Mjb News Cover For Reeves’ Pub Rescue Isn’t Holding โ€” Two Closed Every Day In Q1, 2,400 Jobs Lost โ€” Uk Pub Closures Business

Reevesโ€™ Pub Rescue Isnโ€™t Holding โ€” Two Closed Every Day in Q1, 2,400 Jobs Lost

Picture the line in the sand. Now picture two pubs falling on the wrong side of it every single day.

▶ NEWS·5 min read·5 May 2026

UK Numbers Right Now

Reviewed 6 May 2026 · FTSE live hourly
BoE Base RateHeld at MPC's last meeting4.25%
UK Inflation (CPI)12-month to March 20263.3%
2Y Fixed MortgageAverage best-buy rate ยท Moneyfacts5.18%
5Y Fixed MortgageAverage best-buy rate ยท Moneyfacts4.84%
GBP/USDLive ยท 15-min delay1.3528
FTSE 100Live ยท hourly snapshot10,379
Next Tax Year Starts6 April 2027 · 2027/28 allowances resetin 335 days
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Mjb News Cover For Fia Multi Team Rule Threatens Mercedes’ Alpine Bid โ€” And Red Bull’s 20 Year Hold On Racing Bulls โ€”

FIA Multi-Team Rule Threatens Mercedesโ€™ Alpine Bid โ€” and Red Bullโ€™s 20-Year Hold on Racing Bulls

Forget Miami. The most consequential F1 moment this week came in one sentence from the FIA president.

▶ BUSINESS·4 min read·5 May 2026
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Mjb News Cover For Brent Oil Hits $126 As Trump Eyes Fresh Iran Strikes โ€” Brent Oil Price

Brent Oil Hits $126 as Trump Eyes Fresh Iran Strikes

$126 a barrel. 7.1% in a single morning. The International Energy Agency has just called this the biggest oil supply shock in history.

▶ MARKETS·4 min read·30 Apr 2026
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FTSE 100 · UK
10,379▲ +1.2% WoW
London Stock Exchange close
FTSE 250 · UK Mid-Cap
26,180▲ +0.8% WoW
London Stock Exchange close
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7,165▲ +1.8% WoW
NYSE / S&P Global close
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Glossary · Term of the Day· 6 May 2026

Residence Nil-Rate Band

noun · Inheritance Tax

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Mjb News Cover For Adam Back: Wall Street’s Bitcoin Wave Lags 18 Months โ€” Bitcoin Institutional Adoption Chart

Adam Back: Wall Streetโ€™s Bitcoin Wave Lags 18 Months

Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) joining the US spot Bitcoin ETF party this month had crypto Twitter calling the bottom.

▶ CRYPTO·4 min read·29 Apr 2026
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UK Utilities Are 2026โ€™s FTSE Comfort Trade โ€” But the Bond Yield Trap Is Real

Forget the comfort-blanket framing. Last year the FTSE 100 ran 21.5% โ€” its best calendar year since 2009.

▶ INVESTING·5 min read·5 May 2026
12 months · 6 asset classes · One £10,000 bet

Where £10,000 Went Last Year

Total return · GBP · 30 Apr 25 → 30 Apr 26
#1 Top Bitcoin · GBP
£18,920
▲ +89.2% CoinGecko · BTC/GBP
US S&P 500
£12,840
▲ +28.4% SPY · GBP-hedged
Gold (Spot)
£11,840
▲ +18.4% LBMA · per troy ounce
UK FTSE All-Share
£11,210
▲ +12.1% London Stock Exchange
Cash · BoE Base
£10,425
— +4.25% Avg easy-access savings
#6 Trailed UK 10-Year Gilts
£10,180
— +1.8% DMO · 10-yr gilt total return
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3 Semiconductor Stocks With More Questions Than Answers

The semiconductor stocks party has been absolutely ripping. The sectorโ€™s up 52.3% over the past six months โ€” dwarfing the S&P 500โ€™s modest 5.1% gain. AI-fuelled demand for bigger, faster chips is...

▶ STOCKS·3 min read·18 Apr 2026
5 trading days · 6 sectors · WoW

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Energy +4.2% Week on week Leader · Shell (£28.42)
Defence +3.6% Week on week Leader · BAE Systems (£18.04)
Tech & Telecoms +1.8% Week on week Leader · ARM Holdings (£124.80)
Consumer Staples +0.4% Week on week Leader · Diageo (£22.16)
Banks -1.2% Week on week Leader · HSBC (£8.92)
Mining & Materials -2.4% Week on week Leader · Glencore (£3.84)
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HMRC Tax Rebate: ยฃ144m Sitting Uncashed as Digital Shift Stalls

Nearly ยฃ144 million in tax rebates are sitting in people's back pocketsโ€”literally. Last year, HMRC issued over 1.7 million HMRC tax rebate cheques, and almost 178,000 of them never made it to...

▶ PERSONAL FINANCE·3 min read·16 Apr 2026
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Your Money, Today

Tax year 2026/27 · Updated 6 May 2026

Drop in your annual gross salary and we’ll show you exactly where you stand under the 2026/27 rules — take-home, effective rate, and how you compare to the UK median.

England & NI rates · Pre-pension contribution · Class 1 NI · No student loan · For Scotland or salary sacrifice use the full calc.

Based on a gross salary of £55,000
Net take-home
£42,457
£3,538 per month
Effective Tax + NI
22.8%
£12,543 to HMRC
vs UK Median
+47%
Above the £37,430 median
Interpretive · What the numbers really mean

£100 in January 2020 now buys you

£79.40 — today
Jan 2020 · £100 Apr 2026 · £79.40

That’s a 20.6% loss to inflation since the last pandemic-era reset — the steepest 6-year compounding the UK has seen since the early 1990s.

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SPDR S&P 500 ยฃ531.60 ▲ +0.80%·Invesco QQQ ยฃ500.63 ▲ +1.30%·iShares S&P 500 ยฃ533.96 ▲ +0.77%·Vanguard S&P 500 ยฃ488.65 ▲ +0.78%·Vanguard Total US ยฃ262.20 ▲ +0.85%·Vanguard Ex-US ยฃ61.26 ▲ +1.41%·Vanguard Bond ยฃ53.79 ▲ +0.18%·Vanguard Developed ยฃ50.66 ▲ +1.58%·VWO ยฃ43.60 ▲ +1.07%·GLD ยฃ307.21 ▲ +0.86%·AGG ยฃ72.54 ▲ +0.18%·EFA ยฃ74.95 ▲ +1.33%·IWM ยฃ207.54 ▲ +1.68%·TLT ยฃ62.75 ▲ +0.55%·VIG ยฃ168.11 ▲ +0.87%·SCHD ยฃ23.28 ▲ +0.54%·XLF ยฃ37.89 — 0.02%·XLE ยฃ43.67 ▲ +0.10%SPDR S&P 500 ยฃ531.60 ▲ +0.80%·Invesco QQQ ยฃ500.63 ▲ +1.30%·iShares S&P 500 ยฃ533.96 ▲ +0.77%·Vanguard S&P 500 ยฃ488.65 ▲ +0.78%·Vanguard Total US ยฃ262.20 ▲ +0.85%·Vanguard Ex-US ยฃ61.26 ▲ +1.41%·Vanguard Bond ยฃ53.79 ▲ +0.18%·Vanguard Developed ยฃ50.66 ▲ +1.58%·VWO ยฃ43.60 ▲ +1.07%·GLD ยฃ307.21 ▲ +0.86%·AGG ยฃ72.54 ▲ +0.18%·EFA ยฃ74.95 ▲ +1.33%·IWM ยฃ207.54 ▲ +1.68%·TLT ยฃ62.75 ▲ +0.55%·VIG ยฃ168.11 ▲ +0.87%·SCHD ยฃ23.28 ▲ +0.54%·XLF ยฃ37.89 — 0.02%·XLE ยฃ43.67 ▲ +0.10%
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Apple ยฃ208.73 ▲ +2.64%·Microsoft ยฃ302.15 ▼ -0.54%·Nvidia ยฃ144.33 ▼ -1.03%·Tesla ยฃ285.99 ▼ -0.81%·Amazon ยฃ200.92 ▲ +0.54%·Meta ยฃ444.33 ▼ -0.90%·Alphabet ยฃ285.30 ▲ +1.35%·JPMorgan ยฃ227.25 ▲ +0.57%·Visa ยฃ236.53 ▼ -1.47%·Mastercard ยฃ365.10 ▼ -1.52%·J&J ยฃ165.66 ▲ +0.60%·UnitedHealth ยฃ267.26 ▼ -1.86%·P&G ยฃ106.43 ▲ +1.03%·Home Depot ยฃ231.67 ▲ +0.96%·Coca-Cola ยฃ57.64 ▲ +0.37%·PepsiCo ยฃ113.87 ▲ +0.29%·Disney ยฃ73.80 ▼ -0.82%·Netflix ยฃ64.55 ▼ -3.45%Apple ยฃ208.73 ▲ +2.64%·Microsoft ยฃ302.15 ▼ -0.54%·Nvidia ยฃ144.33 ▼ -1.03%·Tesla ยฃ285.99 ▼ -0.81%·Amazon ยฃ200.92 ▲ +0.54%·Meta ยฃ444.33 ▼ -0.90%·Alphabet ยฃ285.30 ▲ +1.35%·JPMorgan ยฃ227.25 ▲ +0.57%·Visa ยฃ236.53 ▼ -1.47%·Mastercard ยฃ365.10 ▼ -1.52%·J&J ยฃ165.66 ▲ +0.60%·UnitedHealth ยฃ267.26 ▼ -1.86%·P&G ยฃ106.43 ▲ +1.03%·Home Depot ยฃ231.67 ▲ +0.96%·Coca-Cola ยฃ57.64 ▲ +0.37%·PepsiCo ยฃ113.87 ▲ +0.29%·Disney ยฃ73.80 ▼ -0.82%·Netflix ยฃ64.55 ▼ -3.45%
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