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British consumers shopped more in June after a sharp drop in May as hot weather helped to boost the sales of drinks, clothes and car fuel, official figures showed today.…

NatWest's first-half profit rose a slightly better than expected 18% as it grew loans and deposits, it said today, allowing the British lender to announce a fresh share buyback worth…

US President Donald Trump has said countries who refuse American beef are "on notice", after Australia announced that it would be relaxing import restrictions on the product. Australia said it…

Consumer sentiment fell to a near two-year low in July as concerns about the cost of living and tariffs on European Union exports to the US weighed, a survey showed…

Puma shares dropped 16% today after the German sportswear brand said it now expects an annual loss as sales decline and US tariffs dent profit. Puma has been struggling to…

Mortgage drawdown values reached almost €6.2 billion in the first half of 2025 - the highest half year values since 2008 - new figures from Banking and Payments Federation Ireland…

Energy company Flogas is to increase its variable electricity charges by around 7%, with effect from 25 August. Flogas said this marks its first price increase in three years and…

Volkswagen has today reported a €1.3 billion first-half hit from tariffs and cut its full-year sales and profit margin forecasts in the German carmaker's first assessment of the damage from…

Updated / Friday, 25 Jul 2025 10:09 The incident was a rare disruption for Elon Musk's powerful satellite internet system SpaceX's Starlink suffered one of its biggest international outages when…

Updated / Friday, 25 Jul 2025 10:02 The US chipmaker has published its latest financial results Intel has said that it has completed the majority of the layoffs it announced…

Updated / Thursday, 24 Jul 2025 17:35 New CSO figures show that 9,214 homes were built in April, May and June of this year Housing completion figures show that 9,214…