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  • Tuesday, 5 July, 2022
    Commercial property
    UBS sublets London office ‘grey space’ as more staff work from home

    Swiss bank has allowed two-thirds of 73,000 global employees to work flexibly permanently

    1 hour ago
  • Tuesday, 5 July, 2022
    Give charities same help as small businesses to boost UK productivity, ministers urged

    Scheme offering discounted advice to SMEs should be adapted for the voluntary sector, experts say

    2 hours ago
  • Monday, 4 July, 2022
    UK labour disputes
    UK faces first national train drivers’ strike in 25 years

    Prospect of ‘massive’ travel disruption intensifies as more unions ballot members and fuel protests clog main roads

  • Monday, 4 July, 2022
    UK energy
    Intensive industrial energy users to warn UK ministers over gas rationing

    Sections of industry, such as glass and ceramic making, will be at risk of closure if supplies are restricted, executives will say

  • Monday, 4 July, 2022
    UK manufacturing
    UK ministers rebuff request for help in reopening fertiliser plant

    UK Nitrogen wants £10mn loan to restart production at CF Industries’ mothballed Ince plant

  • Monday, 4 July, 2022
    UK politics & policy
    UK politicians raise alarm over Chinese CCTV providers

    MPs and peers call on Boris Johnson to ban sale and use of equipment in Britain made by Hikvision and Dahua

  • Monday, 4 July, 2022
    UK politics & policy
    UK courts backlog worsens as junior barristers quit over pay

    Further strikes this week driven by cuts to legal aid fees in England and Wales

  • Monday, 4 July, 2022
    Howard Davies
    Levelling up needs Conservatives to go back to the future

    The UK government should stop half measures and recreate an Audit Commission that can deliver reliable data on local authorities

  • Monday, 4 July, 2022
    UK Power Networks Holdings Ltd
    £15bn deal for UK Power Networks collapses after owner lifts price

    KKR and Macquarie walk away after Li Ka-shing group decided inflation had increased the electricity distributor’s value

  • Monday, 4 July, 2022
    ReviewEconomics books
    British Rail: A New History — a timely reminder of how to run a railway

    Christian Wolmar’s examination of nationalisation reveals that in the 1980s and 1990s the system was making progress

  • Monday, 4 July, 2022
    Coronavirus economic impact
    Crackdown on UK company directors who abused Covid support schemes

    More than one-third of those disqualified in the past two months found to have misused loan or furlough programmes

  • Monday, 4 July, 2022
    UK insurance industry
    UK motor insurers headed for underwriting losses as inflation bites

    Share prices that rose on pandemic-related drop in claims have turned south

  • Sunday, 3 July, 2022
    Childcare
    Government to consult on cutting adult-child ratio in English nurseries

    Proposals to cut red tape do not address problems of underfunding, say sector leaders

  • Sunday, 3 July, 2022
    Cost of living crisis
    Low UK income growth leaves families ‘brutally exposed’ to surging inflation

    Resolution Foundation finds renters, single parents and those with young children to be most vulnerable

  • Sunday, 3 July, 2022
    UK energy
    Rolls-Royce reveals site shortlist for first small nuclear reactor factory

    UK chancellor Rishi Sunak’s constituency in North Yorkshire among 6 contenders

  • Sunday, 3 July, 2022
    UK moves closer to US-style class actions 

    Landmark case signals shift for consumers towards mass lawsuits over antitrust breaches 

  • Sunday, 3 July, 2022
    Mortgages
    UK mortgage holders face higher bills as their fixed-rate contracts expire

    One-third of households on fixed agreements could experience increased repayments within two years

  • Sunday, 3 July, 2022
    Scotland
    Credibility of Scottish census damaged by poor participation rates

    Every municipal area failed to meet its target, prompting fears about future delivery of services

  • Sunday, 3 July, 2022
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    UK needs to decide how it will share the economic pain

    Britain faces the most complex policy challenges of any rich country

  • Sunday, 3 July, 2022
    UK politics & policy
    Labour shortfall leading to ‘catastrophic’ food waste, UK farmers warn

    Limited numbers of visas for seasonal worker threatens contraction of sector and risks some farms going bust

  • Sunday, 3 July, 2022
    Pilita Clark
    Help truly wanted, even if you’ve been in jail

    Amid crippling worker shortages, some employers are loosening job requirements

  • Saturday, 2 July, 2022
    Science
    UK science minister in dispute with Treasury over post-Brexit funding

    Plan for an alternative to EU’s flagship Horizon project has yet to win finance ministry’s agreement

  • Friday, 1 July, 2022
    UK airports
    London City airport looks to expand to meet post-Covid recovery in travel

    Plans to ease existing controls on weekend and early flights likely to hit resistance

  • Friday, 1 July, 2022
    New CBI president warns over tough two years of economic crisis

    Brian McBride says living standards will be set back by two years as businesses grapple with inflationary pressures

  • Friday, 1 July, 2022
    UK interest rates
    UK mortgage rates rise at fastest pace in a decade

    House price growth expected to slow as buyers’ incomes are hit by higher interest and jump in cost of living

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