Labour’s new powers for customers to hold water companies to account are a “stitch-up”, campaigners have said, as utilities firms have been advising on how to implement it.
Read more →Britain’s biggest private hospital operator has agreed to a £1bn takeover by a hedge fund manager known as “the Rottweiler” for his aggressive business tactics.
Read more →Hundreds of small UK TV companies have so little cash in reserve that a filming overrun or a delay to a series could send them bust, an industry body has warned, as programme budget cuts by broadcasters threaten their f…
Read more →Professional designers should not feel “threatened” by the rapid growth of generative AI, according to business leaders, despite fears over job losses in the sector.
Read more →John Healey will argue the government’s plans to boost growth across the whole country will enable the British economy to “turn a corner” despite anxiety over volatile bond markets derailing Labour’s crucial first budge…
Read more →An Amazon cargo plane crashed at Miami international airport in Florida on Sunday afternoon after the flight, which was arriving from Puerto Rico, overshot the runway, striking several vehicles and resulting in at least…
Read more →Job losses in EU manufacturing will rapidly increase unless Brussels stops the “colonisation” of industry by Chinese component manufacturers, a leading industry trade body has warned.
Read more →The government has signalled that it will not invest taxpayers’ money to limit job losses at Jaguar Land Rover (JLR), after it emerged that the UK’s biggest carmaker is planning up to 4,000 redundancies .
Read more →A German startup has launched the first commercial rocket to reach orbit from continental Europe, a milestone for Europe’s efforts to secure independent access to space.
Read more →Robert Jenrick says party has followed legal protocol ‘at all times’ as Met police consider launching investigation
Read more →As the US and Israel systematically assassinate Iranian officials and bomb schools, hospitals, and residential areas, Tehran has defended its sovereignty by engaging in a campaign of asymmetric economic warfare, not onl…
Read more →Bond market volatility means John Healey will have to take tough decisions, soon, if he wants to meet spending pledges
Read more →Most gambling websites nudge users towards accepting tracking data and harvest it before consent is given, study shows
Read more →Scammers hope to siphon off some of the £2.6bn in student maintenance funds paid out each September
Read more →Investors in Emblehope Moor will get their financial returns – and then it will be given to community or charity owners
Read more →Sources indicate some members states will not enforce EES biometric controls after 6 September deadline
Read more →Iranian officials repeatedly say around 20 million liters of fuel are smuggled out of the country every day, costing Iran between $4 billion and $5.2 billion a year. But the figure is far less precise than it is often p…
Read more →He would like to thank the Fritz Thyssen Foundation for the travel grants that enabled a research visit to four Indian cities in July 2025. He would also like to thank Simona Beckemeier for her support with the literatu…
Read more →The amount of paperwork businesses are required to regularly carry out could be slashed, the business secretary has announced.
Read more →Hundreds of passengers were evacuated from a train, and services to Heathrow airport were cancelled, after a fire near tracks in the London Paddington area caused major disruptions to London’s rail network.
Read more →Thousands of workers at Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) will be offered redundancies after Britain’s largest car manufacturer had its revenues slashed by falling sales, a cyber-attack and Donald Trump’s tariffs.
Read more →Dozens of people dressed in black and wearing balaclavas blocked the road at the port of Dover in Kent, forcing closures in both directions on Saturday morning.
Read more →Whether it’s the closing down sale that goes on for years, or the crossed-out original price that you can’t remember ever paying, some retailers try all kinds of ways to convince us we are getting a bargain.
Read more →The chancellor has indicated that the UK will face a tough budget next month due to Trump’s war in the Middle East.
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