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UK business confidence dips to lowest level since general election

Posted by September 29, 2024

UK business confidence has dropped to its lowest level since the general election, as firms grow more pessimistic about the economic outlook.Amid fears that the

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End of an era as Britain’s last coal-fired power plant…

Posted by September 29, 2024

Britain’s only remaining coal power plant at Ratcliffe-on-Soar in Nottinghamshire will generate electricity for the last time on Monday after powering the UK

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Tata Steel: UK’s biggest steelworks to cease production after more…

Posted by September 29, 2024

The UK's biggest steelworks will cease production today after more than 100 years, leading to thousands of job losses across South Wales.Blast Fur

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Kemi Badenoch maternity pay comments spark Tory row

Posted by September 29, 2024

BBCA row over comments by leadership candidate Kemi Badenoch suggesting maternity pay had "gone too far" has dominated the first day of the Conservative Party c

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Force companies to report their food waste, say leading UK…

Posted by September 29, 2024

Food companies should have to report how much they throw away as a first step towards reducing the vast amounts of edible food squandered in the UK, a group of

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UK, Spain ‘keen to tap Hong Kong financial services’ to…

Posted by September 29, 2024

Political and business sectors in the UK and Spain have shown interest in Hong Kong’s traditional and emerging financial services, a top minister has said aft

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Restaurants ponder price increases as new tip-sharing law comes into…

Posted by September 28, 2024

Restaurants are wondering whether to put up food and drink prices or risk legal action over the sharing of tips and service charge payments with workers as new

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Falklands risks diplomatic row with Britain over plans to drill…

Posted by September 28, 2024

The Falkland Islands has already rejected the UK Government’s requests to ratify the Paris Agreement on climate change, where

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Promise of ‘glass skin’ drives surge in sales of K-beauty…

Posted by September 27, 2024

We’ve had South Korean pop, film, fashion and food, and now the latest trend is K-beauty, with sales of Korean skincare brands taking off in the UK as consume

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Investors do not share Elon Musk’s negative view of UK,…

Posted by September 27, 2024

Keir Starmer has pushed back against Elon Musk’s jibes at the UK for “releasing paedophiles” after the billionaire was not invited to the government’s i

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Labour’s policy on non-doms mostly copied from Conservatives, say Whitehall…

Posted by September 27, 2024

Labour’s flagship “non-dom” policy was largely copied and pasted from the Conservatives even though it contains “basic errors” and risks damaging the

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UK PM Keir Starmer touts pro-business agenda as he woos…

Posted by September 27, 2024

Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer gives a media interview while attending the 79th United Nations General Assembly at the United Nations Headquarters in New

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