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Treasury wobble: Reeves poised to ditch autumn budget fuel duty hike as fairfueluk pressure tells
UK business chiefs unite to combat workplace antisemitism as Met chief warns jews ‘not safe’ in London
JCB chairman Lord Bamford warns ministers face public revolt over £333bn welfare bill
Treasury orders review into bank branch closures as small firms count the cost
Tate & Lyle weighs £2.7bn approach from US rival Ingredion
ebay rebuffs GameStop’s surprise $55.5bn swoop
National Grid commits record £70bn to power the next decade of energy networks
UK economy defies gloom with surprise March growth as Iran war clouds outlook
Meta dealt blow by EU court in landmark ruling on publisher payments
Oil stocks drain at record pace as Iran war chokes global supply

Amy Ingham

Amy is a newly qualified journalist specialising in business journalism at Business Matters with responsibility for news content for what is now the UK’s largest print and online source of current business news.

Small manufacturers across the capital are set for a major digital upgrade after London awarded more than £300,000 in grants through the first round of the Made Smarter London programme.

London backs small manufacturers with £300,000 tech fund to boost productivity

10 December 2025 Get Funded, In Business Amy Ingham 0 Comments

Health and social care businesses across the UK have strengthened their cash reserves and signalled a surge in AI investment for the year ahead, according to new data from the Barclays Business Prosperity Index.

Health and social care firms build cash buffers as they accelerate AI investment for 2026

10 December 202511 December 2025 In Business Amy Ingham 0 Comments

Consumer confidence has edged higher as shoppers prepare for a pre-Christmas spending spree despite soaring inflation and the prospect of an interest rate rise, a closely watched survey suggests.

Frasers Group snaps up Swindon Designer Outlet in latest retail property expansion

9 December 2025 News Amy Ingham 0 Comments

UK business leaders warn that Rachel Reeves’s planned Budget tax increases could push small firms to raise prices, delay hiring, or cut jobs, threatening inflation and growth.

Invest in Women Taskforce hits £635m as Nationwide and British Business Bank join first close of landmark ‘Women backing Women’ fund

9 December 2025 Get Funded, News Amy Ingham 0 Comments

Tens of thousands of apprenticeships could be created and hundreds of millions of pounds saved if the flawed apprenticeships levy were reformed, according to a survey of members by the British Retail Consortium.

Government unveils £725m package to create 50,000 apprenticeships and tackle rising youth unemployment

9 December 2025 News Amy Ingham 0 Comments

Richard Walker, the head of Iceland Foods, has issued a stark warning to Labour, cautioning that a sudden increase in the minimum wage could lead to the bankruptcy of his supermarket chain.

Keir Starmer to make Iceland boss Richard Walker a Labour peer

8 December 2025 News Amy Ingham 0 Comments

Jamie’s Italian failure costs councils £1.3m

Jamie Oliver revives Jamie’s Italian with Leicester Square relaunch six years after chain collapse

7 December 2025 News Amy Ingham 0 Comments

Chancellor Rachel Reeves is facing mounting calls to resign from frustrated business owners after a series of leaks ahead of this week’s Budget - drawing comparisons with Labour Chancellor Hugh Dalton, who quit in 1947 after briefing a journalist moments before delivering his statement.

AJ Bell hits out at ‘crazy’ Isa overhaul as tax fears trigger £600m pension exodus

5 December 2025 Finance, News Amy Ingham 0 Comments

Barclays Eagle Labs and Sustainable Ventures launch National Climate Tech Accelerator to supercharge UK’s green innovation economy

Barclays Eagle Labs and Sustainable Ventures launch £500m-backed climate tech accelerator to scale UK innovators

5 December 2025 Get Funded Amy Ingham 0 Comments

Taxpayers stand to save both money and headaches in 2025 by committing to better tax practices in the year ahead, according to leading audit, tax and business advisory firm Blick Rothenberg.

Business owners warn HMRC’s new ‘bounty’ tax reward scheme risks unleashing malicious claims

5 December 20255 December 2025 In Business Amy Ingham 0 Comments

Labour is facing calls to rethink its manifesto pledge to abolish lower minimum wage rates for young workers amid warnings that nearly one million 16- to 24-year-olds are now out of education, employment or training.

Young Brits drive UK’s entrepreneurship boom as two-thirds plan to work for themselves

4 December 2025 In Business Amy Ingham 0 Comments

Two of London’s oldest and most storied food markets, Smithfield and Billingsgate, are set to begin a new chapter in the Docklands after the City of London Corporation confirmed Albert Island as their future home.

Centuries-old Smithfield and Billingsgate markets secure new Docklands home on Albert Island

4 December 2025 News Amy Ingham 0 Comments

The governor of the Bank of England has acknowledged the challenges faced by policymakers due to unreliable data, expressing a desire for more accurate figures on the unemployment rate.

AI investment boom built on debt poses growing risk to financial stability, Bank of England warns

4 December 2025 Get Funded, News Amy Ingham 0 Comments

Mercedes-Benz has placed a significant vote of confidence in the UK’s advanced manufacturing sector after confirming a £20 million partnership to develop high-performance electric vehicle technology, creating 150 skilled jobs across Northamptonshire and Oxfordshire.

Mercedes-Benz backs UK with £20m Formula 1–powered EV investment creating 150 high-skill jobs

4 December 2025 News Amy Ingham 0 Comments

Labour has suspended one of its own MPs after he broke ranks to vote against the party’s contentious inheritance tax changes for farmers, deepening internal divisions over the reforms and fuelling anger in rural communities.

Labour suspends MP Markus Campbell-Savours for defying party over inheritance tax raid on farmers

3 December 20253 December 2025 News Amy Ingham 0 Comments

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According to Treasury sources briefing the FairFuelUK campaign, Chancellor Rachel Reeves is preparing to drop the planned fuel duty rise from her Autumn Budget, though insiders caution that any reprieve is unlikely to survive beyond the March 2027 Financial Statement.

Treasury wobble: Reeves poised to ditch autumn budget fuel duty hike as fairfueluk pressure tells

Treasury sources signal Rachel Reeves will drop the Autumn Budget fuel duty hike after FairFuelUK lobbying, a 148,000-signature petition and SME pressure.

UK business chiefs unite to combat workplace antisemitism as Met chief warns jews ‘not safe’ in London

JCB chairman Lord Bamford warns ministers face public revolt over £333bn welfare bill

Treasury orders review into bank branch closures as small firms count the cost

Lidl ropes in Olio and Neighbourly in landmark surplus food trial that could rescue 11.9 million meals a year

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