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Reeves blamed as private sector shrinks at fastest pace since pandemic amid pre-Budget 'limbo'

Today

Rachel Reeves has been blamed for leaving firms in 'limbo' amid intense pre-Budget speculation as private sector activity slumped at the fastest pace since the pandemic.

'Labour has hurt us more than Covid': Hospitality firms reveal how Reeves's Budget will leave them struggling to survive

Today

Already struggling under the weight of increased national insurance and minimum wage costs, the hospitality sector was praying for help from the recent Budget.

US lifeline for UK pharma - Let's just hope Labour hasn't done too much damage, says ALEX BRUMMER

Yesterday

Britain's attitude towards its medicines industry has long been strangely cool. The NHS has preferred cut price generic drugs to pioneering treatments.

Britain's debt interest bill to hit £750bn over next six years after Government's borrowing binge

Yesterday

The 'shocking' scale of the debt interest bill amounts to almost four years of spending on the NHS and social care, official figures show.

Unilever sells struggling snack brand Graze to firm set up by Made in Chelsea star

Yesterday

Graze has been snapped up by Candy Kittens, which was founded by Jamie Laing (pictured with wife Sophie Habboo), an heir to the McVitie's biscuit fortune.

BAE to hire 2,000 apprentices in much-needed boost for the youth jobs market

Yesterday

The intake adds to the 10,000 young people that BAE has hired over the past five years as demand ramps up amid growing global tensions.

'Misleading' Reeves under fire over business rates: Chancellor faces backlash from hospitality

Yesterday

The Chancellor (pictured) had announced 'permanently lower tax rates for over 750,000 retail, hospitality and leisure properties'.

Rachel Reeves accused of trying to 'manipulate' the bond markets after wild swings ahead of Budget

Yesterday

Rachel Reeves has been accused of trying to 'manipulate' the bond markets in the build up to the Budget.

Pay-per-mile tax on EVs will trigger petrol car rationing and force prices higher, dealership boss warns

Yesterday

Robert Forrester, boss at Vertu Motors, says the Chancellor's EV tax raid will be a hammer blow to demand and force brands to restrict the number of petrol cars they bring into the country.

Taken a pension tax-free lump sum and now have a huge chunk of cash? What to do NOW

Yesterday

Savers in their droves were panicked into pulling tax-free cash out of their pensions before the Budget for fear of a clampdown on the perk.

Bargain shopper left horrified after buying a pair of 'pre-loved' jeans - and finding a nasty surprise inside

Yesterday

Eastenders actress, Essex-born Maisie Smith, 24, appeared on this week's episode of the Spent podcast, brought to you by Nationwide.

Car sharing firm Zipcar to close operations in the UK by the end of the year

Yesterday

Zipcar has announced plans to close its operations in the UK by the end of the year, it said today.

Around 150k customers moved to Octopus Money as it completes Virgin Money investment arm purchase

Yesterday

With the acquisition, Octopus Money has taken on around 150,000 customers from Virgin Money.

Cash Isas surge in October as savers rush to stick in £4.2bn amid allowance cut speculation

Yesterday

Savers rushed to get money into cash Isas ahead of speculation that the cash Isa allowance would be cut.

Harbour Energy slashes ANOTHER 100 jobs as windfall tax bites

Yesterday

Oil and gas firm Harbour Energy is cutting another 100 North Sea jobs in the North Sea after the Chancellor refused to axe the windfall tax in the Budget.

Would £100 tempt you to shift your savings or investments? Prosper latest platform to offer cashback

Yesterday

Prosper has £100 up for grabs for either savers or investors. Here's what you need to do to claim it - and how it compares with other providers.

Plans for UK's biggest infrastructure fund merging HICL and TRIG scuppered after investor backlash

Yesterday

Plans for the creation of a £5.3billlon infrastructure trust have been abandoned after a growing investor backlash.

Will investors face CHAOS or CALM next year? RICHARD HUNTER on what next for stock markets

Yesterday

This year we ask - will 2026 bring CHAOS to the markets or could there actually be some CALM?

How my family US trip landed me with a £90,000 bill - it WASN'T health insurance but a trap every traveller must know about

Yesterday

When Nurul Basher flew home from his family holiday, he returned to a shock that would make any holidaymaker's blood run cold.

SMALL CAP IDEA: Bread maker Tooru cashes in on £4.2bn 'free-from' frenzy

Yesterday

'Free-from' sales by UK supermarkets last year were £4.2 billion, according to figures from the industry's bible, The Grocer, compiled by data firm Worldpanel.

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