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UK residential transactions have fallen by 27% over the past year, new data from HMRC reveals. There were 80,020 transactions in May 2023, 3% lower than recorded in April. Meanwhile, the number of UK non-residential transactions in May stood at 9,460 - 16% lower than the same period last year. However, the decline

By Arpan Varghese and Scott DiSavino (Reuters) - The Texas power grid comfortably met record demand during this week's heat wave with abundant power s...

The BBC Concert Orchestra has partnered with the University of Nottingham and Nottingham Trent University to give students world-class performance, composition, and production experiences. The partnership will also reach schools and local communities

June 28 - OPEC has withheld media access to reporters from Reuters, Bloomberg and the Wall Street Journal to cover a meeting of oil industry CEOs with energy ministers from OPEC and its allies, reporters and several people familiar with th...

OPEC has withheld media access to reporters from Reuters, Bloomberg and the Wall Street Journal to cover a meeting of oil industry CEOs with energy ministers from OPEC and its allies, reporters and several people familiar with the matter said on Wednesday.

OPEC+ pumps more than 40% of the world's oil supply. OPEC declined to comment on why reporters from the three media organizations were not invited to cover the OPEC-hosted July 5-6 seminar in Vienna. "We believe that transparency and a free press serve both readers, markets and the public interest, and we object to this restriction on coverage," a spokesperson for Reuters, the news and media division of Thomson Reuters Corp, said on Wednesday.

The hit to the economy from soaring mortgage rates will be equivalent to a 2p income tax hike. This is according to new analysis from the Liberal Democrats. The figures show that annual mortgage repayments are expected to be around £15bn higher in December 2024, compared to the start of the cost-of-living crisis at

An auditing company empowered by the European Union to verify sustainable fuel has suspended the certification of three Chinese biofuel exporters after an audit found the precise source of their waste products from Malaysia and Indonesia could not be verified.

Mortgage and Property experts have been sharing their reaction - and concerns - to this latest base rate hike as follows:

Concern about the global economy dampened the oil markets reaction to Saudi Arabias pledge to cut supplies and has capped prices this year, a Chevron executive told Reuters on Thursday.