High street health and beauty retailer Bodycare has collapsed into administration with the loss of 32 stores and around 450 jobs being made redundant. Nick Holloway, Chris Pole and Mike …
UK firms race into AI as Peter Kyle urges regulators to keep pace
Tech consultancy firm Capgemini has urged that, despite businesses racing to roll out generative artificial intelligence (genAI), most remain aptly unprepared for the governance challenges it will bring. This warning …
Savers race to withdraw pension lump sums over tax concerns
UK pension savers rushed to withdraw their tax free cash over the past financial year, as they braced themselves for possible changes to tax rules on retirement funds. The amount …
Nigel Farage: City regulator ‘is a disaster’
Nigel Farage has branded the Financial Conduct Authority a “disaster” as he promised his party would overhaul the City’s regulatory landscape. The Reform UK leader – who is hosting the …
Private equity deals bounce back after sluggish start to the year
UK private equity deals bounced back in the later stage of the first half of 2025, as investors became increasingly optimistic about growth opportunities. The total deal value for UK …
London Stock Exchange boss: Fix underinvestment for growth
The boss of the London Stock Exchange has urged the government to fix investment in capital markets to achieve economic growth. Dame Julia Hoggett, the chief executive of the London …
Poppy Gustafsson ‘poised to resign’
Baroness Gustafsson is set to resign from government as soon as today, according to Sky News, less than year after she was appointed by the Prime Minister Keir Starmer. The …
Angela Rayner has resigned as deputy prime minister, housing secretary and deputy leader of the Labour Party after being found in breach of the ministerial code. This comes as an …
JLR staff told to stay at home amid massive cyber attack disruption
Thousands of workers at Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) were told to ‘stay at home’, and customers are facing major delivery delays after a cyber attack forced the company to shut …
Tube strikes: RMT given 24 hours to avoid travel carnage
Transport for London has warned the RMT union that it has just 24 hours to stop a major tube strike next week, which is set to shut down every Underground …