The company, which operates inexpensive pubs for punters in the UK and Ireland, said easing energy costs in particular will boost the company’s performance in the next financial year

Firms continued to pass on high costs to customers, including soaring energy bills and wages, showed AIB’s latest S&P Global Purchasing Managers' Index

One disappointment for many in the services industry was Government’s decision not to keep the Vat rate at 9%, which will return to its pre-pandemic rate of 13.5% in Spring 2023

Eurozone business growth accelerated at its fastest pace in over three years in May, but ECB president Christine Lagarde said an uncertain recovery still needed emergency support from the ECB.