Kemi Badenoch will call for an end to the oil and gas windfall tax, in addition to scrapping Labour’s ban on new oil and gas licences, as she seeks to …
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Exclusive: Richard Caring hits suppliers with mandatory ‘discount’ amid £1bn sale talks
The Richard Caring restaurant empire, which includes the Ivy Collection and Caprice Holdings, has demanded its suppliers take a 2.5 per cent “discount”, blaming “increased tax burden and cost of …
London Tech Week day 4: Why deeptech will define the UK’s economic future
On day 4 of London Tech Week attention turned to deeptech, writes Russ Shaw In the second half of London Tech Week, the focus shifted from the strengths of London …
‘It can’t cope’: Employment Tribunal cases surge with calls for Government action ahead of Worker Rights Bill
New figures show that employment cases at the Tribunal have increased. But with the growing backlogs and the looming Employment Rights Bill, there are calls on the Government to intervene …
KPMG: The real AI bottleneck isn’t tech, it’s humans
The challenge with AI is no longer about whether the tech works, but whether the people and processes around it are ready, claimed business and tech leaders at KPMG’s panel …
Aldi denied permission to appeal Thatchers court ruling
Aldi has been denied permission to appeal against a court ruling that it infringed on the British cider brand Thatchers’ trademark with its cloudy lemon cider product. The Court of …
UK housing market: ‘Not fixed, but less broken’
Decades of underinvestment, underbuilding and overegulation have clobbered the housing market. The UK is now short about 4.3m homes, with the worst crisis in cities. Labour, which made solving that …
Alpine A290 GTS review: 2025’s most exciting EV turns up the heat
The reborn Renault 5 has already won almost every automotive award going in 2025, including the European Car of the Year title. It’s the greatest comeback since Elvis Presley at …
Council taxes set to jump in first indication bills will rise
Council taxes will rise at the fastest pace in over two decades, fresh analysis has suggested, after a government document said it expected bills to rise to pay for local …
Spending Review: UK government’s DOGE to strip billions off defence and NHS
The Ministry of Defence and Department for Health and Social Care are set to see billions shaved off in what a DOGE-style body within the Treasury described as “efficiency gains” …