The Three Numbers That Explain This Morning’s Shift
A compact guide to the rate decision, the labour revision and the signal hiding in household spending.
Author
Callum Ferreira
Economy correspondent. Follows household budgets, high streets and the gap between a headline figure and a Tuesday afternoon.
The Wind Farm That Learned to Wait
Paying a generator to switch off sounds absurd. The economics of storage are beginning to make it look like good business.
Landlords Offered a Rates Holiday for Local Tenants
A new scheme would cut property charges for owners who let empty units to independent businesses.
River Ports Rehearse for a Quieter Decade
Inland harbours that grew on the back of heavy freight are planning for a future with less cargo and more of everything else.
The Real Cost of Cheap Sensors
A pilot that filled a district with air-quality monitors discovered that buying the devices was the cheapest part.
Opinion
Opinion
A Different Kind of Growth Story
Prosperity is easier to recognise when the measures begin with lived conditions instead of abstractions.