
Manual gearboxes set to vanish by 2030 and diesel is tailgating its demise
Manual gearboxes and diesel cars will all but vanish from UK showrooms by 2030, analysts warn. Here's what the shift means for SME owners, fleet managers…
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Manual gearboxes and diesel cars will all but vanish from UK showrooms by 2030, analysts warn. Here's what the shift means for SME owners, fleet managers…

Britain's vending, coffee and automated retail sector grew to £3.78bn in 2025, outpacing UK GDP, as smart fridges surged 50% and 62% of payments went mobile.

Meta begins 8,000 global redundancies to bankroll a $145bn AI splurge, with 350 Dublin roles in the firing line as Zuckerberg chases ‘personal superintelligence’.

Bolt chief executive Ryan Breslow has defended axing the fintech's entire HR department, claiming the team "created problems that didn't exist" as the firm slashes headcount…

AI tools such as Objector.ai and ChatGPT are helping residents flood councils with sophisticated planning objections, slowing UK approvals and putting the 1.5 million homes target…

CPRE has opened nominations for its Best Rooftop Solar Solution award, recognising SMEs, community groups and innovators delivering clean energy. Entries close 30 June 2026.

Waymo and Wayve are racing to launch driverless robotaxis in London by Q4 2026. With black cab numbers down 34% and £42bn at stake, can the…

New analysis of 9.2 million UK director appointments shows the average age of a British founder has stayed at 43 for more than two decades, defying…

UK businesses have just four weeks to put a statutory data protection complaints process in place before the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 takes effect…

Cheshire's Packaging One has won a £4m contract with a global tech giant after UKEF and NatWest unlocked working capital through the General Export Facility.

An Isle of Man fintech start-up has beaten TikTok at the UK Intellectual Property Office, winning a two-year trade mark fight backed by Lord Sugar’s Trade…

The 2026 Sunday Times Rich List lays bare a record wealth exodus from Britain, with one in six members dropping out, Dyson’s fortune halved and Revolut’s…

Lord Bamford has named younger son George as his successor at JCB, sidelining elder brother Jo and ending years of speculation over the future of Britain’s…

Lidl GB has joined forces with Olio and Neighbourly in a 20-store trial designed to redistribute 5,000 tonnes of surplus food a year, the equivalent of…

UK Export Finance insurance has unlocked an HSBC UK credit lift, allowing Hertfordshire SME Masters Speciality Pharma to ship £2.3m of lifesaving medicines to Saudi Arabia.