Bank of England Chief Economist Huw Pill cautioned on Friday that Britain faces a gradual build-up of long-term inflation pressures, driven by the surge in energy prices that has followed the Iran conflict and the closure of the Strait of…
BP has launched a formal sale process for its UK North Sea business, the company announced on 31 July, marking a potential end to more than sixty years of continuous offshore production by one of the industry’s founding operators in…
The origins of this particular pressure point lie in a structural feature of the British self-assessment regime that many taxpayers discover only when they first encounter a bill large enough to trigger it. For years, HMRC has operated a system…
The central tension in Wales’s second home debate is not, at its core, a moral one. It is a failure of housing supply meeting an excess of fiscal intervention — and the evidence from Gwynedd to Pembrokeshire suggests that punitive…
A widening gap between work and welfare Consider a teenager in Manchester or Leeds who takes on a part-time job at the national minimum wage — the kind of entry-level work that has traditionally served as a first rung on…
From 27 August, plug-in solar panels will be legal to sell and use in Great Britain. The government has amended existing plug and electricity safety regulations, removing the principal legislative obstacle that had kept these devices out of mainstream British…
The Limits of the Source Material The Daily Mail opinion piece by Quentin Letts, published under the headline urging Gary — almost certainly Gary Lineker — to pay additional tax privately rather than making a public performance of it, could…
A landmark partnership between NFG SA and the Danpullo family has produced Danpullo Capital SA, a new Cameroon-based investment holding company designed to manage family assets while pursuing long-term investment opportunities across Central Africa. The agreement, which spans Geneva, Douala…
When the IMF first structured its 48-month Extended Fund Facility for Ukraine, anti-corruption conditionality sat at the heart of the arrangement. The $8.1 billion programme, negotiated against the backdrop of an active conflict and an economy under severe strain, made…
American pump prices have crossed $4 a gallon once more, as the resumption of US military operations against Iran sends fresh shockwaves through global oil markets. The national average for a gallon of regular petrol stood at $4.003 on Monday…