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Highlights A new survey has revealed that lending to small businesses in Q1 2022 has declined to the lowest since 2014. The survey by the Federation of Small Businesses also claimed that the approval rate stood at 43% during the period. Ev...

Highlights A group of over 50 economists has written an open letter to Chancellor Rishi Sunak, warning about the economic impact of the post-Brexit plans to boost the competitiveness of the finance industry. According to the experts, the move t...

The COVID-19 pandemic and Brexit had already stressed the economy and the situation was further aggravated by the Russia-Ukraine crisis. Supply chain disruptions have increased the input costs and pushed up the prices of most items, and high energy...

Rockets, spaceplanes, and high-altitude balloons will lift off from spaceports across the UK very soon, thanks to the new partnership that the country has signed with the US. The deal for commercial spaceflight collaboration, signed between Transpo...

Sandwiches, wraps, and over 100 other products with cooked chicken have been withdrawn from sale by the UK’s major supermarket chains. This happened due to the emergence of a salmonella scare at Cranswick Country Foods, which is a major suppl...

Highlights Shell has announced that it will sell its 411 retail stations in Russia as part of its exit from the country. It has signed a deal with Russia's second-largest oil and gas producer Lukoil for an undisclosed amount. Over 350 employee...

Highlights The average premiums for home insurance have witnessed a significant fall, according to the Association of British Insurers. In the first quarter of 2022, the prices dropped to their lowest levels since the ABI started collecting thi...

Highlights UK’s GDP declined by 0.1% in March 2022 after not growing at all in February, as per the latest ONS figures. The main contributor to the monthly decline in March’s GDP was the services sector, which declined by 0.2% in Ma...

Highlights The UK's jobs market has continued to grow even as employers as unable to fill all the vacant posts due to a shortage of candidates. Companies are now offering higher salaries to attract more candidates, according to a new survey. ...

Highlights UK house prices have been skyrocketing lately, hitting their fastest rate since June 2021 in April 2022. The disparity between the surveyors reporting increasing prices and those reporting a decline has gone up from +74 percentage po...