European Commission raises Ireland’s growth forecast for 2023
This year’s growth forecast was revised up to 4.9 per cent, and is it expected to further expand by 4.1 per cent in 2024
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Podcasts Lose Their Edge
Podcasting has emerged out of years of rapid growth and a pandemic boom to face an identity crisis as its ecosystem contracts, advertisement slows and the medium eases into maturity. From a report: Podcasts changed the listening habits of millions of p…
Amazon workers in UK announce series of strikes at warehouse in pay dispute
The GMB union said more than 350 staff at the fulfilment centre in Coventry will walk out on February 28th, March 2nd and from March 13th to 17th
Brexit hit UK growth by £29bn, says Bank of England rate setter
Investment in the country since the referendum has ‘stopped in its tracks’, according to a study led by Jonathan HaskelThe UK has suffered a loss of business investment since the 2016 Brexit referendum worth £29bn, or £1,000 per household, according to…
Healthcare staff shortage main factor in near-record job vacancies
ONS analysis shows sector accounts for more than one in 10 of job ads posted online in DecemberJob vacancies in the UK have reached a near-record level, due largely to the shortage of nurses, carers and other healthcare staff.According to analysis by t…
No questions asked: money laundering thrives in Australia because of professionals willing to facilitate it
Lawyers, accountants and real estate agents face can little scrutiny and there is as yet no action from government to increase regulationGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastRaids earlier this month by the Australian…
EU tipped to avoid recession after gas crisis eases
Economic growth forecast to be 0.8% in 2023 but households still face cost of living pressuresThe EU is predicted to narrowly avoid recession as a result of a milder-than-expected energy shock, although households face difficult times ahead as cost of …
Kimberly Palmer: Family budgeting tips that actually work
Following a family budget is challenging, especially when unexpected costs pop up, including those related to the high prices at the grocery store and rising interest rates.
UK firms expect to give 5% pay rises this year amid worker shortages
Survey figure is highest in at least a decade as businesses face pressure to help staff in cost of living crisisUK employers expect to give workers pay rises of 5% this year, the highest in at least a decade, according to a survey of more than 2,000 bu…
Ex-CEO of Germany’s Wirecard denies charges at fraud trial
The former CEO of payments company Wirecard has denied having known anything about false accounting at the firm as he testifies at his trial over its collapse in 2020.