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.
London Houses Now Take a Week Longer to Sell — And It’s Not the Iran War, It’s Stamp Duty
You’d assume the Iran war is the thing breaking London property.
UK Borrowing Costs Soar to 2008 Highs — Why Britain Got Hit Hardest
5 per cent. That’s the 10-year gilt yield this morning — joint-highest level since the 2008 financial crisis, and only the third time it has cleared that line since the Iran war…
UK Stock Markets Stage an April Bounce — But Is It Recovery or Mirage?
From the outside, it looks like a comeback story. The FTSE 100 has clawed back to…
Airfares, Petrol, and Rent: Why UK Inflation Is About to Spike
Remember when 2% inflation felt like a distant dream? Well, it just got further away. The…
London House Prices Climb £3K — But the Brakes Are On
You’d think a nearly three-grand jump in London house prices would have estate agents popping champagne….
UK Unemployment Set to Hit 5.8% — The Biggest Jobs Market Blow Since the Pandemic
Think the post-pandemic recovery was a straight line upward? Think again. The UK jobs market is…
Bank of England Interest Rate Hike Predictions Cool as Trader Sentiment Resets
Talk about whiplash. Just three weeks ago, traders were betting on three Bank of England interest…
UK Inflation Stuck at 3% — And That Was Before the War
The inflation problem was already bad. Then the war started. UK inflation came in at 3%…
UK Growth Downgrade: How Iran Turmoil Is Hampering Economic Recovery
The British Chambers of Commerce just downgraded UK growth to 1% for 2026 — down from…
