ECONOMY

Business lobby group calls on Philip Hammond to deliver Autumn Budget that will allow UK to grow its way out of austerity.

Online retailer to create more permanent Jobs with the opening of a new fulfilment centre in Bolton.

Confidential document suggests trade talks between London and Brussels could begin soon despite claims that Brexit negotiations were deadlocked.

Survey of more than 7,100 businesses reveals improvements in the manufacturing sector in the third quarter.

The French government now wants to extend unemployment benefits to independent entrepreneurs, farmers and merchants who go bankrupt.

Washington-based lender says there is no evidence to suggest that raising taxes on high-earners would adversely affect economic performance.

Price cap will be formally unveiled by ministers on 12 October 2017 and will last until at least 2020.

Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors says its house price balance was unchanged at +6 during September.

Data suggests the American job market was healthy but a little less active in August with employers advertising plenty of job openings.

Chancellor says he considers such an outcome highly unlikely, but stressed that uncertainty about Brexit is acting as a dampener on the British economy.

Industrial production figures and improved retail sales help the sterling reverse recent losses.

Pound's slump in the wake of the Brexit referendum has made Britain a more appealing destination for overseas tourists.

Industrial action by public sector workers causing disruption as nine unions take part in coordinated work stoppages.

Like-for-like sales were up 1.9% compared to the same month a year earlier in September, compared with a 1.6% increase in August.

EU nationals make up 6% of the total workforce in the retail sector and over 20% of firms have reported staff returning to the EU.

Royal Mint introduced the old coins in 1983 to replace the £1 note but they will stop being legal tender on Sunday.

Consumer spending index falls 0.3% compared to a year earlier in September following a 0.2% increase in August.

After scrapping a wealth tax and reaching out to big investors, Macron's popularity is flagging, and he made matters worse for himself with a vulgar reference to soon-to-be-jobless workers.

Figures released by Halifax show prices grew 4% year-on-year in the quarter to September on the back of a shortage of properties.

The Prime Minister started by eulogising free markets in her Tory Party Conference speech and ended up talking price controls in a paradoxically daft narrative.

Permanent staff placements rose at the slowest pace in five months in September, fresh survey suggests.

The youth do not want their global, outward-looking international future taken away from them, yet they believe it is already gone for good.

Federation of German Industries says it is reluctantly coming to the conclusion that a hard Brexit was appearing inevitable.

Ratings agency S&P places region on negative credit watch as Catalan banks contemplate incorporating elsewhere in Spain.

Drastic drop in demand for diesel cars and economic uncertainty responsible for first September decline in six years.

Senior Bank official says the impact of the City's first phase of Brexit contingency planning would be "relatively modest" on jobs.

Most Americans believe their jobs are safe from the spread of automation and robotics, at least during their lifetimes, and only a handful say automation has cost them a job or loss of income.

The soft drinks giant's Robinson's squash brand is made at the site facing closure, as company opts to move production elsewhere.

The UK desperately wants talks to move on to future trade and security arrangements but EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker says more needs to be done on the withdrawal issues first.