc...
Global oil markets will swing to a supply surplus for the first time since the start of the Iran war as Persian Gulf exports recover despite the ongoing conflict, the International Energy Agency said.
Donald Trump is still defending men who are facing a lot of heat. Whether it’s Nvidia’s CEO, Jensen Huang, who could be ousted after admitting an affair with an alleged Chinese spy, or his embattled secretary of defence, Pete Hegseth. He has also (jokingly) begged strongmen to take his job offers. Jonathan Freedland speaks to Susan Glasser of the New Yorker about why Trump’s judgment of high-profile men is … questionable Listen out for and watch the new series of Comfort Eating with Siobhán M...
Recent analysis has revealed that brimming an SUV with a 70-litre tank with unleaded costs £15 more today than it did two years ago, while refuelling a diesel model is almost £40 more expensive.
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Bournemouth became a hub for thousands of finance jobs after the 1980s big bang, but new tech risks hurting Dorset’s economy A few minutes’ drive from Bournemouth’s sandy beachfront, on the site of a former farm, lies an unlikely nerve centre of international finance. Here, miles from the glass towers of London’s Canary Wharf, more than 5,300 staff including compliance officers, analysts and software engineers help process more than $1tn (£750bn) worth of global transactions each day for the...
The UK has a shopping list of sectoral agreements it wants to come away with from next week's key and long-delayed EU-UK summit, part of the 'small steps' in a path that could eventually lead to membership.
The 'magnificent seven' American companies - including the likes of Apple and Nvidia - now have a huge bearing on our pensions and ISAs, even if we don't think we're invested in them
US investment firm Gordon Brothers is ‘taking due care’ to consider if one of three bidders has enough funds Business live – latest updates Poundland’s owner has said it is “taking due care” to consider if one of three bidders had enough funds to ensure its survival after the troubled budget retail chain secured two more weeks to find a deal. The management of Poundland , which employs approximately 12,000 people and operates 600 stores in the UK and Ireland, won approval from the high court...
Despite John Healey’s defiance, the economy faces threats from a tech slowdown and energy bills this winter AI helps UK economy grow at fastest pace for more than two years The forecasters were clear when John Healey became chancellor in July: Britain’s resilience to the war in the Middle East would not last. The global economic headwinds were too strong, inflation was beginning to rise and growth would slow to a trickle. Four months into the job, the economy is continuing to defy expectation...
At a time when individual men wield massive power, the ramifications of the Nvidia CEO’s affair could be enormous One of the reasons you want to distribute power and responsibility in powerful organizations and high-stakes enterprises is so that the narcissism or myopia of one man do not come to carry outsized consequences. When power is spread out across multiple people, it matters less if one of those people is prone to flattery, or in the midst of a midlife crisis, or perhaps just a bit st...
Shares up 7% after announcement as Jaime Gilinski Bacal seeks exit three years after helping to rescue bank Metro Bank is putting itself up for sale three years after its near-collapse, in a move that could hand a £420m windfall to its Colombian billionaire investor, Jaime Gilinski Bacal. Metro Bank made the rare decision to publicly announce it was open to bids on Thursday, paving the way for a wider pool of suitors. The announcement pushed the share price up by 7% by mid-morning, valuing th...
CEO says ‘democratic approach’ has helped brand outperform tough market, with big rises in China and US Burberry has returned to profit as its back-to-basics strategy drove strong sales of the British brand’s coats, jackets and handbags over the summer. Joshua Schulman, the chief executive, said the luxury brand had outperformed a “challenging luxury market” to achieve sales growth of 6%, helped by strong online and wholesale sales particularly in China and the US. “Our strategy is working,”...
UK luxury brand Burberry has beaten forecasts for second-quarter sales and first-half profit, saying its more affordable products had won over younger shoppers in the US and China.
This Christmas, Movie House cinemas are giving customers the chance to enjoy a festive film while helping make a difference to families in need across Northern Ireland.
Britain’s national wealth fund invests £113m in UForce, whose equipment has been used heavily in war with Russia A London-based naval drone maker founded by Ukrainians has reached a £4.5bn valuation after it raised more than £500m from investors including the UK government. UForce, which makes military drones for land, air and sea, received £113m from the UK’s national wealth fund. The investment makes UForce one of the UK’s fastest-growing unicorns – or startups with a valuation of more than...
GDP ‘grew robustly’ by 0.7% in third quarter and by 0.2% month on month in September despite high oil prices AI helped the UK defy expectations – but will Britain’s resilience fizzle out? Business live – latest updates The UK economy grew by 0.7% in the third quarter, its fastest expansion in two and a half years, as the rollout of AI services increased activity. The Office for National Statistics reported that the economy “grew robustly” in the July to September quarter, almost entirely due...
Exclusive: Legal notice comes as Buenos Aires ramps up rhetoric over UK territory and seeks to halt Sea Lion project The Argentinian government threatened a British businessman involved in an offshore Falkland Islands oil project with jail, the Guardian can reveal. Sam Moody, the chief executive of Rockhopper Exploration, and his company’s chief financial officer received the correspondence this autumn as Buenos Aires began ramping up its rhetoric over the British overseas territory. Continue...
Regulator to hasten review over concerns that firms are ‘undermining’ rules to make large payments to bosses Business live – latest updates The water company bonus ban is set to be tightened after the regulator accused the industry of a risk of “damaging public trust” with large payments to bosses that appeared to get around the rules. Anglian Water was singled out for particular criticism over “retention payments” worth up to £800,000 for its chief executive, Mark Thurston, despite the bonus...
The UK economy grew at the fastest rate in two and a half years in the third quarter of 2026, helped by a boost from artificial intelligence and extending a strong first-half, official figures showed today.
Shoppers are being left unable to pay at the checkout because stores do not accept a payment method they can use. Nearly three in 10 UK adults have experienced the problem in the past year, according to new Post Office research. The findings have prompted a call for retailers to review their payment options and prepare for outages that could stop customers completing their purchases. Among the 29 per cent of adults who had been unable to pay, more than one in five, or 21 per cent, said the sh...
In 2022 and 2023, Hartshead Moor East, near Leeds, was voted the worst in Great Britain. Ever since, staff have been on a mission to redeem its reputation The crime issue of the Long Read magazine is out now. Click here to order In October 2023, at Skelton Lake service station on the M1 south-east of Leeds, Janine Gray received some bad news. She was surrounded by journalists and leading lights from the transport industry: people from the AA, the RAC, motorway service area chief executives, o...
Mansion tax inspectors can photograph people's homes without the owner's permission or knowledge to collect a new levy. The Government has instructed Valuation Office inspectors to take exterior photos of properties and gardens from public highways against an owner's wishes. But critics have slammed the guidance as "state snooping". From April 2028, a levy will be placed on homes worth more than £2million. The move is expected to generate £430million for the Exchequer, as around 150,000 prope...
Global technology editor Dan Milmo on the scandal rocking the world of AI: US intelligence believes the lover of Nvidia’s chief executive, Jensen Huang, is a Chinese spy Nvidia is one of the biggest companies in the world. Its chief executive, Jensen Huang, is worth around $150bn (£112bn). But the AI giant’s stock is sliding – and Huang’s position is under question – after it emerged on Sunday that he had been having an affair with a woman US intelligence services believe is a Chinese spy. Gl...
Al Gore, Founding Partner & Chairman, Generation Investment Management and Former US Vice President discusses the future of climate action with Bloomberg's Akshat Rathi at Bloomberg Green at COP31 in Antalya, Türkiye. (Source: Bloomberg)
Aluminum buyers on the London Metal Exchange are facing the most severe squeeze in decades as inventories backing contracts plunge and much of the remaining stock comes under the control of just two traders.
People who use AI chatbots to help prepare their tax returns could be asked to hand over those conversations to HMRC under proposed new powers. The plans would widen the digital information the tax authority can request when checking whether the correct tax has been paid. Chat histories and prompts entered into services such as ChatGPT, Copilot and Claude could fall within the rules if they are relevant to a tax check. The proposals are included in the Budget Bill, which is expected to become...
A food supplier to some of Britain's biggest supermarkets has collapsed into administration, with 662 workers losing their jobs. The business stopped all operations on Monday, leaving hundreds of staff out of work in the run-up to Christmas. Kanes Food Limited, based in Worcestershire, supplied ready meals and salads to chains including Lidl, Aldi, Iceland and Asda. Administrators from PwC were appointed on November 9 after the company suffered years of financial losses and operational diffic...
Pump prices stay stubbornly high as leading bank official warns energy costs are likely to remain ‘elevated’ Business live – latest updates The price of diesel on UK forecourts remains stubbornly close to October’s record high of £2 despite a sharp fall in oil prices. A litre costs an average of 197p, according to the AA, which described the situation as “dismal”. By contrast, petrol has fallen 6p to 168p from the peak of 174.7p in early October. That was the highest level since August 2022....