Hair and beauty salons urge Chancellor to halve VAT to 10 per cent
Salon owners and workers have signed an open letter calling for hair salons VAT to be halved to 10 per cent, citing job losses and falling apprenticeships.
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Getting to know you: Malcolm Seagrave, CEO, Hedgehog Lab
Hedgehog Lab CEO Malcolm Seagrave on leading a digital product studio, its February 2026 B Corp certification and why relationships matter more than deals.
Getting to know you: Professor David Keene MBE, CEO, Aurrigo
Aurrigo CEO Professor David Keene MBE on autonomous aviation, a record £6.28m contract with Ultra Global and why founders should trust their gut instinct.
Nandy intervenes in BT’s TalkTalk deal, citing risk to life
Lisa Nandy has issued a Public Interest Intervention Notice over the BT TalkTalk deal, citing a risk to life, and told the CMA to report by 19 October.
Lidl to open more than 50 stores after sales rise to £13bn
Lidl sales rose 10.8 per cent to £13bn in the year to 28 February 2026 and operating profit reached £345m, as the discounter plans more than 50 new stores.
Stellantis UK finance arm sets aside £221m for car loans scandal
The UK lending arm of Vauxhall owner Stellantis made a £69.3m loss after its car finance scandal provision rose to £221.3m, Companies House accounts show.
Deliveroo to roll out delivery robots in five UK locations
Deliveroo delivery robots will begin work in London within weeks and run in four other UK areas, as its chief executive says riders will not be replaced.
Billionaire David Reuben leaves UK for Monaco
David Reuben, who shares second place on this year's Sunday Times Rich List with a family fortune of almost £28bn, has left London to live in Monaco.
UAE threatens to pull billions from UK over Man City ruling
Bloomberg and The Telegraph report that billions of pounds of UAE investment in the UK are at risk after the Premier League's Manchester City ruling.
Richard Megson on why people, not AI, will fix the home-moving process
ASAP managing director Richard Megson on sales progression, what 2,000 customer reviews say about moving home and why AI alone will not fix the process