Northvolt to mothball part of Swedish gigafactory and close another
Hopes for a European challenger to Far Eastern players dominating the battery market for electric cars suffered a setback as […]
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My £1m pension was sent in the post by cheque — and stolen
It should have been a simple transfer. Instead the businessman Stuart James lost almost all of his £1 million pot […]
Read more →Red Sea crisis forces retailers to stock up early for Christmas
International shipping costs are up 244 per cent since the start of the Red Sea crisis and could rise again […]
Read more →Aldi plots expansion as profits surge
Aldi is set to step up its expansion in Britain after the German discounter’s profits more than trebled in the […]
Read more →Say the economy’s a mess and foreign gilt-holders may believe it
Does it matter that Britain’s national debt could soon reach 100 per cent of its gross domestic product, meaning that […]
Read more →It would be wrong to put up capital gains tax
Capital gains tax (GGT) was introduced in 1965 under Harold Wilson’s Labour government. Most gains were taxed at 30 per […]
Read more →My message to Rachel Reeves: No more tinkering — it’s time to be bold
With less than two months until the budget, what should we worry about? A capital gains tax rise? A cut […]
Read more →Google ‘crushes competition’ in ad market, antitrust trial hears
The US Department of Justice accused Google of stifling competition to dominate the display advertising market and push up prices […]
Read more →New wind farms will add ‘less than £5’ to energy bills
New wind farms due to be built towards the end of this decade will add only £5 to household energy […]
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