A survey of businesses found slight growth in the private sector, but companies are still concerned about the prospect of job cuts and inflation.

Tepid growth across British businesses picked up only slightly at the start of 2025 with employment and optimism contracting ...

The economic consultancy predicts that consumer spending will rise by 1.4 per cent in 2025 and 2.0 per cent in 2026.

Britain is likely to face more frequent technical recessions after a slowdown in the economy’s speed limit made it vulnerable ...

Latest job market data from the ONS shows that wages grew faster than inflation from September to November, but also reveal a ...

The government has designated 11 priority regions for creative development, including Greater London, Greater Manchester, and ...

Audio, 28 minutesMore or Less Brexit and trade; pensioner millionaires; and Hannah Fry on loyalty cards and cancer We examine a claim that the UK’s trade with the EU has increased since Brexit.

The UK government is under pressure as its finance minister Rachel Reeves arrives in China. The opposition Conservatives have called on her to cancel the trip due to economic concerns back home.

BEIJING, Jan. 10 (Xinhua) -- Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun announced on Friday that the 11th China-UK Economic and Financial Dialogue will be held on Jan. 11 in Beijing as ...

A keen observer of the market and present at many fairs, she has witnessed the Indonesian art market’s growth over recent decades, which has been driven by general economic growth and a cultural ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Damaging gaps in the UK’s jobs data may herald wider problems with the country’s statistics, a top ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Higher government and consumer spending will restore growth in the UK economy in 2025, helping it to ...