Economic news and events

Boris Johnson has urged the government to accelerate levelling-up measures such as planning reform and devolution in order to unleash the UK’s ‘massive potential’.

The Tory...

The strong expansion for UK service providers continued during May, helping to boost the country’s private sector as a whole despite a weakening manufacturing sector,...

The new car market in the UK has recorded its longest period of year-on-year growth since 2015, figures show.

Some 145,204 new cars were registered in...

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has stressed the need to forge a ‘close and candid relationship’ with US President Joe Biden ahead of their White...

The Irish economy shrank in the first quarter of this year, data showed on Friday, following a major contraction in the multinational-dominated industry sector.

Gross domestic...

The US manufacturing sector declined in May, according to the latest data from S&P Global and the Institute for Supply Management on Thursday.

The seasonally adjusted...

Net mortgage approvals in the UK fell in April, while approvals for remortgaging increased slightly, according to Bank of England data on Thursday.

Borrowing of mortgage...

The downturn in the UK’s manufacturing sector continued in May, according to survey data on Thursday.

The seasonally adjusted S&P Global/CIPS UK manufacturing purchasing managers’ index...

The annual decline in UK house prices sped up in May, according to new data from mortgage lender Nationwide on Thursday.

On a seasonally adjusted basis,...

The annual decline in UK house prices sped up in May, according to new data from mortgage lender Nationwide on Thursday.

May saw a 0.1% month-on-month...