Category: Business

HSBC has seen its quarterly profits jump by 10% as the UK-based banking giant embarks on one of the biggest shakeups in its 159-year history.…

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Getty Images Minimum wages will rise in April, with hourly rates for over-21s set to go up to £12.21 an hour, the chancellor has confirmed…

View More Minimum wage to rise to £12.21 an hour next year

The surging global popularity of TikTok has seen the co-founder of its parent company, ByteDance, become China’s richest person. According to a rich list produced…

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BBC Steve Corrick says he has to close his Somerset teashop to avoid falling into a “tax trap” A man who owns a small teashop…

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Pete Middleton Lifelong tech enthusiast Pete Middleton Pete Middleton, who lives in Northamptonshire, UK with his wife, has long been an early adopter of technology.…

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Getty Images The government has promised not to raise taxes on “working people” in this Wednesday’s Budget. However, with the big day looming, it still…

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The bus fare cap in England will be raised to £3 in the upcoming Budget, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has announced. It is an…

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The Budget will embrace the “harsh light of fiscal reality” but “better days are ahead”, Sir Keir Starmer will say in a speech ahead of…

View More PM to warn of ‘harsh light’ of reality ahead in Budget

For almost 35 years, Wyoming entrepreneur Alan Chadwick has run his business importing clothing from China and selling the Western-style gear to stores serving “working…

View More Tariffs hurt his business. He’s voting for Trump anyway

The chancellor will not unveil new freeports in the Budget on Wednesday, despite a government announcement on Friday saying she would. In the flurry of…

View More No new freeports to come in Budget after ‘comms cock-up’

Matt Prince Max shortly before his £250 Child Trust Fund matured into £12.39 after 18 years of being invested When Max Prince turned 18 he…

View More ‘My £250 investment is now worth only £12’

Thames Water has been thrown a cash lifeline that will tide the troubled utility giant over until October next year. The UK’s biggest water group…

View More Thames Water secures £3bn loan to survive into 2025

Forterro Multimillionaire Dean Forbes says topping the list of influential black Britons is a “professional and career high” A man who was twice homeless as…

View More Dean Forbes named as most influential black Briton

Getty Images Sir Keir Starmer has attempted to define who “working people” are, amid renewed scrutiny of his tax plans ahead of next week’s Budget.…

View More Keir Starmer attempts to define ‘working people’ tax pledge