The professional services industry is arguably going through its most critical time in the last 20 years. As it sits on its train to the future, where it jumps off …
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London’s first all-electric energy centre greenlit in Brent Cross Town
Planning permission has been granted for London’s first large scale, all-electric energy centre at Brent Cross Town, the capital’s newest park town. The energy centre will provide low carbon heating, …
Budget could hand economy £60bn if small businesses supported
Small businesses could provide a £60bn injection to the UK economy if the Autumn Budget meets firm’s needs, fresh research has indicated. Fresh research from Barclays Business Prosperity Index showed …
Black Friday morphs into Black November
‘Black Friday’ has been around since the 1950s, when Philadelphia police to describe the chaotic day after Thanksgiving. Since picked up by retailers, it has now morphed into a crucial …
On this day in 1987: 31 killed in King’s Cross fire
On this day in 1987, a dropped match in King’s Cross Station set a wooden escalator ablaze, costing 31 lives. Eliot Wilson looks back Smoking on the Tube is incomprehensible …
Rachel Reeves’s caution could prove as damaging as Liz Truss’s recklessness
Rachel Reeves is trying her best to avoid any comparisons to Liz Truss’s infamous mini-budget, but her excessive caution could prove just as damaging, writes Michael Martins in today’s Notebook …
Beyond by RS2 Becomes a Principal Issuing Member of Visa
Beyond by RS2, the innovation brand of RS2 Financial Services GmbH, has become a Principal Issuing Member of Visa in Europe – allowing the company to directly issue Visa cards …
Banking watchdog raises customer protections for if provider fails
The UK banking watchdog has raised the cap for how much a customer can be paid if their provider fails. The Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) has hiked the limit to …
Crinkled paper to fake logos: Businesses face surge in expense scams
Businesses are experiencing a sharp rise in fraudulent attempts at expenses, as AI has made it easier to replicate receipts. Over the last three months, Google searches for ‘AI receipts’ …
‘Shenanigans’: Did the OBR save Reeves from hiking income taxes at the Budget?
For weeks, Chancellor Rachel Reeves had been engaged in an extraordinary communications exercise of expectation management, leading Brits to believe that income tax was about to hiked for the first …