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.

Angela Rayner, the Deputy Prime Minister and Labour’s no-nonsense champion of workers' rights, seems intent on delivering her promises with a zeal that would make even the most ardent trade unionist blush.

Angela Rayner backs mayoral calls for hotel ‘tourist tax’ despite hospitality sector concerns

22 July 2025 News Amy Ingham 0 Comments

In an era of rapidly advancing technology and changing financial landscapes, Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) have emerged as a potential game-changer.

Trump’s first six months in office spark surge in Bitcoin millionaires, new research reveals

21 July 2025 In Business Amy Ingham 0 Comments

US tariffs threaten to tip UK, Europe and Asia into recession, warn economists

UK companies issue record number of profit warnings amid global policy chaos

21 July 2025 News Amy Ingham 0 Comments

UK SMEs are shying away from new loans amid growing debt distress, with 650,000+ businesses in financial trouble. Yet specialist lenders and government-backed schemes still offer refinancing solutions.

Company insolvencies fall in England and Wales, but experts warn challenges remain

18 July 2025 News Amy Ingham 0 Comments

OpenAI has launched a powerful new AI assistant feature for ChatGPT that allows users to delegate everyday tasks like browsing the web, making restaurant reservations, and shopping online—marking a major leap in AI’s ability to act, not just analyse.

OpenAI launches ChatGPT personal assistant capable of browsing, shopping, and managing files

18 July 2025 Technology Amy Ingham 0 Comments

Entrepreneurial energy remains high across the United States, with over 5.2 million new business applications filed in 2024.

The unexpected US States where entrepreneurs are thriving

18 July 2025 In Business Amy Ingham 0 Comments

Small businesses across the UK are being given the chance to pitch for a share of £1 million in funding as NatWest launches its Accelerator Pitch competition to celebrate ten years of its free NatWest Accelerator programme.

UK small business confidence holds firm despite cost challenges, SumUp report reveals

17 July 2025 In Business Amy Ingham 0 Comments

Visa, in partnership with the British Retail Consortium (BRC), has announced the winners of its 2025 Let’s Celebrate Towns awards, recognising six standout UK towns for their innovation, resilience, and commitment to economic and community growth.

Six UK communities recognised in Visa’s 2025 ‘Let’s Celebrate Towns’ awards

17 July 2025 In Business Amy Ingham 0 Comments

Millennials are more likely than Gen Z to turn down a job offer if a company’s ethics and sustainability credentials do not align with their personal values, according to a new global report from the Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC).

Millennials outpace Gen Z in rejecting jobs over ethics and environmental concerns

16 July 2025 In Business Amy Ingham 0 Comments

HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has been heavily criticised by MPs for not knowing how many billionaires pay tax in the UK, despite the limited number of individuals involved and the potentially vast sums at stake.

MPs slam HMRC over lack of data on billionaire taxpayers in the UK

16 July 2025 News Amy Ingham 0 Comments

HM Revenue & Customs risks sending the message that it is “soft on fraud”, MPs have said in an attack on its “unambitious plans” for recouping public funds lost on pandemic support schemes.

Open letter calls for urgent Treasury Select Committee scrutiny over weakening of post-crisis financial protections

16 July 2025 In Business Amy Ingham 0 Comments

Growing anxiety over being ordered back to the office is taking its toll on UK workers’ wellbeing, according to new research by recruitment firm Hays.

Fear of return-to-office mandates harming employee wellbeing, survey finds

15 July 2025 News Amy Ingham 0 Comments

The UK government has reintroduced a grant for electric vehicles (EVs), offering buyers of new EVs priced under £37,000 a discount of up to 10%—in a move designed to boost uptake and widen affordability for greener motoring.

New EV discount scheme offers up to £3,750 off electric cars under £37,000

15 July 2025 News Amy Ingham 0 Comments

The FCA has launched a review on the treatment of domestic Politically Exposed Persons (PEPs), setting out issues that it will consider as part of their inquiry into banks and financial institutions to inform whether necessary action by the regulator is needed.

Turn empty London offices into nightlife hotspots, says new leisure report

14 July 2025 In Business Amy Ingham 0 Comments

Over 400 pubs across England and Wales have closed in 2024, pushing the total below 39,000. Rising costs, looming tax hikes, and diminished rates relief threaten even more closures in the coming year.

Tax pubs on profit, not turnover, says Greene King boss as industry battles mounting closures

14 July 2025 News Amy Ingham 0 Comments

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