Economic news and events

The growth in the UK construction sector was slower than anticipated in October, as housebuilding fell into contraction territory, data published by S&P Global showed...

Westminster is moving ‘at a snail’s pace’ to rid water of so-called ‘forever chemicals’ previously linked to reduced sperm quality and cancer, an MP has...

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer said the UK-US special relationship will ‘continue to prosper’ following Donald Trump’s ‘historic election victory’.

Trump declared he had won a...

The pace of growth in UK’s service sector softened in October as businesses had waited for the government budget announced at the end of the...

Registrations of new cars in the UK fell by 6.0% last month, figures showed Tuesday.

Industry body the Society of Motor Manufacturers & Traders, or SMMT,...

The government has launched a new trial of an OpenAI-powered chatbot to help people find relevant information on the Gov.UK website.

Gov.UK Chat is to be...

Proposed legislation aimed at creating the ‘first smoke-free generation’ is set to be introduced in UK Parliament.

The Tobacco & Vapes Bill, which prevents anyone born...

Ireland’s burgeoning services industry slipped back slightly last month, but overall private sector growth improved thanks to manufacturing, purchasing managers’ index survey results from S&P...

UK retail sales growth slowed in October, numbers from the British Retail Consortium and KPMG on Tuesday showed, with consumers tightening purse strings amid rising...

Reversing plans to charge inheritance tax on farms is ‘the only sensible course of action’, the head of the National Farmers’ Union has said, as...