Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial newsLatest: Supply chain problems to hit Germany’s recoveryCO2 prices to jump, government warnsFull story: Bailout of US CO2 supplier will cost UK taxpayers ‘millions’Evergrande strikes deal over on…
Fraud in UK at level where it ‘poses national security threat’
UK Finance says £754m stolen from bank customers in first half of 2021 as scammers capitalised on CovidCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageFraud in the UK has risen to a level where it poses a “national security threat”, accordi…
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Netflix acquires works of Roald Dahl as it escalates streaming wars
Content deal over author of children’s classics such as Matilda and the BFG is firm’s biggest to dateNetflix has acquired the works of Roald Dahl, the author of children’s classics including Matilda, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and the BFG, in th…
UK pensioners short-changed by more than £1bn, says watchdog
Human error and outdated IT contributed to underpayments, with most affected likely to be womenMore than £1bn-worth of UK state pensions has been underpaid due to repeated human errors that were almost inevitable amid complex rules and outdated IT sys…
Quality Street’s new sweet proves popular
Shoppers sampling brand’s first white chocolate sweet welcome break with traditionChristmas is, above all, a time for tradition. The smallest changes can send shockwaves which disrupt longstanding routines and cause worse friction than a post-dinner ga…
British Rail logo designer appalled by green makeover ‘mess’
Gerry Barney says updated branding, to be used by Great British Railways, uses too many coloursThe designer of the familiar British Rail logo has warned against government plans to revamp the symbol and dismissed an attempt to give it a green makeover…
Whether it’s homes or jobs, our dreams are moving further out of reach every year | Mark Blyth
From the warped housing market to the ‘knowledge economy’, the system increasingly works only for the uber-wealthyI travelled to New York City in August for the first time since the pandemic began, to visit friends who had just bought their first home….
The global supply chain crisis could fuel a severe dose of stagflation
Economic observers should heed the warnings now – rising prices and slowing growth are a very real threatHow will the global economy and markets evolve over the next year? There are four scenarios that could follow the “mild stagflation” of the last fe…