Spending Review: Tough choices unavoidable, says IFS
Faarea MasudBusiness reporter, BBC NewsGetty ImagesTough choices are "unavoidable" as the government finalises spending plans for areas ranging from the NHS and defence, to schools and the criminal justice system,…
UK steelmakers call Trump doubling tariffs ‘another body blow’
Marc AshdownBusiness correspondent, BBC NewsUK steelmakers said US President Donald Trump's decision to double import taxes on steel and aluminium to 50% is "yet another body blow" to the industry.…
3 crucial issues facing the Government on housing
In a week when the minister responsible for housing admitted that meeting the Government's own target for the delivery of new housing this year would be "extremely challenging", RTÉ's Economics…
Well known hotelier and businessman Christy Maye dies
Hotelier and well known businessman Christy Maye has died. Mr Maye owned the Bridge House Hotel and the Bridge Centre in Tullamore, Co Offaly and the Greville Arms Hotel in…
Trump planning to double steel, aluminium tariffs to 50%
Updated / Saturday, 31 May 2025 19:45 Donald Trump announced the higher tariffs just outside Pittsburgh, where he was talking up an agreement between Nippon Steel and US Steel US…