Donald Trump’s new global tariff hikes, set to take effect from Tuesday, have left UK businesses facing uncertainty and higher costs. Governments around the world have been scrambling for information since Friday, when the US Supreme Court struck down his “Liberation Day” tariff policy and the President announced a temporary 15% tax on imports into…
Official figures show that there is more money left in the public finances than ever due to higher taxes being paid. The budget surplus in January was the largest since records began in 1993. according to Office for National Statistics (ONS) data. This means the government received more money than it spent last month, with…
The consultancy firm founded by Lord Mandelson is on the verge of going into administration, a member of staff told Sky News. The Global Council (GC), which severed its ties with the former government minister and ambassador to the US earlier this month over his links with late paedophile financier Jeffrey. Approximately 130 employees are employed….
For this week’s Savings Guide, we have a special edition with Chartered Financial Planner Mark Chicken of The Private Office on how you can save your child from university debt… For parents with young children, university may seem a long way off. But graduates in England face up to 40 years of repayment, so it’s…
Britain’s unemployment rate has risen again – to the highest level in almost five years, according to new official figures. The unemployment rate rose to 5.2% in December, the highest in the three months to January 2021, data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed. When Labour took power in 2024, promising economic growth,…
The author works as a sommelier at the Michelin-starred restaurant Timberyard. If you’ve ever spent your morning commute dreaming of starting your career afresh, this feature is for you. Every Monday we speak to someone from a different profession to find out what it’s really like. This week we chat to Joe Radford, sommelier at…
NASCAR considers the Daytona 500 its most prestigious race and compensates its winners accordingly. It’s long been America’s highest-paying motorsports event, and now it’s set for another record-breaking milestone. Whoever wins the Cup Series race will take home $31,045,575, surpassing William Byron’s 2025 prize of $30,331,250 for the highest payout in the U.S. history. The…
