US inflation hits 3% for first time since January

US inflation hits 3% for first time since January

Natalie ShermanBusiness reporter Getty Images Coffee prices have surged nearly 19% since September of last year US inflation hit 3% for the first time since January last month, but remained milder than many analysts had expected. The 3% rate tracked the pace of consumer price increases over the year to September and was up from … Read more

Leonardo workers set to strike over pay

Leonardo workers set to strike over pay

Carys NallyWest of England Leonardo The AW149 is one of the helicopters manufactured by Leonardo staff Members of staff at one of the world’s biggest defence firms are set to strike. Leonardo, which runs the UK’s only helicopter factory in Somerset, is facing 3,000 members of the union Unite walking out across five of its … Read more

Retail sales hit highest level since 2022

Retail sales hit highest level since 2022

Retail sales hit their highest level since 2022 in September, with good weather giving a boost to clothes shopping, according to new data. Monthly sales rose by 0.5% in September 2025, new figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show. Between July and September, retail sales were 0.9% higher than the previous three months. … Read more

The debt advice service helping to reduce GP visits

The debt advice service helping to reduce GP visits

getty GP surgeries in south London are giving financial advice to help patients manage debt and handle benefits claims – and the results are striking. In the 34 practices running the Back on Track scheme in Lambeth and Southwark, one in three patients visited their GP less often after receiving advice, and more than 1,100 … Read more