Economic news and events

Details of a £1.1 billion investment programme to improve and expand Stansted airport’s terminal building have been announced.

Manchester Airports Group (MAG), which owns the Essex...

Scope Ratings on Friday maintained the outlook on its credit rating for the UK, citing the positive impact of the country’s strong institutions and ‘robust’...

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has said it is ‘time to upgrade the regulatory regime’ as he pledged to ‘rip up’ bureaucracy.

He said the government...

UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy has arrived in Luxembourg to discuss security issues with his EU counterparts as the government continues its attempt to ‘reset’...

A UK cabinet minister has denied that Keir Starmer’s plans to slash red tape will lower standards as the government seeks to woo investors at...

Construction activity in Ireland fell below the no-change mark in September, although new business expanded further and employment returned to growth.

The BNP Paribas Real...

The UK budget will focus on boosting living standards, reviving the NHS and ‘rebuilding Britain’, Keir Starmer said as he signalled investment in schools, housing...

The first meeting of the Council of Nations & Regions is under way in Edinburgh.

The body was formed by UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer in...

The UK trade deficit narrowed in August to its slimmest gap since February, as exports spiked to a near two-year high, numbers on Friday showed....

The UK economy grew at the pace it was forecast to in August, numbers on Friday showed.

According to the Office for National Statistics, UK gross...