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The high charges are also holding them back from hiring new staff, and cutting the price of their goods and services, according to research

It comes almost a month after the retail business said it is looking at various "cost-saving options"

Lyle's Golden Syrup has unveiled a new logo and packaging in its first rebrand since 1883, replacing the iconic image of a dead lion being swarmed by bees

The impending arrival of the high-speed railway will lead to the creation of around 41,000 new homes, nearly 31,000 new jobs and more than 700,000 square metres of new commercial floorspace in the region, analysis commissioned by HS2 Ltd found

Conservative MP Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg took aim at the Bank of England's response to economic events as Labour used a Commons urgent question to raise concerns over the UK falling into recession

The Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves could be overheard asking "where is he?" as the more junior Treasury minister Bim Afolami was sent to field questions in his boss's absence

Tata is consulting on plans to shut down blast furnaces at Port Talbot with the loss of around 2,800 jobs as it switches to a more environmentally friendly way of producing steel

Campaigners warned that becoming a parent will become a 'luxury' without action to tackle the spiralling cost of childcare as families take on debt and use their savings

Ever since Eliphalet Remington forged his first rifle barrel nearby in 1816 Ilion has been a gun making town, but now the nation’s oldest gun-maker plans to close the factory

Eni says drilling to appraise a third natural gas discovery in waters off Cyprus shows the commitment of the Italian energy company and its French partner TotalEnergies to swiftly develop the deposit and bolster energy supply to Europe

The Assembly's new Stormont brake committee will have scope to assess the impact of Northern Ireland being left in regulatory limbo if it diverges from both EU and UK laws

Spending wisely saves lives, says Fleet Street Fox. Wasting billions on PPE deals with your mates does not.

The family of Reynold Simon-Thompson, 87, from Trinidad, face spending a fortune for his right to live in the UK despite him working in the country for years on a British passport

The Financial Conduct Authority is collecting information from financial adviser firms about whether they have assessed their services in response to the new consumer duty, which requires businesses to put customers at the heart of what they do

The Question Time audience ridiculed Tory minister Graham Stuart as he struggled to say whether Rishi Sunak had grown the economy as the UK slipped into a recession

For the Tories to claim this is a 'mild' recession is an insult to people trying to balance their budgets and to small business owners trying to keep their heads above water

There are concerns there will be yet more savage cuts to decimated public services - the Office for National Statistics, on Thursday, said the economy shrank by a worse-than-feared 0.3% in the final three months of last year

Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves said Rishi Sunak was 'taking the country backwards' after Britain sunk into recession at the end of last year - despite his vow to grow the economy

Rishi Sunak promised to stop the boats, grow the economy, cut NHS waiting lists, reduce debt and halve inflation - but he's had a tough time delivering on his pledges

The Japanese government reported that the economy shrank at an annual rate of 0.4% from October to December

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) today revealed GDP shrank by 0.3% between October and December 2023 - meaning the UK fell into recession at the end of last year

Members of Aslef at the two operators will walk out on March 1 and ban overtime from February 29

Rachel Reeves says Rishi Sunak's economic policies are "in tatters" after ONS data showed the UK entered a recession at the end of last year in a hammer blow to the PM

A recession is defined as two consecutive quarters - or two three-month periods in a row - where gross domestic product (GDP) declines

The Prime Minister convened the first meeting of his 2024 Business Council in Downing Street on Wednesday morning