China experienced a slowdown in growth in both its manufacturing and services activities in April, indicating a sluggish start to the second quarter for the world’s No. 2 economy. Despite …
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UK firms want tax incentives to invest in employee health amid growing sickness crisis
Businesses want the government to offer tax incentives to invest in employee health as firms start to grapple with worsening health and an ageing population, a new report shows. Research …
Real Madrid star Bellingham extraordinary, says Bayern Munich boss Tuchel
Bayern Munich manager Thomas Tuchel heaped praise on Englishman Jude Bellingham yesterday, describing the 20-year-old Real Madrid midfielder as “extraordinary” ahead of their Uefa Champions League tie tomorrow. Tuchel and …
Financial Times announced as latest publication to ink deal with OpenAI
If you can’t beat them, join them. That’s what content providers including news publications are currently doing as they battle to protect their business models from big tech’s artificial intelligence …
County Cricket: Division One players putting their hands up for England
Has spring finally sprung? Have those April showers given way to beer gardens and champers at the cricket? Not quite. The first three rounds of this year’s County Championship have …
Premier League edges closer to applying £500m spending cap
Premier League clubs have taken another step closer to implementing a spending cap for the first time in the competition’s history. A majority of clubs on Monday voted in favour …
RFU and Premiership Rugby close in on £264m funding deal
The Rugby Football Union, RFU, and Premiership Rugby have finally agreed a new Premiership Game Partnership, worth £264m, which will shape the English game for the next eight years. It …
Humza Yousaf: Who could replace the SNP leader as Scotland’s First Minister?
After Humza Yousaf dramatically, and emotionally, announced his resignation as First Minister this morning, thoughts immediately turned to who might be in the frame to replace him. Leading Scotland’s government …
Tube and train strikes: May bank holiday week disruption
Commuters are set for more disruption in May as train drivers stage another wave of strikes in a long-running dispute over pay and conditions. Members of the Aslef union will …
Labour’s rail nationalisation is a misdiagnosis. More state intervention can’t be the cure
Labour’s plans to renationalise Britain’s rail network have been touted as the “biggest reform of our railways in a generation.” Nationalisation is something of a buzzword in political campaigning. Voters …