UK inflation pressures hit three-year high; Nobel prize for economics awarded today – business live

Source: www.theguardian.com · Section: headlines · Bias: Center · Published: Mon, 12 Oct 2026 07:52:16 GMT

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial newsNewsflash: The EU is to limit the number of hybrid electrical vehicles imported from China to 350,000 cars a year, senior officials have confirmed in Brussels.Exports of hybrids have been soaring in the last two years with about 800,000 battery and plug in hybrids expected to be sold this year.In line with our expectations, the decline in Group net fees eased to 3% in Q1 driven by good Temp & Contracting growth in several of our countries. Perm activity remains mixed with sustained strong growth in North America but ongoing fragility in Northern Europe .Our medium term targets can be achieved through our own actions and we were pleased to make continued good progress with our structural cost and productivity initiatives during the quarter.” Continue reading...

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