A poll of UK bosses indicated that sentiment is at its lowest point since late 2022, when inflation was surging to historically high levels.

Total UK retail sales were up 1.1 year on year in March, despite Easter’s later arrival this year, BRC-KPMG figures show.

Bin collection strikes in Birmingham are set to carry on after refuse workers rejected an offer from the council to halt the long-running dispute. Rubbish has been piling up on the city’s streets and ...