1 hour ago Scots charity urges £100m boost for parents to cut baby poverty rates

EXCLUSIVE: Save the Children have challenged Holyrood's parties to fund a boost in support for parents of new borns.

Economics

14 h. ago Business news live: Contactless card payments £100 cap could be scrapped, interest rates cut unlikely

Stock market news and latest business and finance updates from Wednesday

Economics

17 h. ago Major change to contactless card payment limits as £100 maximum could be ditched

New changes to how British shoppers use contactless payments via debit or credit card could be introduced to become more in-line with how smartphone payments are made

Economics

19 h. ago Contactless card payments could become unlimited under plan to scrap £100 cap

The Financial Conduct Authority announced plans to scrap the £100 cap on contactless card payments

Economics

21 h. ago Contactless limit: major tap to pay card payment change could arrive in UK soon – what it means for your money

UK shoppers could soon spend more with a tap of their card 💳

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21 h. ago Contactless card payments face major change with rule scrapped

The Financial Conduct Authority is considering raising the contactless limit

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22 h. ago Business news live: Contactless card payments £100 cap could be scrapped and interest rates cut unlikely

Stock market news and latest business and finance updates from Wednesday

Economics

25 h. ago Asian shares mostly rise, cheered by Wall Street rally to more records

Asian shares are mostly higher, echoing the record rally on Wall Street after the latest update on the job market bolstered hopes the U.S. Federal Reserve will cut interest rates

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2 d. ago Business news live: FTSE 100 climbs and mortgage lenders start to raise interest rates again

Stock market news and latest business and finance updates from Monday

Economics

5 d. ago Tesla proposes $1tn pay package for Elon Musk; markets brace for US jobs report – business live

Musk would need to hit a series of market value, profit and operational milestones to earn mega-payoutFull story: Retail sales rise but ONS apologises as statistics crisis deepensFull story: Average UK house price reaches record £299,331, says HalifaxBarbara Teixeira Araujo, economist at Moody’s Analytics, says today’s retail sales report shows that the first quarter of the year was not as strong as previously thought:“That U.K. retail sales rose by a strong 0.6% month over month in July—building on a 0.3% increase in June—was definitely good news, especially given the bad vibes coming from the labour market. But we caution against reading too much into the headline.Not only did the underlying pace of growth remain lacklustre, with growth still falling by 0.6% q/q in the three months to July, but there are now significant questions around the reliability of those figures. Issues found with seasonal adjustment led to a thorough overhaul of the methodology this month, resulting in a c...

Economics

5 d. ago Business news live: UK house prices hit record level and retail sales data shows concern for autumn

Stock market news and latest business and finance updates from Friday

Economics

5 d. ago Business news live: UK house prices hit record level and firms shedding jobs at fastest rate in four years

Stock market news and latest business and finance updates from Friday

Society

6 d. ago Business news live: Lloyds consider thousands of employees’ jobs, some pensioners to miss triple lock rise

Stock market news and latest business and finance updates from Thursday

Society

6 d. ago US hiring slows as jobs market loses momentum; UK construction in longest slump since 2020 – business live

Construction activity in longest continuous slump in five years, as UK long-term borrowing costs dips backOuch! Britain’s construction sector is suffering its longest continuous downturn since the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic.Construction output slumped again in August, according to the latest poll of purchasing managers from data provider S&P Global.Business activity falls for eighth month in a row, but at slower pace than in JulySolid reductions in new work and employmentOptimism drops to its lowest since December 2022“Construction activity has decreased throughout the year-to-date, which is the longest continuous downturn since early-2020. August data signalled only a partial easing in the speed of decline after output fell at the fastest pace for over five years in July.Sharply reduced levels of housing and civil engineering activity were again the main reasons for a weak overall construction sector performance. Commercial work showed some resilience in August, with t...

Society

6 d. ago Business news live: Lloyds consider thousands of employees’ jobs and Jaguar Land Rover hack latest

Stock market news and latest business and finance updates from Thursday

Society

6 d. ago UK construction in longest downturn since early 2020; global bond sell

Construction activity in longest continuous slump in five years, as UK long-term borrowing costs dips backOuch! Britain’s construction sector is suffering its longest continuous downturn since the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic.Construction output slumped again in August, according to the latest poll of purchasing managers from data provider S&P Global.Business activity falls for eighth month in a row, but at slower pace than in JulySolid reductions in new work and employmentOptimism drops to its lowest since December 2022“Construction activity has decreased throughout the year-to-date, which is the longest continuous downturn since early-2020. August data signalled only a partial easing in the speed of decline after output fell at the fastest pace for over five years in July.Sharply reduced levels of housing and civil engineering activity were again the main reasons for a weak overall construction sector performance. Commercial work showed some resilience in August, with t...

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6 d. ago Business news live: Lloyds could cut thousands of jobs and Jaguar Land Rover hack latest

Stock market news and latest business and finance updates from Thursday

Society

6 d. ago Businessman, 32, racially abused live on TV during Sky News interview

Two women have been arrested

Events

7 d. ago The Guardian view on fiscal rules and financial myths: Britain must stop fearing imaginary bond vigilantes | Editorial

Liz Truss fell not for borrowing, but for incompetence. Rachel Reeves mustn’t repeat the mistake with rules markets don’t demandIn 1995, Nick Leeson, a 28-year-old trader for Barings Bank, brought down the City’s oldest finance house by, among other things, betting that the Bank of Japan (BoJ) couldn’t keep rates low forever after its financial crash led to a borrowing spree. The devastating Kobe earthquake was the final blow. The BoJ cut rates, bond prices rose and his losses spiralled to $1.4bn. His bet that markets would beat Japan brought down the bank.Barings’ collapse is perhaps a spectacular example of the “widowmaker” trade, where speculators think they can outsmart Japanese authorities. They’ve ended up with egg on their face as their gamble on Japan losing fiscal control proved misguided. Japan, with its own currency and a central bank working with the government, shows how the state shapes markets, not the other way round.Do you have an opinion on the issue...

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7 d. ago Wall Street higher amid September rate cut bets while London stocks staged recovery

Wall Street higher amid September rate cut bets while London stocks staged recovery  uk.finance.yahoo.com

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