Amy Ingham

Amy is a newly qualified journalist specialising in business journalism at Business Matters with responsibility for news content for what is now the UK’s largest print and online source of current business news.

Amidst tumbling energy costs and a fierce price war among supermarkets, food price inflation in the UK has reached its lowest level in almost two years, offering a respite to households grappling with stretched budgets.

Nearly £1bn wiped off UK retailers’ market value as Deutsche Bank ‘fear index’ warns of consumer squeeze

27 August 2025 News Amy Ingham 0 Comments

Small businesses across the UK are urging the government to prioritise easier access to funding, subsidised AI training, and a more SME-friendly tax system as part of its economic growth strategy, according to a new report from Goldman Sachs.

Rachel Reeves’ inheritance tax plans branded “daft” as experts warn grandparents could become “overnight tax evaders”

26 August 2025 In Business Amy Ingham 0 Comments

Oxford University spin-out OrganOx, the pioneering transplant technology company, has been sold to Japanese medical devices group Terumo in a $1.5 billion (£1.2 billion) deal.

Oxford spin-out OrganOx sold to Japan’s Terumo in $1.5bn deal

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Too many young people are being signed off sick for finding work difficult, the Government’s worklessness tsar has warned, as soaring sickness rates deepen Britain’s economic inactivity crisis.

Employment tsar warns too many young people are signed off work for struggling with tough jobs

25 August 2025 News Amy Ingham 0 Comments

Paul Askew is one of the UK’s most pioneering figures in hospitality. Chef Patron and owner for the last 9 years of The Art School in Liverpool, Paul creates classic and innovative fine-dining experiences whilst working with many excellent young chefs under his tutelage. His focus remains fixed on bringing the highest standard of gastronomy to Liverpool and to showcase just how far the city can go. Paul continues to achieve the city region ever more recognition, wedded to the field to fork philosophy which embraces sustainability and seasonality at The Art School. Over the last 2 years, Paul has cooked away from his kitchen for the G7 delegation in December 2021, recreated The Art School at The Grand National in Aintree in April 2022 and 2023, The Turner Prize December 2022 and is the patron of the recent Taste Liverpool. Drink Bordeaux festival which returns to the city in summer 2024. As part of his wider work, Paul is a fellow of the Royal Academy of Culinary Arts and their Chairman for the North of England and a Disciple of Escoffier. He is also part of a collective of chefs who opened the intimate Scouse brasserie in Liverpool, Barnacle, in December 2021, to great acclaim.

Hospitality hit hardest as nearly 90,000 jobs lost after budget tax rises

25 August 2025 News Amy Ingham 0 Comments

The UK space sector is set for a shake-up after ministers unveiled reforms designed to cut red tape, streamline decision-making, and accelerate growth in one of Britain’s fastest-developing industries.

UK space industry boosted by reforms as government merges UK Space Agency with DSIT

25 August 2025 News Amy Ingham 0 Comments

British manufacturers are facing fresh uncertainty as Donald Trump’s sweeping new steel and aluminium tariffs threaten more than £2.7 billion ($3.43bn) worth of UK exports to the United States — a move that is already prompting order cancellations, price hikes, and long-term strategic questions for exporters.

Government takes control of Sanjeev Gupta’s Rotherham steel plant to save 1,500 jobs

22 August 2025 News Amy Ingham 0 Comments

Caerphilly-based IT firm Team Metalogic has been ranked 187th globally and 11th in the UK and Europe in the 2025 MSP 501 list, the only Welsh business to make the ranking.

Welsh IT firm ranked among world’s top 200 managed service providers

21 August 2025 In Business Amy Ingham 0 Comments

The number of young women out of work, education or training has climbed to its highest level in almost a decade, fuelling a rise in so-called NEETs across the UK.

NEETs near one million as jobless young women hit near-decade high

21 August 2025 News Amy Ingham 0 Comments

Cryptocurrency ownership in the UK has reached unprecedented levels, with seven million adults now holding digital assets—up from five million in 2022.

Two in five UK crypto investors say banks blocked their payments

21 August 2025 In Business Amy Ingham 0 Comments

The number of private schools collapsing into administration has doubled in the first half of this year, as the government’s VAT changes bite into the sector’s finances.

Number of private schools going bust doubles after VAT raid

20 August 2025 News Amy Ingham 0 Comments

Applied Nutrition, the sports nutrition business backed by JD Sports and Coleen Rooney, has posted forecast-beating sales and profits in its first year as a public company, defying concerns over consumer spending.

Sales and profits jump at Coleen Rooney-backed Applied Nutrition

20 August 2025 Get Funded, News Amy Ingham 0 Comments

Inflation climbed to its highest level in a year and a half in July, driven by surging air fares, hotel stays and grocery bills, dealing a blow to Rachel Reeves as she prepares her first autumn budget as Chancellor.

Air fares and food prices push UK inflation to 18-month high

20 August 2025 News Amy Ingham 0 Comments

Giro d’Italia 2025 sponsorship revenue falls to $36.1m as race loses 11 partners

19 August 2025 In Business Amy Ingham 0 Comments

Britain’s small and medium-sized enterprises are falling behind on climate commitments, with just one in eight classed as “net zero ready” as tougher sustainability reporting rules approach.

SMEs face widening net zero divide as 2026 reporting rules loom

19 August 2025 In Business Amy Ingham 0 Comments

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