Water companies have been given the green light to increase bills for customers by an extra £3.4bn in coming years to meet increased pressures on infrastructure and the environment.
Read more →Luxury department store Harvey Nichols has been bought by the owners of Sports Direct, which warned a "significant restructuring" will be needed to ensure the 200-year-old business remains sustainable.
Read more →Flock, the US surveillance firm, is rolling out new safeguards to prevent police misuse of its technology which, its founder and chief executive admits, should have happened sooner.
Read more →Businesses could face costs of up to £2.9bn a year because of a crackdown on zero hours contracts, according to the government's own analysis.
Read more →Oil prices turn lower as Bessent says U.S. may have Iran deal "today or tomorrow"
Read more →Twitch has been criticised by users after it emerged the popular streaming platform allowed their content to be used to train Amazon's artificial intelligence (AI) models.
Read more →Facing acute labour shortages, ageing demographics and chronic productivity problems, Japanese companies should be fertile ground for the take-up of artificial intelligence (AI). Yet, compared with the US and UK, adopti…
Read more →It’s been just over one year since Liberation Day—when the US administration announced sweeping tariffs on all trade partners to reduce imbalances—but trade deficit hasn’t narrowed while trade has been diverted.
Read more →Donald Trump is being sued by two US media groups over a new Truth Social service that charges up to $100,000 a month for early access to his posts.
Read more →Brazil's data protection authority (ANPD) has ordered Discord to suspend its livestreaming feature after a teenage girl was allegedly encouraged to take her own life in a broadcast on the platform.
Read more →US prices rose 3.4% in the year to July, slightly lower than the 3.5% in the year to June, new figures show.
Read more →August 12, 2026, 3:51 AM EDT. Hill & Smith PLC posted 8% revenue growth to $606.7m in H1 2026, led by 14% organic constant currency expansion in US operations. Underlying operating profit climbed 8% to $102.9m while mar…
Read more →Inflation slowed a bit in July, a hopeful sign that could help temper the steady upward creep of mortgage rates.
Read more →Bakeries once run by an 89-year-old chain part-owned by comedian Romesh Ranganathan will reopen under a new name after the sites were sold.
Read more →Media, broadcasting, and digital services company E.W. Scripps SSP missed Wall Street’s revenue expectations in Q2 CY2026, with sales falling 9.2% year on year to $490.4 million. Its GAAP loss of $12.68 per share was si…
Read more →Chandrasekaran said he would not seek reappointment when his term ends due to a lack of support from the Tata Sons board.
Read more →The first locations where households living close to new upgraded electricity pylons and substations will receive a £250 annual discount on their bills have been revealed.
Read more →The city is no stranger to complaints about soaring prices during August - but are costs on the rise?
Read more →Prime Minister Andy Burnham has said he accepts his announcements aimed at tackling the cost of living are not enough on their own and hinted at further support.
Read more →If you have used a free version of ChatGPT or any of its AI rivals, then you are obviously getting a good deal.
Read more →The first locations where households living close to new upgraded electricity pylons and substations will receive a £250 year discount on their bills have been revealed.
Read more →Would you buy a cauliflower that looks like it's been sunburnt or a cucumber that's curled back on itself?
Read more →Tributes have been paid to the co-founder of an auction business which grew into an "industry leading company".
Read more →Oil prices turn lower as Bessent says U.S. may have Iran deal "today or tomorrow"
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