Financial

The benefits freeze was announced by the government in 2015, meaning many households have not seen an increase in working-age benefits they receive during this time - such as Universal Credit and Child Benefit. The benefits freeze is due to…

Last week saw 2020 kick off, and with many people settling back into their everyday lives following the festivities of December, some will be looking to take a look at their finances. The start of the new year will no doubt provide some…

The new year has kicked off, with plenty of people motivated to make 2020 the year of getting - or keeping - their finances in order as best they can. Whether it’s saving for the future or for a treat at the end of the year, some will opt…

Instead, a curious about-turn occurred at around $6,550 which was bolstered by what some observers claim was a massive, multi-million-dollar investment in the early hours of this morning. That huge shift of hard cash into cryptocurrency…

The euro zone economy grew at a modest pace in the third quarter with a negative impact from trade, while retail sales fell at their sharpest rate this year in October, data showed on Thursday. Gross domestic product (GDP) in the 19…

Britain’s services sector shrank in November to mark three months without growth for the main driver of the economy, a survey showed on Wednesday as uncertainty over Brexit and an imminent national election weighed. The IHS Markit/CIPS…

Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak said on Tuesday he expected this week’s meeting of OPEC oil producers and their allies to be constructive but said Moscow had yet to finalise its position in talks on possible additional supply curbs.…

Euro zone manufacturing activity contracted for a 10th straight month in November although the bloc’s battered factories may have turned a corner as forward-looking indicators in Monday’s survey appear to have passed a nadir. IHS…

Apple Inc <AAPL.O> is “taking a deeper look at how we handle disputed borders” after it referred to the Russian-annexed Crimean Peninsula as part of Russia in its Maps and Weather apps for Russian users, a company spokeswoman told…

Tesla’s <TSLA.O> announcement earlier this month that it will build its first European factory near Berlin will draw further companies from the electric mobility and energy storage sectors into Germany, a state premier told newspaper…