BUSINESS LIVE: OBR spring budget and forecast; Half of Ferrexpo benefits from the war in Ukraine; Bloomsbury sales boosted by fantasy demand
Jeremy Hunt will present a spring budget later today promised to be a ‘growth budget’, with the Chancellor focusing on getting more Britons back to work after a sharp rise in economic inactivity over the past three last years.
The Office for Budget Responsibility will also release its forecast for the UK economy, which will give the Chancellor an indicator of the Treasury’s ability to contribute to growth.
The FTSE 100 will open at 8am. Among the companies with reports and trade updates today are Ferrexpo, Bloomsbury, Burberry, IG Group, Trainline, Keywords and Hyve Group. Read the Business Live blog from Wednesday March 15 below.
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