Phillip Inman
The Guardian
United Kingdom
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Global inflation fears as oil price rises towards $100 a barrel
Rise of 30% since June follows increasing demand in China and production cuts by Russia and Saudi Arabia → Read More
Number of firms in England and Wales going bust in August rises by a fifth
Insolvency Service reports 19% rise from August 2022’s figures as firms fight high interest rates and falling sales → Read More
Sluggish eurozone economies will not welcome ECB’s interest rate rise
Weak consumer spending as, people – especially in Germany, the EU’s largest economy – put more into savings → Read More
UK economy shrinks by 0.5% in July amid wet weather and strikes
Manufacturing, services and construction sectors contract for first time since summer of 2022 → Read More
UK firms ‘slow output and rein in hiring as borrowing costs rise’
Survey of businesses gives further indication that Bank of England could limit future interest rate rises → Read More
Engineering firms lose out to fintech and IT in recruitment war
Work is needed to counter the ‘oily’ image of jobs for engineers, and stop the digital sector from luring the best graduates → Read More
Earned income taxed twice as heavily as capital gains for some in UK, study finds
Thinktank says increasing capital gains tax rates to same as employment tax would raise £10bn extra → Read More
Sticky price rises may force Bank of England to deploy its only weapon again
Overall rate of inflation falls but costs are still increasing in some sectors, so another interest rate rise looks likely → Read More
Share of EU trade for English and Welsh factories falls despite global trade boom
Make UK report says post-Brexit structural shift in trade is particularly hurting factories in north-west and West Midlands → Read More
Record UK pay growth adds to pressure for interest rate rise
Jeremy Hunt and Bank of England’s Andrew Bailey call for wage restraint to help curb inflation → Read More
If there’s such a thing as an inflation quota, has Britain already exceeded it?
According to some in the City, the UK will have to keep prices flat for the next seven years to make up for the last three. Really? → Read More
Rip-off Britain: why everything we buy now costs a fortune
As the cost of living crisis bites, consumers are asking how so many businesses have maintained or raised their profits → Read More
High interest rates may persist, says Bank of England governor
Andrew Bailey says financial markets expect more rate rises amid continuing high inflation → Read More
UBS ‘preparing to cut more than half of inherited Credit Suisse workforce’
Between 30,000 and 35,000 staff likely to leave combined group this year, according to report → Read More
Corporate profits drove up prices last year, says ECB president
Christine Lagarde says without a shift in corporate behaviour, interest rates will need to stay higher for longer → Read More
UK aid should not fund private hospitals in developing countries, says Oxfam
Development charity says patients denied treatment or held hostage until fees paid in private facilities in India and Kenya → Read More
Union fury as figures show pay rises among top earners driving inflation
The best paid have had the highest wage hikes, but the majority of the workforce has seen salary growth fall, according to ONS data → Read More
From Brexit to Beyoncé: why UK inflation is still so painfully high
The cost of living is falling in Europe and the US but is still rising in Britain. We look at the major culprits → Read More
Warm weather pushes up retail sales in Great Britain as people turn to outdoor goods
Rise of 0.3% in May comes as separate survey shows UK services company sales grew this month → Read More
Who hires (and fires) the Bank of England governor?
PM says he still backs Andrew Bailey despite criticism he has failed to take the right measures to curb inflation → Read More