Bussiness
More than 28,000 UK retailers face ‘significant’ financial distress
More than 28,000 retailers are facing “significant” financial distress at the end of 2024, driven by rising business costs and weak consumer confidence, acc
Brexit: What will next chapter of UK-EU relations bring for…
Those arrangements preserve an open goods border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, at the cost of new controls on goods coming from the rest
UK steel industry calls for government to buy British in…
The UK steel industry has called for the government to promise to buy British as it prepares for a major expansion of offshore wind generation.Wind generation h
Living standards 2025 outlook ‘hardly cause for celebration’, says UK…
Household incomes will stagnate or fall next year but the chancellor, Rachel Reeves, will be hoping people feel better off as a result of improvements to public
Fears over defence industry skills as UK waits for new…
BAE Systems’ sprawling factory in Warton, Lancashire, has been assembling combat aircraft for more than a century, building everything from Tornado fighters a
Bouncing back: UK soft play centres recover after Covid closures
“It will go all the way up there, with four floors, and a net maze,” says Jonathan Laznik, the owner of Gambado, pointing to the 10-metre-high ceiling in Fo
UK Help to Grow SME productivity scheme hits 10,000 users
The UK-funded MBA-style scale-up programme for small and medium-sized enterprises created by the previous Conservative government has enrolled more than 10,000
Palestinian-British group initiates legal action against UK oil company for…
A group of Palestinian-British individuals took initial steps to bring British Petroleum (BP) to court on Tuesday, accusing the company of aiding and abetting w
UK car industry hails plan for Prius-style hybrids to stay…
The British car industry has welcomed government proposals that could allow Toyota Prius-style hybrids to continue to be sold in the UK after 2030, as part of a
UK housebuilder Vistry’s shares plunge as it issues third profit…
The UK housebuilder Vistry has issued its third profit warning in three months, in a year-end blow to the construction company that sent its shares to a two-yea
Local Treasures in Wales to be Saved and Restored Through…
Welshpool & Llanfair Light Railway Over £2 million will be awarded to 7 much-loved local places in Wales, so they can stay open to keep their communities t
