Author: Nathan Bissitt

When the Bank of England announced the first increase in interest rates for a decade, savers across the country could be forgiven for giving a little cheer.They’ve endured years of pathetic rates with returns on most accounts not even beating inflation.Yet any

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Arqiva, the UK’s largest owner of TV transmitters and food producer Bakkavor have pulled their stock market listings because of market uncertainty.Arqiva has postponed a stock market flotation that would have valued the group at £6bn.Bakkavor, which supplies

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Avian influenza, or bird flu, has hit the poultry industry in South Africa.It’s estimated that four million chickens have been, or are being, culled to stop the outbreak; and an egg shortage means prices could rise by as much as 20%. The BBC’s Vumani

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Republicans have unveiled details of a sweeping tax plan, aimed at slashing rates for businesses and lowering inheritance taxes.The proposal would lower the corporate tax rate from 35% to 20%, while retaining the top individual rate for the wealthiest at 39.5%.It

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Media playback is unsupported on your device The US Department of Commerce has said it has concluded that imports of Canadian softwood lumber are being unfairly subsidised. In a statement released on Thursday, it said efforts to reach a negotiated agreement with

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