August 2025

If employers want young people with future-facing skills, they must become more involved in education, writes Chris Hayward The UK faces a critical talent crunch.  The twin forces of artificial …

Taking successful people from the business world and putting them in government sounds like a good idea, but history proves otherwise, Nigel, writes Eliot Wilson It is one of the …

The Financial Ombudsman Service is battling against a litany of obstacles as the government looks to “fundamentally” change its regulatory makeup. The organisation was rocked earlier this year by a …

Twenty lower league football clubs in the UK have fallen into arrears to the HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC), according to date from chartered accountants and business advisers Lubbock Fine …

Artificial intelligence start-up Perplexity AI has made an unsolicited $34.5bn (£25.4bn) all-cash offer for Google’s Chrome browser, in a move that some analysts say is as much about signalling intent …

UK inflation is set to have edged higher last month as summer spending pushed up flight and hotel costs, and food prices continue to climb. One economist said an “Oasis …

British firms or individuals are the biggest shareholders in just five Premier League clubs as US ownership booms ahead of the new season. Tony Bloom’s 96 per cent shareholding in …

Nigel Farage and Reform UK risk “failing a generation of young women” if they scrap online safety laws aimed at preventing revenge porn, Angela Rayner has said. The Deputy Prime …

Technology is being piloted to help free up NHS hospital beds which are occupied by people fit to be sent home, officials have announced. The platform uses artificial intelligence (AI) …

Sir Keir Starmer has spoken with Donald Trump after the US president’s summit with Vladimir Putin ended without a deal to stop the war in Ukraine. The Prime Minister joined …