Building sector sees sharp drop following mid-summer surge
Construction activity plunged again last month following an earlier post-lockdown increase, as the economic impact of the pandemic weighs on ...
Read More Ireland ‘not a winner’ as larger countries to gain more from digital tax
Proposals to tax the digital economy being brought to the G20 next month are more likely to favour large economies ...
Read More Living wage to remain unchanged at €12.30 for coming year
The Living Wage rate is to remain unchanged at €12.30 per hour for the coming year, following fresh calculations. The ...
Read More Deutsche Bank to close 20% of domestic branches in coronavirus shift
Deutsche Bank plans to close one in five branches in its home market in Germany as it seeks to save ...
Read More ECB must ‘very carefully’ assess data on patchy recovery, Lagarde says
Europe’s economic rebound is uncertain and uneven, requiring “very careful” assessment of incoming data, including the evolution of the coronavirus ...
Read More Number of PUP claimants falls just 3,600 in last week
The number of people claiming the Pandemic Unemployment Payment (PUP) has fallen by just 3,600 in the last week. In ...
Read More WTO says US tariffs on China are not justified and breach trade rules
The World Trade Organisation (WTO) has undercut the main justification for US President Donald Trump’s trade war against China, saying ...
Read More Strong retail data support sterling, but outlook remains bleak
Sterling got support today from data showing British shoppers kept increasing spending last month, taking sales further above their pre-Covid-19 ...
Read More Budget 2021 – rewriting the rule book
There’s less than a month to go until Budget 2021, but already it’s shaping up to be unlike any other ...
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