ITV agrees £1.6bn sale of media and entertainment arm to Sky in landmark broadcasting deal
ITV has agreed to sell its media and entertainment business to Sky in a deal worth up to £1.6 billion, bringing together the UK’s two...
US jobs growth stalls in June as World Cup boost fails to materialise
The American jobs machine slipped a gear in June. The world’s largest economy added just 57,000 jobs last month, barely half the 110,000 that Wall...
Firms ‘taxed out of existence’ as investment appetite falls to lowest level since Covid
British businesses are being “taxed out of existence”, with the appetite to invest in major projects now at its weakest since the end of the...
Electric and plug-in hybrid cars overtake petrol-only sales as Chinese brands claim one in seven UK registrations
Sales of electric and plug-in hybrid cars have overtaken petrol-only registrations for the first time, in a month that also saw China’s big three exporters...
Burnham’s small business rates pledge could take 140,000 firms out of the tax, at a cost of £880m a year
Andy Burnham’s promise to overhaul business rates in favour of Britain’s high streets comes with a price tag, and it is a substantial one. New...
Insolvency Service turns to AI in crackdown on rogue directors behind £800m ‘phoenixism’ problem
The Insolvency Service is to deploy artificial intelligence to root out rogue directors who deliberately fold their companies to dodge tax and walk away from...