19th May 2022
Bite-sized business news from the UK and beyond
Good morning Inflation is at its highest level in 40 years, but how you experience it depends on things like how much you drive, eat out or travel. This guide puts together questions that estimate your personal rate.
Today's stories
- Inflation approaches double digits
- Demand for luxury watches continues to soar
ECONOMY
Inflation approaches double digits
Other stories to keep you in the loop
- Covid loans: Blunders in tackling fraud to cost UK taxpayers billions of pounds
- World Bank pledges $12bn to support low-income countries hit by shortages
- Burberry downplays impact of Chinese lockdowns despite shut stores
- Shell boss faces investor rebellion over £13.5m pay package
- ‘Pharma Bro’ released from prison early
- Britain’s biggest ever EuroMillions winners to go public
LUXURY
Demand for luxury watches continues to soar
Stat of the day
The average age of those starting a business in the UK last year wass 35 years old
Interesting links from around the web
- Fool-proof travel tips from the guy who has literally visited every country on Earth
- Why the era of cheap and plentiful may have come to an end
- The job interviews that go too far
