How much is the minimum wage?
Official minimum wage rates increased for 2.7 million workers, with the National Living Wage for those 21 and over rising to £12.71 per hour.
What is the Budget and what could be in it?
Chancellor John Healey will present Labour’s first Budget on 28 October, outlining tax and spending plans while navigating constraints from pre-election pledges and fiscal rules.
The start-ups hoping to return battery making to the US
US battery startups are developing sodium ion technology to compete with China’s dominance in battery manufacturing, targeting large-scale energy storage applications and seeking to build domestic supply chains.
Levi Strauss hikes profit guidance after tariff refunds, but its sales outlook is less optimistic
Levi Strauss raised full-year profit guidance buoyed by tariff refunds, but lowered revenue expectations following a disappointing quarter marked by flat direct-to-consumer sales.
How oil-rich Alberta’s economy might fare if it broke away from Canada
Alberta will hold a referendum on October 19 on pursuing independence, with economists and officials divided over whether separation would boost or harm the province’s economy.
PepsiCo cuts earnings forecast as North American turnaround takes longer than expected
PepsiCo reported third-quarter earnings above expectations but lowered its full-year earnings forecast, citing slower-than-expected recovery in its struggling North American business.