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First-time UK home buyers face GBP200 more a month on mortgage
(Alliance News) - First-time UK house buyers with a 15% deposit to put down face paying nearly GBP200 per month more for a mortgage typically than they did a year...
Read moreUK rail union RMT votes to renew strike mandate for six months
(Alliance News) - Members of the UK's biggest rail workers' union have voted to renew their mandate to continue taking industrial action for the next six months in the long-running...
Read moreTOP NEWS: UK Tories suffer losses in first electoral test for Sunak
(Alliance News) - Rishi Sunak's Tories were on course for heavy losses in the Prime Minister's first electoral test as Labour and the Liberal Democrats both made gains in elections...
Read moreUK competition regulator launches artificial intelligence market probe
(Alliance News) - The UK's competition watchdog is launching a review of the artificial intelligence market including popular chatbots such as ChatGPT, whose owner is backed by Microsoft Corp....
Read moreForecast for growth in electric car sales in UK downgraded
(Alliance News) - Expectations for the growth in demand in the UK for pure electric new cars have been downgraded....
Read moreIreland jobless rate falls to 3.9% in April from 4.0% in March
(Alliance News) - Unemployment in Ireland eased last month, according to numbers from the Central Statistics Office on Thursday....
Read moreUK net mortgage lending hits zero in March, as mortgage approvals rise
(Alliance News) - Net mortgage lending stalled in the UK in March, according to Bank of England data on Thursday, while mortgage approvals continued to rise. ...
Read moreService sector leads growth of private sector in Ireland during April
(Alliance News) - The services sector in Ireland expanded at its fastest rate in nearly a year and was entirely responsible for an improved picture for the overall economy, according...
Read moreTOP NEWS: UK service sector sees strongest growth in 12 months
(Alliance News) - Growth in the UK's services sector accelerated sharply in April, according to the latest survey data on Thursday, helping to drive growth in the private sector overall...
Read moreLONDON MARKET EARLY CALL: Stocks seen soft ahead of ECB decision
(Alliance News) - Stocks in London are set to open slightly lower on Thursday, as caution prevails ahead of an interest rate decision by the EU, following the US's quarter-point...
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