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UK business optimism lowest in almost two-years amid significant output…

Posted by December 9, 2024

In November, the BDO Optimism index from the consultancy firm BDO dropped by 5.81 points, reaching 93.49 and hitting its lowest level since Jan

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Irish Sea Border: Small businesses still being ‘crucified’

Posted by December 9, 2024

It can be hard to see the impact of the sea border in Northern Ireland's economic statistics.It is most obvious in the trade data, which shows business between

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UK ‘needs to play catch-up’ in global race to rewire…

Posted by December 9, 2024

The UK is lagging behind in the race to rewire the world’s power grids by investing four times more on renewable energy projects than on the electricity cable

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Full list of Sussex businesses fined for illegal workers

Posted by December 9, 2024

Ten businesses across the county have been fined amounts ranging from £30,000 to £120,000 in illegal working civil penalties earlier this year. The bu

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Dana Strong on running Sky after the Murdoch era: ‘I…

Posted by December 9, 2024

Dana Strong does not do many interviews. An experience shortly after she became chief executive of Sky in 2021 partly explains why. She was accused in a press r

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Rachel Reeves: Closer UK and EU ties will boost economic…

Posted by December 9, 2024

"If [Reeves] is interested in growth, she should tell the prime minister to jump on a plane to the US and talk to [President-elect] Trump about getting a US-UK

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Reeves to pledge closer EU ties in pivot from post-Brexit…

Posted by December 9, 2024

Rachel Reeves plans to end the UK’s “fractious” post-Brexit accord with the EU, a relationship she said had been defined by “division and chaos”, by p

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Demand for staff sinks to four-year low in UK, survey…

Posted by December 9, 2024

Demand for staff in the UK was the weakest for four years in November as Budget tax increases have spread gloom over the pre-Christmas jobs market, according to

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Abba ‘chose the UK’ for virtual show which brings £1.4bn…

Posted by December 9, 2024

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UK will lag global competitors in digitalisation investment, Siemens study…

Posted by December 9, 2024

UK organisations’ lack of planned investment in digitalisation puts infrastructure modernisation and decarbonisation at risk, according to a new stud

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Facebook UK cut 700 staff and reduced tax bill last…

Posted by December 8, 2024

Facebook cut more than 700 employees in the UK last year at a cost of £79m, after parent company Meta embarked on its first ever round of redundancies as part

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Elon Musk’s rumoured $100m donation may just fuel a fresh…

Posted by December 8, 2024

Elon Musk has denied he is gearing up to chuck $100m at Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party, as it pushes to take on the Tories. But the very fact the question aro

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