ECONOMY

What is it with supermarkets nowadays? It feels like the very presence of customers doing their weekly shop is a nuisance to the big players.I half expect someone to tap me on the shoulder and ask what I'm doing there, as under pressure…

The majority of British homebuyers say the experience of buying and selling a house is so bad, it has put them off moving again.Two thirds of recent home movers who took part in a 5,000 strong survey said they would be reluctant to do it…

BP’S new bosses were given a bloody nose yesterday as the oil giant suffered a shareholder revolt and its annual general meeting descended into a farcical row.Investors rebuked chairman Albert Manifold, who is just six months into the job,…

The ebb and flow of company results, which sustains analysts and the stock market, is less followed in the media than used to be the case.There is, however, no better way of understanding what is going on in the economy than drilling down…

Warner Brothers Discovery shareholders backed an £82billion merger with Paramount Skydance – but not a £660million payday for its boss.Most voted in favour of the Hollywood deal that will drastically alter the media landscape.But they…

Households ‘really do have the jitters now’ as price rises bite, according to new figures that show consumer confidence plunging.A closely watched poll from market research firm GfK showed confidence ‘deteriorating sharply’ as the Iran war…

He claims his ‘mission’ is to ‘empower wealth alchemy’ among his followers.Rob Moore draws in devotees with a rags-to-riches story, describing how in a few years he transformed himself from a debt-ridden graduate to a multimillionaire after…

Nationwide Building Society is lowering its mortgage rates, along with several other high street banks and building societies. From tomorrow, Britain's second biggest mortgage lender will cut fixed rates by up to 25 basis…

L’Oreal has seen its sales rebound thanks to a ‘lipstick effect’ on consumer confidence - sending shares soaring.The French firm - whose brands include Garnier, Maybelline and Essie - said sales rose 6.7 per cent to £10.6billion in its…

Drivers are being forced to scrap perfectly roadworthy cars because the cost to tax them has become so astronomically expensive.Cars between nine and 20 years old that are in faultless mechanical order and passing MOT tests with no…