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Carpetright on brink of collapse with 1,800 jobs at risk

Posted by July 12, 2024

Carpetright, one of the UK’s biggest flooring retailers, has filed a notice of intention to appoint an administrator, putting 1,800 jobs at risk as it races t

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‘I’ve got a case’: the UK workers fighting their boss…

Posted by July 12, 2024

For millions of UK employees the shift towards remote working triggered by the coronavirus lockdowns merely meant a better work-life balance, but for Emma*, an

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Essar Energy to set up Europe’s 1st hydrogen-ready power plant…

Posted by July 12, 2024

The project will be developed over two phases to reach a capacity of 125 MW and reducing 740,000 tonne of carbon dioxide per annum.2 min read Last Updated : Ju

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Blow to Miliband’s nuclear ambitions as top mini-nuke lab faces…

Posted by July 12, 2024

Sheffield, Derby and Warrington are often regarded as the UK’s nuclear triangle because of the number of advanced engineering

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Pound hovers near one-year high; Japan’s SoftBank buys UK chipmaker…

Posted by July 12, 2024

Key eventsFirst King Charles red post box unveiledThe first red post box to bear the cypher of King Charles was unveiled today.The new box has been installed on

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Staff and pupils allowed late Monday starts after England play…

Posted by July 12, 2024

Major supermarkets and business owners across the country are giving staff members a lie-in on Monday to recover from the drama of watching England play Spain i

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Tech boss attacks British pension funds as his company is…

Posted by July 12, 2024

Mr Toon said: “We have about £4.6 trillion of capital managed in London as a result of pension funds and insurance. A tiny,

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Pioneering UK microchip maker bought by Japanese conglomerate

Posted by July 11, 2024

British artificial intelligence (AI) chip firm Graphcore - once considered a potential rival to market leader Nvidia - has been bought by a Japanese conglomerat

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UK is top destination in Europe for tech sector venture…

Posted by July 11, 2024

The GDP figures were not the only encouraging piece of news to cross the desk of Rachel Reeves, the new chancellor, on Thursday.There was also new

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Rachel Reeves to announce economic advisory council to boost UK…

Posted by July 11, 2024

Rachel Reeves is poised to announce the creation of a new council of economic advisers to help guide Labour’s number one “national mission” of expanding t

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Tata Steel starts voluntary redundancy process

Posted by July 11, 2024

Tata Steel has started asking its employees if they would accept voluntary redundancy, the UK government has said after a meeting of its transition board.The co

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68% of UK SMEs ‘struggle to source skilled staff’

Posted by July 11, 2024

Almost seven in 10 small and medium-sized businesses struggle to find recruits with adequate skills, reveals research. The Attitudes to Work study surveyed 525

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