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By DAILY MAIL CITY & FINANCE REPORTER Updated: 22:01 GMT, 2 March 2026 Leading hotel chains were given a fresh headache yesterday as regulators launched an investigation into suspected data sharing. The industry was already reeling from the escalating conflict in the Middle East, with shares across the sector falling in line with those of […]

By EMILY HAWKINS Updated: 22:01 GMT, 2 March 2026 BrewDog is shutting 38 bars with the loss of nearly 500 jobs – despite being rescued by an American brewer and cannabis firm. The Scottish company has been snapped up by Tilray Brands in a £33million deal that includes its UK brewing operations and 11 pubs

Global stock markets tumbled yesterday as war in the Middle East prompted a spike in oil prices and ramped up uncertainty over the global outlook. Investors sold shares and bought safe-haven assets such as gold as US strikes on Iran were met with retaliatory attacks across the region. The FTSE 100 slumped by as much

By HUGO DUNCAN Updated: 22:36 GMT, 2 March 2026 The surge in oil and gas prices has dented hopes of further interest rate cuts, delivering a bruising setback for millions of borrowers. Investors aggressively trimmed bets on another rate cut this month as soaring energy costs stoked fears of inflation. According to financial markets, there

By ALEX BRUMMER, CITY EDITOR Updated: 22:41 GMT, 2 March 2026 Best-laid plans have a habit of being disrupted by events.  Briefings ahead of today’s Spring Statement prepared the country for a ‘boring’ moment with Rachel Reeves parroting Office for Budget Responsibility forecasts. There would be political gloss with the Chancellor taking credit for falling inflation

Gas and oil prices soared on Monday as attacks by Iran across the Middle East choked off supply and threatened a painful financial squeeze on UK households and motorists. Qatar shut down production of liquefied natural gas (LNG) while Saudi Arabia closed its biggest oil refinery in the face of the barrage. And tanker traffic through

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The largest group action lawsuit in English legal history reconvened in the High Court today as solicitors representing 1.6million UK drivers accuse more than a dozen car makers of installing illegal ‘defeat devices’ in diesel models sold after 2009. The court case comes more than a decade on from the original ‘Dieselgate’ scandal, which saw

The outbreak of conflict in Iran and retaliatory attacks on the Middle East is likely to trigger a surge in the cost of filling up your car. Strikes on Iran by the US and Israel over the weekend, which have been followed by retributive strikes in Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar and the UAE,