Bussiness

Greenock-based firm recognised as part of prestigious UK Government awards

Posted by April 23, 2024

  Greenock-based paper and packaging firm PG Paper is among the ten 2024 winners of the Department for Business and Trade’s (DBT) Made in the UK, So

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P&O Ferries seafarers told they will benefit from new French…

Posted by April 22, 2024

P&O Ferries seafarers have been told they will benefit from new French legislation that could double their pay, in what appears to be a significant U-turn b

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Direct Debit News and Failed Payments Guide – NerdWallet UK

Posted by April 22, 2024

Recent months have seen failure rates for direct debits reach unprecedented highs. Failure rates in January hit 1.07%, the highest level seen since the Offic

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Thousands of flights to and from Europe affected by suspected…

Posted by April 22, 2024

Flights in and out of Britain are among thousands that have been affected by suspected Russian jamming of GPS systems.More than 2,300 Ryanair flights have repor

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UK business leaders call out gap in AI policymaking

Posted by April 22, 2024

Majority of UK C-executives are calling for more regulatory guidance on the safe use of artificial intelligence (AI) as transfor

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FTSE closes at record high in ‘relief rally’- latest updates

Posted by April 22, 2024

Thanks for joining me. Thames Water plans to spend nearly £20bn fixing leaks and sewage spills under a new business plan sent

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UK launches year-long Saudi investment drive to capitalise on Vision…

Posted by April 22, 2024

The UK and Saudi Arabia will hold a trade expo in Riyadh next month as British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak launches an investment drive aimed at taking advantage

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Asda profits up 24% to £1.1bn in 2023

Posted by April 22, 2024

Profits at the UK's third-biggest supermarket chain grew 24% in 2023, topping more than £1bn in a year where households struggled with the cost o

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High interest rates could add billions to UK green energy…

Posted by April 21, 2024

A permanent shift to higher interest rates could add billions of pounds to the UK’s renewable energy transition, a leading thinktank has warned.Borrowing cost

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Hipgnosis in takeover battle as UK music investor says it…

Posted by April 21, 2024

The troubled owner of music back catalogues ranging from Beyoncé to Neil Young has said that it would accept a takeover offer from Blackstone, after the privat

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Britain on the edge as memories of Truss refuse to…

Posted by April 21, 2024

Yet the patient is not responding. If the IMF were sitting in judgment it would have found the Government to have already breac

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End times for the UK’s final coal-fired power station

Posted by April 21, 2024

From the northernmost reaches of the River Soar in Nottinghamshire, the towers of Britain’s last coal-fired power station emerge from the flat countryside lik

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