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Labour’s job tax blamed for sharp fall in hiring with just one in five employers boosting their workforce this year

By EMILY HAWKINS Updated: 22:06 BST, 9 April 2025 UK employers scaled back hiring to the lowest level since the pandemic at the start of [...]

Tariff fears wipe £14bn of UK pharma stocks: AstraZeneca and GSK tumble after Trump threats

By CALUM MUIRHEAD Updated: 22:05 BST, 9 April 2025 Shares in Britain’s two biggest drugs firms saw more than £14billion wiped off their value after [...]

Trump’s trade war has left the world more vulnerable to a financial crisis, Bank of England warns, with severe economic shocks now more likely

By JESSICA CLARK SENIOR CITY REPORTER Updated: 16:01 BST, 9 April 2025 Donald Trump’s trade war has left the world more vulnerable to a financial [...]

Petrol to fall below 130p a litre within days as Trump tariffs cause oil price to plunge

By ROB HULL Updated: 15:53 BST, 9 April 2025 Fears that Donald Trump's new trade tariffs could trigger a global recession have sent oil prices [...]

NHS landlord Assura agrees £1.6bn takeover by investment consortium

Assura owns and manages over 600 properties in the UK By HARRY WISE Updated: 12:11 BST, 9 April 2025 GP surgeries owner Assura has accepted a [...]

Latest impact on UK markets revealed after Donald Trump’s ‘explosive’ tariffs sees global stocks tumble – live updates

By JAMIE BULLEN Updated: 08:38 BST, 9 April 2025 UK markets opened lower this morning as Donald Trump's 'explosive' tariffs sees stocks tumble across the [...]

Trick to bagging a top fixed rate deal that doesn’t stop you switching if a better deal comes along: SYLVIA MORRIS

By SYLVIA MORRIS Updated: 22:34 BST, 8 April 2025 Banks are starting to withdraw their popular, top-paying, one-year fixed-rate bonds and Isas.No doubt this is [...]

MARKET WATCH: All eyes on medical scanner maker Gooch & Housego as it shrugs off Trump tariff fears

By DAILY MAIL CITY & FINANCE REPORTER Updated: 22:32 BST, 8 April 2025 Gooch & Housego soared 7.8 per cent, or 29p, to 399p after [...]

Shein in supply chain showdown with Beijing over plans to shift production out of China

By DAILY MAIL CITY & FINANCE REPORTER Updated: 22:08 BST, 8 April 2025 Shein has reportedly run into opposition from Beijing over its plans to [...]

Navy swaps helicopters for BAE-built drones to transport supplies around ships

By DAILY MAIL CITY & FINANCE REPORTER Updated: 22:01 BST, 8 April 2025 Drones built in Britain will be used for the first time to [...]

We WON’T drop woke policies to placate Donald Trump, say British bosses

By JOHN-PAUL FORD ROJAS Updated: 22:00 BST, 8 April 2025 Most British bosses are refusing to follow their American counterparts by falling into line with [...]

Trump’s trade war will ‘depress activity’, Bank of England warns as officials weigh up how to respond

By JESSICA CLARK and JOHN-PAUL FORD ROJAS Updated: 22:00 BST, 8 April 2025 The Bank of England’s deputy governor last night warned that Donald Trump’s [...]

Pawnbroker Ramsdens sees profits soar as gold prices skyrocket

Analysts: Ramsdens 'should be a top 10 UK jewellery retailer in next few years'By MIKE SHEEN Updated: 15:52 BST, 8 April 2025 Ramsdens shares moved [...]

Major supermarket announces it will shut 17 stores in days

Morrisons Daily branches in Exeter, Tonbridge and Worle among those affected By HARVEY DORSET Updated: 14:11 BST, 8 April 2025 Morrisons' closure of 17 stores across [...]

Fund manager issues profit warning after £5.2bn SJP blow to assets

Impax's AUM fell by about a quarter to £25.3bn in the quarter ending MarchBy HARRY WISE Updated: 12:44 BST, 8 April 2025 Impax Asset Management [...]

Latest impact on UK markets revealed amid fears Trump tariffs will spark all-out trade war – live updates

By JAMIE BULLEN Updated: 08:28 BST, 8 April 2025 The UK market has opened higher this morning despite the looming threat of an all-out trade [...]

A Minecraft Movie is the biggest blockbuster success for Vue cinemas since Barbie

By DAILY MAIL CITY & FINANCE REPORTER Updated: 22:00 BST, 7 April 2025 The film version of video game Minecraft has delivered the strongest opening [...]

MPs not doing enough to help UK carmakers through Trump’s trade war amid weak demand for EVs

By EMILY HAWKINS Updated: 22:00 BST, 7 April 2025 Car firms have blasted Labour for not doing enough to help them navigate Donald Trump’s trade [...]

UK government borrowing costs dive as investors flee to bonds amid the global stock market sell-off

By CALUM MUIRHEAD Updated: 22:00 BST, 7 April 2025 UK government borrowing costs fell to a four-month low yesterday as investors fled to safe haven [...]

Protein powder firm to bulk up in the US in response to Donald Trump’s tariffs

By DAILY MAIL CITY & FINANCE REPORTER Updated: 22:00 BST, 7 April 2025 A protein powder maker is considering moving production to the US as [...]

Nationwide confirms date £50 bonus will land in accounts: Are you eligible?

Most eligible members set to receive the £50 payment this monthBy HELEN KIRRANE Updated: 15:47 BST, 7 April 2025 More than 12million Nationwide members are [...]

Shares in British chipmaker nosedive after customer delays hit earnings

EnSilica forecasts reporting turnover of £19m-£20m for the year ending MayBy HARRY WISE Updated: 14:17 BST, 7 April 2025 EnSilica shares slumped on Monday after [...]

UK investment trusts demand voting rights for all shareholders

By CALUM MUIRHEAD Updated: 00:05 BST, 7 April 2025 The UK's investment trust industry has launched a campaign to make it easier for shareholders to [...]

Hornby quits AIM for rival platform JP Jenkins

By CITY & FINANCE REPORTER Updated: 21:50 BST, 6 April 2025 Hornby will this week become the latest firm to quit the London stock market [...]

British Steel’s Chinese owners hit by dividend row

By RICHARD MARSDEN Updated: 21:50 BST, 6 April 2025 British Steel's Chinese owners were accused of taking dividends 'by the back door' after charging the [...]

Just 50 pension schemes hold key to Rachel Reeves’s growth plan

By PATRICK TOOHER Updated: 09:17 BST, 6 April 2025 JUST 50 company pension schemes, each run by a handful of trustees, hold the key to [...]

Apprentice levy is ‘too restrictive’, says Airbus

By CALUM MUIRHEAD Updated: 21:51 BST, 5 April 2025 The head of Airbus's giant factory in Bristol has called on the Government to make it [...]

Donald Trump’s love-in with US tech giants is officially over

By MARK SHAPLAND Updated: 21:51 BST, 5 April 2025 The 'bromance' between President Trump and America's tech giants has ended, an expert has told the [...]

Dame Amanda Blanc on the hunt for new BP chair

By JESSICA CLARK Updated: 21:50 BST, 5 April 2025 Dame Amanda Blanc will anoint the next chairman of BP after Helge Lund last week caved [...]

An Evri driver defecated outside my house, can I get them to clean it up?

By HARVEY DORSET Updated: 07:00 BST, 5 April 2025 One of my neighbours ordered something that was delivered by Evri.Once the delivery was done, the [...]

Trump tariff shock rocks the markets: What happens next? This is Money podcast

By THIS IS MONEY Updated: 20:58 BST, 4 April 2025 Markets around the world have slumped, the dollar weakened and fears mount of a global [...]

Tech firm using quantum physics to spot fake passports and handbags raises £4.8m in London IPO

Quantum Base was spun out from University of Lancaster By MIKE SHEEN Updated: 10:41 BST, 4 April 2025 A UK tech company cracking down on counterfeit [...]

BP chair to step down as oil giant pushes ahead with strategic reset

By MIKE SHEEN Updated: 08:30 BST, 4 April 2025 BP chair Helge Lund is set to step down after six years overseeing the oil giant.The [...]

Trade war ‘black swan event’ and ‘a debacle of epic proportions’ for carmakers

By PATRICK TOOHER Updated: 22:14 BST, 3 April 2025 Tariffs are a 'black swan event' and 'a debacle of epic proportions' for the global auto [...]

Rollercoaster ride for gold as investors panic over impact of Donald Trump’s trade tariffs

By DAILY MAIL CITY & FINANCE REPORTER Updated: 22:14 BST, 3 April 2025 Gold prices gyrated wildly yesterday as traders digested the impact of Donald [...]

Will Bank cut interest rates? Hope for borrowers – but experts predict UK is heading for recession

By DAILY MAIL CITY & FINANCE REPORTER Updated: 22:14 BST, 3 April 2025 Borrowers were yesterday offered a sliver of hope as investors bet the [...]