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The European Union's GDP will grow by 5%. in 2021, 4.3 percent in 2022 and 2.5 percent. in 2023 - results from the autumn forecast presented today by the European Commission in Brussels. The latest forecasts are partly more optimistic than summer forecasts.more

Food prices are rising at their fastest pace since August 2020, figures from data firm Kantar suggest, as supply chain disruption continues.more

The BBC licence fee is likely to be frozen for two years to help families hit hard by the cost of living crisis, according to reports. more

There are more delegates at COP26 associated with the fossil fuel industry than from any single country, analysis shared with the BBC shows. Campaigners led by Global Witness assessed the participant list published by the UN at the start of this meeting.more

Customers are Christmas shopping early, retailer Marks & Spencer has said, with nearly half expecting to have finished buying gifts by the end of November.more

19 percent of the respondents stated that their financial situation had improved in the last 12 months; 42 percent claims that at that time did not notice any changes in their material status, 39 percent however, that their material status has deteriorated - it follows from the IBRiS survey for "Rzeczpospolita".more

One of Oxford University's colleges, Linacre College, said it would change its name after receiving a record donation from Vietnamese richest Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao. This sparked controversy in both the United Kingdom and Vietnam.more

The main company in the Ikea flat-pack furniture retail empire warned that profits would fall for two successive years after the group said it would be forced to raise prices due to the supply chain crisis and higher raw material costs.more

Sainsbury’s has revealed a jump in half-year profits despite falling recent sales after its Argos business was knocked by supply chain challenges and easing demand following the lifting of pandemic restrictions.more

Due to global problems with broken supply chains, stores in Poland struggle with shortages of goods and delays in supply. This is a challenge for the sales peak that is just about to start - points out in today's issue of "Rzeczpospolita".more

Tenant demand appears to have returned to the capital’s rental market as the pandemic freeze continues to thaw, new data has shown.more

The Bank of England (BoE) has decided to keep its main interest rate at a record low of 0.1%, despite forecasts that inflation, which is already high, could reach as much as 5% in the coming months.more

British financial institutions and listed companies will have to publish plans to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions from 2023, announced British Finance Minister Rishi Sunak during the UN climate conference COP26.more

Three quarters of Poles limit their spending in response to rising prices. For companies this means a great challenge, because the focus of shoppers' attention is even more than usual on promotions - writes "Rzeczpospolita" today.more

The end of Britain's furlough programme has not led to a surge in new job-seekers, according to data that suggests unemployment is unlikely to rise sharply and could bolster the case for a Bank of England interest rate hike.more

Households will remain worse off than they were before the pandemic until 2023, the UK's independent forecaster has warned. more

The airline still recorded a loss but it was far better than a year ago; however the future remains uncertain due to high fuel costs and Covid.more

While the participants of the UN climate change conference COP26, which begins today, broadly agree that climate change is happening, it is related to human activity and must be stopped, there are already divergences as to how to do it.more

Toys R Us is plotting a remarkable return to Britain’s high streets after the Covid pandemic sparked a revival of the market.more

Resolution Foundation says real wages will fall next year as UK is "in weakest decade for pay growth since 1930s".more

The impact of Brexit on the UK economy will be worse in the long run compared to the coronavirus pandemic, the chairman of the Office for Budget Responsibility has said. more

Britain can breathe a massive sigh of relief as those £6 beers we’ve had to get used to have become fractionally cheaper thanks to Rishi Sunak. more

The cost of cigarettes has risen across all retailers, the Chancellor has confirmed as part of the budget.more

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has set out changes to universal credit he says will give low income families an extra £1,000 a year. In an upbeat Budget speech, he said the UK economy had not been hit as hard by the Covid pandemic as expected.more

A group of UK millionaires has called on Rishi Sunak to make them pay more tax ahead of Wednesday’s budget.more