UK Economy

Britain’s summer holiday boom last year was not enough to save thousands of tourism businesses, despite increased domestic bookings in popular places such as Cornwall and the Yorkshire Dales. A Tourism Alliance survey of 1,927 tour operators, hotels, attractions, language schools and other travel and hospitality businesses serving overseas tourists …

7:29 GMT 07:29 UK growth spurt in November unfortunately overtaken by Omicron variant, warns Alpesh Paleja, CBI chief economist. Supply chain issues and the cost of living crisis are also weighing on growth, Paleja Explain : “While it is good that economic growth picked up in November, the data has …

Demands for a return to “normalcy” have multiplied, with official figures showing that Covid cases are now on the decline in almost all regions of the country. The current restrictions, known as Plan B, expire on January 26 and will be reviewed in a fortnight by ministers. The measures include …

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India is expected to overtake Japan as Asia’s second-largest economy by 2030, while its GDP is also expected to overtake that of Germany and the United Kingdom to rank third in the world, IHS Markit said in a report on Friday. Currently India is the sixth largest economy, behind the …

IIf the Tory party could be summed up in one word, it would be power. Conservatives have dominated the 19th, 20th and – until now – 21st centuries. Their most successful leaders anticipated the national mood and shaped their party to capitalize on it. Boris Johnson won the last election …

Traders sold US Treasuries and stocks of companies that were boosted by pandemic lockdowns on Tuesday as market nervousness over the Omicron variant eased and investors bet on a tightening of the market. Monetary Policy. The yield on the benchmark 10-year US Treasury bond, which moves inversely to the price …

gGovernment policy vis-à-vis Covid-19 has come full circle. For now, at least, England has returned to the Swedish way of dealing with the pandemic. The severe and officially imposed blockades are over. Trusting people to do the right thing is back. It remains to be seen whether this approach will …

A dull headache, a rug-like tongue, and a strong sense of nausea and regret – this is a condition many will be all too familiar with on New Years Day. But while it can seem tempting to seek a “hangover cure,” the researchers chose New Years Day to tell us …

Boris Johnson: Brexit will fix ‘broken’ British economic model Goldman Sachs economists predicted the UK economy to jump 4.8% next year, significantly exceeding the 3.5% forecast for the United States, 4% for Germany and 4.4% for the United States. behemoths of the European Union, France and Italy. In a further …