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Britain's construction industry expanded last month for the first time since August, albeit only slightly, according to a survey on Friday that added to signs of improvement in the economy after a recession in the second half of 2023. The S&P Global UK Construction Purchasing Managers' Index rose to 50.2 in March from 49.7 in February - rising above the 50-point growth threshold for the first time in seven months. The survey's gauges of housebuilding, commercial work and ci...

British companies expectations for selling prices and wage increases in the year ahead cooled in March, adding to signs of easing inflation pressure, a Bank of England survey showed on Thursday....

S&P Global composite PMI data shows British businesses are faring better than peers in France and Germany

Bank of England policymaker Catherine Mann, who last week dropped her call for increases in borrowing costs, said on Tuesday she thought markets were betting on too many interest rate cuts by the... -March 26, 2024 at 06:53 am EDT - MarketScreener

LONDON (Reuters) - British businesses recorded another decline in activity this month and cost pressures eased further, a survey showed on Tuesday,

It would be a bad idea for Britain to try to reduce pressure on the public finances by cutting the amount of interest the Bank of England pays on reserves held there by commercial banks, a junior... -March 12, 2024 at 01:12 pm EDT - MarketScreener

Britains labour market slowed sharply in February as recruitment firms reported the biggest drop in demand for staff from employers since the coronavirus lockdown of early 2021, a survey showed on... -March 10, 2024 at 08:01 pm EDT - MarketScreener

British lenders approved more mortgages in January than at any point since October 2022, Bank of England data showed on Thursday....

Voters in the northern English town of Rochdale say they have little enthusiasm for an election this week dominated by political disputes over the Gaza war and paving the way for leftist firebrand... -February 28, 2024 at 02:05 am EST - MarketScreener

British employers scaled back the annual pay settlements they offered to staff at the start of 2024, a survey showed on Wednesday, in a move likely to reassure the Bank of England that underlying...