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The World Bank has raised its global growth forecast by 0.2 percentage points for 2026.

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Housebuilder Persimmon and Premier Inn owner Whitbread are in the spotlight after publishing trading updates today.

Conclave, based on the novel by British author Robert Harris and starring British actor Ralph Fiennes, was the top rental title of 2025, worth £4 million, while Gladiator II, directed…

Total UK retail sales were up 1.2% year-on-year in December – well below last December’s growth of 3.2% and the 12-month average of 2.3%.

The FTSE 100 index closed up 16.10 points, 0.2%, at 10,140.70.

The UK’s biggest DIY investment platform announced it had appointed Matt Benchener to step into the top role from July.

Ofcom said it will investigate the platform to determine whether it ‘has complied with its duties to protect people in the UK’ from illegal content.

Geopolitics and questions over US Federal Reserve independence today drove gold to yet another record price.

Nearly 4,000 people visited StepChange’s website on Christmas Day, and January 5 was the charity’s busiest day in more than a year.