The rising cost of clothes, fuel and eating out pushes consumer prices above the Bank of England’s 2% target.
Source: BBC

The surge in the rate of inflation of the past couple of months showed no sign of slowing in May, hitting 2.1% as the cost of a range of goods recovered from a coronavirus crisis-induced slump.
Source: Sky Business News

According to reports in Bloomberg, the company paid an Australian traveller after a 2016 attack.
Source: BBC

Women still face difficulties getting onto boards at smaller firms, according to research.
Source: BBC

Older people facing poverty are urged to claim Pension Credit – a gateway to further financial help.
Source: BBC

The UK might soon be reliant on electric vehicles imported from abroad, warns an influential group.
Source: BBC

Britain’s product safety regulator has been slow to respond to dangers such as those posed by mini magnets because it lacks the data and intelligence needed to assess risks, a report has found.
Source: Sky Business News

The government is to extend the ban on commercial evictions introduced during the pandemic until 2022, Sky News understands.
Source: Sky Business News

Billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott has donated another $2.7bn (£1.9bn) to a range of organisations in areas such as education and the arts as well as working to combat racial discrimination.
Source: Sky Business News

An American car parking giant has teamed up with private equity investors in a bid to seize control of NCP, its struggling British-based rival.
Source: Sky Business News