The new cap on branded school uniform items has been welcomed by families struggling with school uniform costs, but charities working on the front line say the government has stopped
The Jeff Bezos Liverpool stake disclosed on 14 August 2026 is not merely a celebrity investor buying into football. It is a transaction that values one of England's greatest clubs
Thames Water's £1m signing-on fee paid to its finance chief last month was drawn from emergency funding provided by the company's lenders, as the utility teeters on the edge of
Andy Burnham's government is pushing the subscription traps crackdown to January 2027, several months ahead of the Spring 2027 date set by his predecessor Sir Keir Starmer, in what Downing
The AI four-day work week has become the tech industry's favourite promissory note: endlessly issued, never quite cashed. OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta and Google have all, in one form or another,
MySpace relaunch plans are gathering momentum, after the platform's owners confirmed their intention to bring back the once-dominant social network, though no date or product details have been set. The
The Reuters-reported FIFA World Cup stake sale is dead, at least for now. FIFA has reversed course on its FIFA Forward Enterprise (FFE) proposal after a revolt from member associations,
A Romford charity offering second-hand school uniforms for a flat £5 is quietly doing the work that policy has so far failed to complete. S.M.I.L.E. London & Essex, registered at
Liverpool Christmas market stalls have become unaffordable for a growing number of independent traders after the cost of renting a chalet at St George's Plateau nearly doubled under new operator
The US July jobs report delivered a result that few in the market had prepared for: a net loss of 23,000 jobs, against economist forecasts of an 80,000 gain. The
The RWE offshore wind settlement announced on 6 August tells you everything about how the Trump administration has chosen to prosecute its energy policy: not through courts, which repeatedly blocked
The polysilicon tariff executive order signed by President Donald Trump on Thursday is more than a trade measure. It is a structural intervention in the semiconductor supply chain, one that
The easyJet Apollo takeover is now a firm deal: easyJet investor relations confirmed on 6 August 2026 that the airline's board has accepted a Rule 2.7 offer from Apollo Global
AI recruitment tools are emerging as a systemic barrier for mid-life women seeking work, with legal battles, government taskforces, and the testimonies of dozens of experienced professionals all pointing in
The Raleigh insolvency proceedings announced this week are, in one sense, a legal formality. In another, they are the final entry in a balance sheet that has been heading the