Royal Mail unveils a ÂŁ500m, five-year plan to tackle late deliveries, scrap Saturday second-class post and shift 6,000 part-time staff to full-time hours. Read more: Royal Mail commits ÂŁ500m to…
McDonald's UK unveils the country's largest in-person paid work experience programme, offering 2,500 placements to combat record youth unemployment and the rising NEET crisis. Read more: McDonald’s bets on Britain’s…
UK inflation jumped to 3.3% in March 2026 as the Middle East conflict drove petrol, diesel and air fares higher. What it means for SMEs, interest rates and the Bank…
Rolls-Royce has been crowned the nation's most iconic trade mark in a public poll marking 150 years since Britain became one of the first countries in the world to formalise…
HMRC to appeal tribunal ruling that public EV charging should attract 5% VAT, not 20%. Industry warns decision penalises drivers without driveways and threatens the EV transition. Read more: HMRC…
Chancellor Rachel Reeves lifts the electricity generator levy from 45% to 55% as Ed Miliband unveils market reforms. What the renewables windfall tax means for UK SMEs, energy bills and…
Barclays and Lloyds have joined the FCA's second AI live testing cohort alongside Experian, GoCardless and UBS, as UK banks accelerate their artificial intelligence investment. Read more: Barclays and Lloyds…
Jeff Bezos's physical AI venture Project Prometheus is closing in on a $10bn funding round at a $38bn valuation, with BlackRock and JPMorgan on board. Read more: Bezos’s physical AI…
UK unemployment unexpectedly drops to 4.9% in the quarter to February, but vacancies sink to a five-year low and payrolled jobs fall as SMEs feel the squeeze from the ÂŁ25bn…
Baroness Karren Brady has departed West Ham United after 16 years as vice-chair, ending a near four-decade business partnership with David Sullivan amid sustained fan protests. Read more: Brady bows…