ECONOMY Sluggish growth halves fiscal headroom City AM Daily Mail The Daily Telegraph The Times The Government's fiscal headroom has decreased by £12bn due to slow economic growth and rising public borrowing costs since the start of the US-Iran conflict. KPMG...

INVESTMENT NatWest chair calls for increased UK investment City AM NatWest chairman Rick Haythornthwaite has warned the UK faces a "moment of national crisis" because political instability, excessive regulation and poor decision-making have undermined investment and...

ECONOMY Inflation climbs to 3.1% Financial Times BBC News City AM The Times Office for National Statistics (ONS) data shows that UK inflation rose to 3.1% in the year to August, up from 2.9% in July. Grant Fitzner, chief economist at the ONS, said the rise was driven...

OUTLOOK UK companies vulnerable to takeover as valuations lag The Daily Telegraph Tony Dalwood, chief executive of Gresham House, warns that undervalued UK-listed companies are increasingly becoming takeover targets, with deals involving British-listed businesses...

OUTLOOK Fintech leaders still back the UK, for now City AM Fintech leaders in the UK remain optimistic about the sector's future, with 94% believing it remains a good place to start and grow a business. However, Nick Murray-Leslie, co-founder of Chatsworth...

TAX Wealth exodus: UK losing its elite The Times Ryan Howsam, the founder of travel insurer Staysure, complains in a piece for the Times that the UK's tax regime is driving wealthy individuals abroad. Pointing to the recent cases of wealthy business people relocating,...

OUTLOOK US firms lose faith in UK The Daily Telegraph American businesses are increasingly hesitant to invest in the UK, with confidence levels dropping to 6.4, according to the BritishAmerican Business (BAB) transatlantic business confidence index. This follows...

TAX Fintechs call for stamp duty to be scrapped City AM Innovate Finance, representing the UK's fintech sector, has urged the Government to eliminate stamp duty on shares to rejuvenate the struggling initial public offering (IPO) market. The group argues that the...

CORPORATE UK M&A activity soars to £124.2bn The Times UK mergers and acquisitions (M&A) reached £124.2bn in the first half of the year, driven by a few major deals, according to PwC. Although the number of transactions fell by 13% to 1,301, the total value...

CORPORATE Ministers plan corporate reporting shake-up City AM The Times The Government has announced a major overhaul of corporate reporting to cut bureaucracy and save businesses more than £450m a year. The reforms would ease reporting and audit requirements for...