Business news 18 December 2025 UK businesses head into the final days before Christmas with interest rate cuts firmly back on the agenda, inflation cooling faster than expected, and mounting evidence that cash-flow pressure is spreading across multiple sectors. Markets

Business news 14 November 2025 A wave of last-minute tax reversals from the Chancellor dominated today’s news, with income tax hikes, LLP levies and exit charges all pulled back — but SMEs still face growing stealth-tax pressures through frozen thresholds

Business news 11 November 2025 Britain’s economy is losing steam just weeks before the Budget. Growth has stalled, unemployment is climbing, and investors are preparing for tax hikes that could hit both households and businesses. With spending slowing and confidence

Business news 10 October 2025 Uncertainty continues to hang over the UK economy as the Chancellor weighs how to fill a £30 billion hole in the public finances. A leading think tank says raising income tax would be the “least

Business news 19 September 2025 Today’s blog covers fears of a pension tax raid, the Bank of England holding rates at 4%, higher-than-expected government borrowing, a retail sales boost, record-low home approvals, AI scrutiny in financial services, Nvidia’s big UK