Category: News

Concierge group Quintessentially, co-founded by Sir Ben Elliot, flags “material uncertainty” amid £15m loan deadlines and net liabilities of £29m.

UK firms cut jobs at the fastest rate in four years in December, according to the latest PMI survey, with hiring freezes and layoffs triggered by higher employer NICs and a gloomy outlook.

Retail giant Next has defied expectations for the crucial Christmas trading season, posting stronger-than-forecast sales but cautioning that a spike in wage costs will lead to higher prices this year.

Errol Musk, father of Elon Musk, has sparked controversy by likening Tommy Robinson to Nelson Mandela and predicting he could become UK prime minister. 

UK small businesses warn of layoffs as a new employment rights bill expands worker protections and raises costs.

Business confidence hits a two-year low after the chancellor’s £40bn tax hikes, yet a KPMG report predicts accelerated UK growth.

Britain’s motoring lobby warns that allowing new full hybrids after 2030 would be a “catastrophic misstep” for the UK’s net zero goals. Discover what’s at stake for electric vehicles, the government’s proposed ban, and industry reactions.

The pound hit a nine-month low below $1.24, as fears mount over a UK industrial recession. Learn about new PMI data signalling manufacturing slowdown, rising costs and job cuts, and the Treasury’s bid to steady the economy.

Fashion retailer New Look is preparing to accelerate store closures as a result of Labour’s tax-raising budget, while “Chicken King” Ranjit Boparan battles to pass higher costs on to supermarkets—signalling further pressure on UK businesses across multiple sectors.

Looming tax increases and ongoing cost pressures are sending a “winter chill” through Britain’s factories, as new data reveals the weakest manufacturing growth in 11 months.

Former Dudley North MP Marco Longhi joins Nigel Farage’s Reform UK, claiming the Conservatives have drifted left. A new poll shows Reform could win 120 seats, shaking up the balance of power in Westminster.

New polling reveals that three quarters of ousted Tory MPs are considering another run for parliament, amid Conservative soul-searching over social media strategy and calls for a stronger appeal to younger voters.

Half of the cash balance at Pitch@Palace Global, the commercial arm of the Duke of York’s entrepreneurial platform, has been withdrawn in the space of a year, newly filed accounts reveal.