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Jul 24, 2026
The stealth tax drags nearly 1m more into higher bands, Burnham cuts pub rates £100m, BT sheds 800,000 lines, and Bitcoin slips on oil.
Jul 23, 2026
Inflation's 2.6% dip won't last, IHT hits a record £2.3bn on frozen bands, and Healey inherits a £22bn hole — plus Bitcoin's chip-driven rally.
Jul 22, 2026
Burnham inherits vacancies down 7,000 and youth unemployment at 14.8%, defence stocks rallied on Healey, and crypto's big buyers stopped.
Jul 21, 2026
UK inflation dips to 2.6% just as Burnham lands — but profit warnings hit 59, Ryanair's fuel bill bites, and Segro rebuffs a £13.5bn bid.
Jul 20, 2026
Burnham takes office as Bailey calls growth the top challenge, GDP crawls 0.1% with oil near $120, and British Steel is renationalised.
Jul 17, 2026
Andy Burnham inherits 0.1% growth, a high street £6.5bn deeper in costs, and a nationalised British Steel — the in-tray now at Number 10.
Jul 16, 2026
Barratt buys back £386m, pension funds deliver £1.6bn of £50bn, BNPL meets its regulator, and £2.5bn in pension credit sits unclaimed.
Jul 15, 2026
Bailey calls weak growth Britain's real problem, London's AIM overhaul draws a revolt, and the markets serve a lesson in not panicking.
Jul 14, 2026
Fresh Iran strikes sent oil up and rate-cut bets into reverse, UK growth stalled and the City stopped hiring — yet the FTSE shrugged it off.
Jul 13, 2026
City confidence cratered to -58 as Burnham nears power, the Bank loosened its rules while warning on risk, and easyJet agreed a £5bn exit.
Jul 10, 2026
London's City chiefs warn its financial crown is slipping as rivals sprint — while the most hyped IPO in history trades below its float.
Jul 9, 2026
The Bank freed billions for banks the same day it warned five million of higher bills — plus Jet2's paper gain and Nest's pension bet.
Jul 8, 2026
House prices turned up, Young's poured a 9% jump on the World Cup — but Novartis bought another British lab and the rich keep dodging CGT.
Jul 7, 2026
The City Loses Its Nerve as London Sells Up · £5bn easyJet, £1.6bn ITV: The Fire Sale Rolls On · Confidence Cracks, and Britain Keeps Selling.
Jul 6, 2026
Bailey ruled out a cut, inflation stuck at 2.8%, gold's worst quarter since 2013, defence flew on Starmer's £15bn — plus Lululemon and BT.
Jul 1, 2026
GDP's 0.6% spurt was a sugar high, petrol's still dear and Trump eyes a 100% tech tariff — while the City fought its corner.
Jun 24, 2026
UK activity sank to a 14-month low and HMRC overtaxed 8.7m pensioners — while SpaceX raised $20bn and Ocado hit a decade low.
Jun 22, 2026
Rates pivoted down, Intertek joined the FTSE 100 exodus at £10.6bn, borrowing leapt £23.3bn — plus Rolls-Royce, Man United and Marvell.
Jun 17, 2026
The US-Iran deal cooled oil and sent Asian stocks to records — but the Bank held at 3.75%, house prices fell, and AI fraud hit £1.3bn.
Jun 15, 2026
Britain's jobs market is broken — permanent jobs in a 44-month slump, graduates worst in 30 years. And the LSE lost three more names.
Jun 10, 2026
Permanent hiring's worst run since 1997, and the CBI sees 200,000 more jobs going. Food inflation's back, and Tate & Lyle quits London.
Jun 8, 2026
Britain's data picked both sides. The takeover desk didn't blink — Wise, Anthropic, Universal Music, easyJet, Investec all in motion.
Jun 1, 2026
Record April borrowing, energy bills up, EU kills Brexit reset — plus BP's −9% drama, Ocado's £21bn deal, and Dimon's $20bn door.
May 25, 2026
IMF lifted UK growth to 1% as retail sales crashed — plus Dr Martens +270%, M&S −29%, Monzo vs Starling, and SpaceX teeing up at $2tn.
May 18, 2026
30-year gilts at 1998 highs as Starmer wobbled. Plus GameStop's £41bn eBay swing, ASOS-M&S's odd tape, and the deals that landed regardless.
