What the Data Shows — Weak Non-Food Sales Retail Sales Overview (October 2025) According to the British Retail Consortium (BRC), total UK retail sales…
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UK Retailers Warn Business Rates Hike Could Close Up to 400 Stores — BRC
. What the BRC Is Warning What the Proposal Is The government is proposing a new, higher business rates (“surtax”) band for commercial properties with…
UK Retail Footfall Declines for Sixth Straight Month, Flagging High-Street Challenges
Key Facts & Data Overall Decline According to BRC-Sensormatic data, total UK retail footfall fell 0.7% year-on-year in October (covering the four weeks from…
UK Grocery Inflation Falls to 4.7% as Supermarkets Launch Festive Promotions
Key figures Annual grocery price inflation in the UK fell to 4.7% in the four weeks to 2 November 2025, down from about 5.2%…
UK Retail Sales Growth Slows Ahead of Black Friday and Autumn Budget
What the data shows According to British Retail Consortium (BRC) and partners, total UK retail sales growth in October rose by 1.6% year-on-year. (Morningstar)…
Government Releases New Draft Rates for Retail, Hospitality and Leisure Sectors
What’s changing From 1 April 2026, the government will introduce new lower business-rates multipliers specifically for RHL properties (shops, hospitality, leisure) with a rateable…
Market Bets Rise on December Rate Cut as Weak Labour Data Emerges
What’s Behind the December Rate-Cut Bets Soft Labour Market Report The UK’s unemployment rate rose to 5.0%, up from 4.8%. (Investing.com) Regular pay growth…
Storm Claudia: UK Businesses Face Mounting Costs After Severe Flooding
What Happened: Storm Claudia & Flooding Heavy, Persistent Rain Storm Claudia brought intense rainfall to England and Wales. (Met Office) At one location in…
WPP Shares Surge Amid Speculation of Potential Takeover Move
Stock market information for WPP Plc. (WPP) WPP Plc. is a equity in the USA market. The price is 20.29 USD currently with a change…
Critics Claim UK Budget Watchdog Is Holding Back Economic Growth
What Is the Criticism? Austerity Bias / Conservative Forecasting The Trades Union Congress (TUC) argues that the OBR has a kind of “hard‑wired” commitment…
Retail Chief Warns Shoppers Are Preparing for Higher Taxes
What’s the Warning About Retailers Are Concerned About Upcoming Tax Hikes Major UK retailers (Tesco, Sainsbury’s, M&S, and more) are warning that further tax…
Business Leaders Push for Stronger UK Investment from Pension Funds
What’s Happening Business Leaders’ Demand Over 250 UK business leaders (CEOs, chairs of major companies) have written to Chancellor Rachel Reeves, calling on her…
Castle Water Boosts Its Offer in Renewed Bid for Thames Water
What’s New in Castle Water’s Offer Big Cash Injection Castle Water has come back with a sweetened proposal: an extra £1 billion above current rescue…
BoE Stress Test Shows UK Life Insurers in Strong Financial Health
What Happened: Key Findings from the BoE / PRA Life Insurer Stress Test Stress Test Overview The PRA conducted a Life Insurance Stress Test…
Economic Uncertainty Grows as Budget Rumours Weigh on UK Outlook
What’s Going On The upcoming budget of Rachel Reeves (scheduled for 26 November) is stirring significant speculation in markets, businesses and households. (Reuters) Key points…
British Pound Stabilises After a Week of Market Turbulence
What happened After a volatile week, sterling “found its footing” on Monday, with the pound roughly unchanged or slightly stronger versus major currencies such…
FTSE 100 Slips as Financial Sector Weakens Ahead of Key Data Releases
What happened On Monday, 17 November 2025, the FTSE 100 dipped about 0.2% by mid‐day. (Reuters) The broader mid‐cap index, the FTSE 250, fell…
Two Infrastructure Giants Unite to Create the UK’s Largest Listed Operator
Key Details of the Deal Parties Involved HICL Infrastructure (HICL) — a large UK-listed infrastructure investment trust. (UK Investor Magazine) The Renewables Infrastructure Group…
Major Law Firms Announce Landmark Merger to Form Global Powerhouse
What Happened: The Merger Firms Involved: London-based Ashurst and U.S.-based Perkins Coie have agreed to merge. (Reuters) New Firm Name: The combined entity will…
EU Set to Outperform UK as Growth Concerns Deepen
Key Drivers: Why Some See the EU Outperforming the UK Solid EU Growth Forecasts The European Commission’s Autumn 2025 Economic Forecast projects EU GDP…