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Shares in WH Smith tumbled on Thursday after the newsagent and travel retailer admitted to an accounting blunder that has wiped tens of millions of pounds from its profits. The…

Tesco, Sainsbury’s and John Lewis, along with other UK retail heavyweights, have issued a direct warning to chancellor Rachel Reeves, arguing that her government’s tax policies could undermine its key…

London-listed recruitment firm Hays has reported a sharp drop in profit amid continued weakness in recruitment markets. The company is reducing its final dividend to 0.29 pence per share, resulting…

Tax-free lump sum withdrawals from pension pots could be slashed as Rachel Reeves scrambles for fresh ways to plug a £50bn hole in the public finances. The Chancellor is reportedly…

So it begins. Red Roses vs USA at the Stadium of Light. Friday night, BBC 1. That’s a USA fielding the rugby player with by far the biggest social media…

Chancellor Rachel Reeves oversaw lower government borrowing than expected in July, official data has revealed.  Borrowing hit £1.1bn last month, making up the difference between income from taxes and total…

GPT-5 failed to wow users, but its less flashy delivery signals a positive shift for AI from at-all-costs advancement to actual use-case, writes Lewis Liu I was carrying boxes of…

The UK’s nonsensical spirit tax regime is an own goal that punishes industries like Scotch Whisky, writes Mark Kent Why should a drink with three times the calories and twice…

Running for the exit after Labour’s non-dom tax crackdown? Employment lawyer Chiara Muston outlines the trade-offs to consider Recent analysis has revealed there has been a significant increase in the…

The UK’s auto-enrolment contribution scheme should be reformed to prevent more workers slipping into retirement poverty, the Society of Pension Professionals (SPP) has said. In its latest paper, the SPP has called…