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Retail sales bounce back amid ‘gangbusters’ growth

Retail sales bounce back amid ‘gangbusters’ growth

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Robert Johnson

Retail sales bounce back amid ‘gangbusters’ growth – latest updates Jump to content Reference Robert JohnsonRobert Johnson is a UK-based business writer ...

UK economy grows more than previously estimated

UK economy grows more than previously estimated

Business
Robert Johnson

GDP figures published on Friday by the ONS confirmed fastest economic growth since 2021 as the UK emerged out of a technical ...

Economy grows faster than expected in boost for Sunak

Economy grows faster than expected in boost for Sunak

Business
Robert Johnson

Thanks for joining me. Rishi Sunak has been handed a boost to his election campaign after official figures showed economic growth was ...

British car industry demands tax cuts as Vauxhall threatens to close factories

British car industry demands tax cuts as Vauxhall threatens to close factories

Business
Robert Johnson

Job openings have plunged by a fifth over the past year, signalling a rapidly cooling labour market that will boost hopes of ...

Deliveroo jumps amid US takeover talks

Deliveroo jumps amid US takeover talks

Business
Robert Johnson

Thanks for joining me. Volkswagen will invest $5bn in Tesla rival Rivian in a deal that will give it access to the ...

PMI data shows French economy ‘stalling’ amid Emmanuel Macron’s election turmoil

PMI data shows French economy ‘stalling’ amid Emmanuel Macron’s election turmoil

Business
Robert Johnson

Retail sales in the UK have risen at their fastest pace since January as hotter weather and bank holidays tempted shoppers out ...

How the City was strangled by red tape

How the City was strangled by red tape

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Robert Johnson

Ultimately someone will have to pay for all of the extra hours of work this leads to. “The reality is that the ...

Rishi Sunak vows to cut taxes after drop to 2pc

Rishi Sunak vows to cut taxes after drop to 2pc

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William Turner

Thanks for joining me. Inflation has fallen to the Bank of England’s 2pc target for the first time in nearly three years. ...

Wind to overtake gas as UK’s main electricity source for the first time

Wind to overtake gas as UK’s main electricity source for the first time

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Robert Johnson

Thanks for joining us. The energy sector is our initial focus today as new research indicates that wind will overtake gas as ...

The Right should fear Rachel Reeves more than Keir Starmer

The Right should fear Rachel Reeves more than Keir Starmer

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Sophie Anderson

In one of the most famous psychological experiments of the past 30 years, Harvard-educated researchers Christopher Chabris and Daniel Simons asked a ...