Prudential’s profit growth muted by China slowdown
Prudential suffered a slowdown in profit growth in 2024 as challenges in its core China market weighed on the life insurer.
UK cyber security watchdog warns on future risk of quantum computer hacking
Europol, the EU’s police agency, warned in a report on Tuesday that quantum computing, along with artificial intelligence and ...
Higher medicine sales tax makes UK ‘uninvestable’, drugmakers warn
Drugmakers have warned that a recent rise in the UK’s medicine sales tax has left the country “uninvestable”, as the government prepares for a summit to try to repair relationships with large ...
UK employers ‘find it cheaper to replace sick staff than retain them’
British employers can find it cheaper to replace workers who fall sick than to invest in their retention, the former boss of John Lewis has said in a report that calls for stronger incentives for ...