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    • Thursday, 23 November, 2023
      UK economy
      UK business activity grows marginally in November

      Better than expected PMI data raises hopes that economy will avoid stagnation in final quarter

      Customers at an Itsu restaurant in Battersea, London
    • Wednesday, 22 November, 2023
      Martin Wolf
      Hunt may be lucky but he has not solved the UK growth challenge

      The real problem the chancellor faces is the poor performance of the economy in the long run

      Illustration of Jeremy Hunt using a leaf blower to blow a flurry of £5 notes around
    • Wednesday, 22 November, 2023
      The FT ViewThe editorial board
      Jeremy Hunt’s fiscal fudge

      Britain’s Autumn Statement is good, bad and ugly all at the same time

      Jeremy Hunt departs Downing Street to deliver his Autumn Statement to UK parliament
    • Wednesday, 22 November, 2023
      Autumn Statement
      Key points from the Autumn Statement

      The main takeaways from Jeremy Hunt’s economic announcement

      composite image of Jeremy Hunt delivering autumn statement and a chart detail
    • Wednesday, 22 November, 2023
      News in-depthAutumn Statement
      UK businesses give their verdict

      National insurance cut and extension of full expensing regime win plaudits but concern remains about inflation

      Sarah Winter
    • Monday, 20 November, 2023
      The Big Read
      Governing the UK when ‘there is no money’ left

      The chancellor’s Autumn Statement comes as the country appears consigned to high taxes and poor public services, regardless of the election result next year

    • Saturday, 18 November, 2023
      InterviewConfederation of British Industry
      Misconduct scandal left CBI facing disproportionate scrutiny, says boss

      Rain Newton-Smith says business lobby group’s finances are stable after redundancy round and cash crunch

    • Friday, 17 November, 2023
      InterviewFinancial Reporting Council
      Big Four can continue to dominate, signals UK accounting watchdog

      Richard Moriarty says Financial Reporting Council’s priority is high-quality audits and competition is not ‘an end in itself’

      Richard Moriarty
    • Friday, 17 November, 2023
      The Redditch factory with links to Russia

      Activity of British arm of VSMPO-AVISMA is legal because of carve-out in sanctions regimes

    • Wednesday, 15 November, 2023
      LexUK economy
      UK FDI: concierge service vs $1.2tn US aid package Premium content

      Number of foreign direct investment projects into UK has fallen since it voted for Brexit

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    • Wednesday, 15 November, 2023
      Britishvolt
      Britishvolt owner faces legal action over unpaid wages

      Former employee serves ‘statutory demand’ on Recharge Industries, which could lead to bankruptcy proceedings

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    • Tuesday, 14 November, 2023
      UK infrastructure
      UK infrastructure projects hit by homeworking, says government adviser

      Comments will inflame running debate over impact of post-pandemic employee shift

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    • Tuesday, 14 November, 2023
      Energy sector
      UK geothermal developer seeks £600mn to expand into lithium in Cornwall

      GEL joins race to cash in on region’s mining revival

    • Monday, 13 November, 2023
      Takeover Panel UK
      UK Takeover Panel falls victim to deal drought

      City mergers and acquisitions regulator posts rare loss after fees from deals dip

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    • Sunday, 12 November, 2023
      Money laundering
      Changes to UK supervision rules ‘risk encouraging money-laundering’

      Accounting bodies warn that most of government’s planned reforms would be counter-productive

    • Friday, 10 November, 2023
      UK economy
      UK economy stagnates as high borrowing costs hit activity

      Flat GDP in third quarter poses challenge for chancellor as he aims to revive growth in Autumn Statement

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    • Wednesday, 8 November, 2023
      Channel Four Television Corp
      Channel 4’s independent production quota to rise in TV reforms

      Move designed to maintain media plurality as broadcaster seeks to boost finances by producing its own programmes

    • Wednesday, 8 November, 2023
      Vestas Wind Systems AS
      Vestas says plans for UK wind turbine factory depend on demand

      Danish group has looked at British locations but warns more government support is needed

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    • Tuesday, 7 November, 2023
      Post Office Ltd
      Post Office disclosure failures force delays on IT scandal inquiry

      Discovery of emails on legacy system means evidence from two ‘significant witnesses’ will be held up

      Postmasters outside the High Court in 2021 after their convictions were quashed
    • Monday, 6 November, 2023
      News in-depth
      Better UK productivity requires longer-term tax breaks, say business leaders

      Calls for permanent capital allowances come ahead of government’s Autumn Statement

      DS Smith said: ‘Our productivity in the UK is lower than in France. It is solely due to investment.’
    • Thursday, 2 November, 2023
      News in-depthUK interest rates
      Bailey vows to hold line on inflation in face of sickly UK outlook

      Bank of England has painted gloomy picture of weakening economy

      BoE governor Andrew Bailey
    • Monday, 30 October, 2023
      Cryptocurrencies
      UK pushes ahead with plans to regulate crypto market

      Ministers seek to strengthen oversight of stablecoins, bringing rules in line with traditional financial services

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    • Tuesday, 24 October, 2023
      Bank bonuses
      UK axes cap on bankers’ bonuses

      Move aimed at boosting City will abolish EU rule that limits payouts to twice base salary

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    • Monday, 23 October, 2023
      News in-depthUK manufacturing
      Three UK manufacturers given millions in free carbon allowances for closed plants

      CF Fertilisers, Ineos and Liberty Steel awarded allowances for sites that had stopped operating

      The CF Fertilisers plant at Ince in Runcorn, Cheshire
    • Wednesday, 18 October, 2023
      Helen Thomas
      Britain needs to take its sheds more seriously

      Industrial and logistics is the poor relation in a planning system that doesn’t do much very well

      An aerial view of the Amazon fulfilment centre in Coventry,
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