https://www.dailyoracles.com/civil-service-outside-london-grows-places-for-growth/Daily Oracles en2026-10-29T11:20:00+01:00 Civil service posts outside London rose by 6,500 in the year to March, Cabinet Office figures showhttps://www.dailyoracles.com/mod-names-first-director-general-innovation/Daily Oracles en2026-10-29T10:30:00+01:00 MoD names its first Director General Innovation to run a £3.7bn technology budgethttps://www.dailyoracles.com/mortgage-approvals-september-bank-of-england/Daily Oracles en2026-10-29T09:45:00+01:00 Mortgage approvals for house purchases fall to 53,400 as remortgaging jumpshttps://www.dailyoracles.com/lloyds-nine-month-profit-rises-to-6-6bn/Daily Oracles en2026-10-29T08:20:00+01:00 Lloyds nine-month profit rises 42% to £6.63bn, with a November rate rise in its base casehttps://www.dailyoracles.com/national-living-wage-to-rise-to-13-21/Daily Oracles en2026-10-29T07:50:00+01:00 National Living Wage to rise 50p to £13.21 an hour from April 2027https://www.dailyoracles.com/business-rates-multipliers-set-for-2027-28/Daily Oracles en2026-10-29T07:15:00+01:00 Business rates multipliers for 2027-28 set at 49.7p standard and 44.7p for small businesseshttps://www.dailyoracles.com/scotland-economy-shrinks-0-1-per-cent-in-august/Daily Oracles en2026-10-29T06:40:00+01:00 Scotland's economy shrank 0.1% in August after a revised fall in Julyhttps://www.dailyoracles.com/scotland-hospital-waits-over-two-years-fall/Daily Oracles en2026-10-28T11:10:00+01:00 Two-year hospital waits in Scotland fall again as fewer patients are seen within 12 weekshttps://www.dailyoracles.com/bus-improvement-fund-evaluation-finds-medium-high-value/Daily Oracles en2026-10-28T10:20:00+01:00 Bus improvement funding cut delays by a fifth and added 4% more passengers, DfT evaluation findshttps://www.dailyoracles.com/mod-spent-34bn-with-uk-industry-in-2025-26/Daily Oracles en2026-10-28T09:30:00+01:00 MoD spent £34.1bn with UK industry in 2025-26, with the South East and South West taking 44%https://www.dailyoracles.com/scotland-adds-fewest-new-homes-since-2014-15/Daily Oracles en2026-10-28T08:50:00+01:00 Scotland added 18,028 homes in 2025-26, the fewest since 2014-15https://www.dailyoracles.com/standard-chartered-raises-income-guidance/Daily Oracles en2026-10-28T08:15:00+01:00 Standard Chartered lifts its 2026 income forecast as third-quarter profit rises 27%https://www.dailyoracles.com/record-738000-firms-in-significant-distress/Daily Oracles en2026-10-28T07:40:00+01:00 Record 738,000 UK businesses in significant financial distress, BTG report findshttps://www.dailyoracles.com/dungeness-a-boiler-removal-contract-190m/Daily Oracles en2026-10-28T07:05:00+01:00 Aureos wins contract worth up to £190m to remove the Dungeness A boilershttps://www.dailyoracles.com/great-north-road-solar-park-gets-consent/Daily Oracles en2026-10-28T06:20:00+01:00 800MW solar and battery park near Newark granted development consenthttps://www.dailyoracles.com/scotland-alcohol-deaths-fall-for-second-year/Daily Oracles en2026-10-27T11:15:00+01:00 Alcohol-specific deaths in Scotland fall 3% to 1,152, the lowest total since 2020https://www.dailyoracles.com/euro-7-to-apply-to-new-cars-from-november-2027/Daily Oracles en2026-10-27T10:20:00+01:00 New cars and vans in Great Britain must meet Euro 7 emission rules from November 2027https://www.dailyoracles.com/scotland-extends-homelessness-prevention-pilots/Daily Oracles en2026-10-27T09:35:00+01:00 Scotland extends homelessness prevention pilots as Crisis puts a £100m price on new dutieshttps://www.dailyoracles.com/cma-invites-views-on-prologis-takeover-of-segro/Daily Oracles en2026-10-27T08:50:00+01:00 Competition watchdog asks for views on Prologis's £14bn takeover of warehouse owner SEGROhttps://www.dailyoracles.com/hmrc-research-on-predevelopment-costs-tax-relief/Daily Oracles en2026-10-27T08:05:00+01:00 One in six companies has paid predevelopment costs since 2020, HMRC research findshttps://www.dailyoracles.com/half-would-buy-smart-appliance-desnz-tracker/Daily Oracles en2026-10-27T07:20:00+01:00 Half of UK adults would choose a smart appliance next time, energy department survey findshttps://www.dailyoracles.com/what-happens-on-budget-day-28-october/Daily Oracles en2026-10-27T06:40:00+01:00 What happens on Budget day, from the Chancellor's statement to the OBR forecasthttps://www.dailyoracles.com/shop-price-inflation-highest-since-2024/Daily Oracles en2026-10-27T06:10:00+01:00 Shop price inflation rises to 2.1% in October, its highest since early 2024