CORPORATE FTSE 100 CEO pay jumps 16% City AM FTSE 100 chief executives saw their pay rise sharply over the past year as companies increased the use of share-based incentives to compete with higher salaries offered by US businesses. Median pay granted to FTSE 100...

TAX Challenger banks unite against tax hike City AM Challenger banks, including Revolut, Monzo, and Shawbrook, have urged Chancellor John Healey to raise the tax threshold for UK lenders. In a letter, they warned that increasing the sector-specific surcharge from 3%...

OUTLOOK CBI: Budget must not increase cost of doing business London Evening Standard The Times The Confederation of British Industry reveals in a survey published today that private sector firms saw falling activity in the three months up to September, with activity...

OUTLOOK OECD downgrades UK growth forecast Financial Times The Daily Telegraph The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has downgraded the UK's economic growth forecast for 2027 to 1%, down from 1.1%. The adjustment is attributed to the...

TAX Healey urged to resist City tax grab City AM City leaders have expressed concern over potential tax increases in the upcoming Budget, urging the Chancellor to simplify the UK's complex tax system. TheCityUK pointed to the need for tax reform to enhance...

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...