This year’s award is the 21st edition of the prestigious FT prize and is worth £30,000 to the author or authors of the winning book. It is the first for 15 years in which a novel made the longlist.

Britain must ‘turn the tide’ on loss of talent, says British Chambers of Commerce director-general Shevaun Haviland ...

This could be catastrophic for your family business, as value may need to be extracted from the business (likely subject to income tax) in order to pay the inheritance tax bill. Hence, the effective ...

SAP, which is based in the town of Walldorf in south-west Germany, is one of Europe’s few big tech groups, with a market value of €280bn. Its shares have risen 10 per cent over the past year as the ...

BT chief executive Allison Kirkby has claimed that UK telecoms operators pay “10 times” the amount in “government inflicted costs” than peers in comparable European countries, as she warned the autumn ...

After Trump met Milei in New York on Tuesday and described him as a “truly fantastic and powerful leader”, US Treasury secretary Scott Bessent said he was considering offering Argentina a $20bn swap ...

Despite Trump’s professed support, the industry said it fears being caught in the crossfire of his attacks on renewable energy. Since taking office the White House has slashed Joe Biden-era tax ...

Business activity in the euro area rose at the fastest pace in 16 months in September, as a rebound in Germany offset a contraction in France, where political instability is weighing on demand.

The move has exposed anew the divide between the techno-libertarians who helped finance Trump’s return to power and his Maga base. Curbing not just undocumented migrants but skilled worker visas is ...

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UK winemaker Chapel Down has scrapped plans to build a £32mn winery as part of a strategic overhaul it hopes will return the business to profitability amid slowing demand for English wine.

Economics aside, tariff inflation may not be Trump’s biggest political worry. Currently the most salient price rises are in a domestically produced service, electric power. Trump may be less ...