Category: News

The TUC is urging employers to let staff work from home or start late after England’s 1am World Cup tie against Mexico, as new figures show most bosses have no plans for flexibility.

Germany will require workers to obtain a sick note from a doctor in person on their first day of illness, as Chancellor Friedrich Merz targets absence rates to revive a stagnant economy.

Over 250 top UK employers join Charlie Mayfield’s Get Britain Working taskforce to cut the £212bn cost of ill-health and unlock ‘growth hiding in plain sight’.

Andy Burnham says there is “room for movement” on tax, pledging a 20% business rates cut for pubs and higher levies on warehouses ahead of becoming PM

Sony will stop producing physical PlayStation game discs from January 2028, going digital-only in a move that ends more than 50 years of boxed video games and reshapes high street retail.

Boohoo boss Dan Finley tells 1,500 head office staff to ditch the grey tracksuit bottoms and return to the office full time to test clothes and spot trends.

Formula 1 is worth £12bn a year to the UK economy, with a record British Grand Prix crowd at Silverstone set to deliver a £100m boost, new figures reveal.

Andrew Bailey says cutting interest rates is ‘off the table’ as the Iran war stokes inflation, signalling the Bank of England will hold Bank Rate at 3.75% on July 30. What it means for SMEs.

TG Jones, WH Smith’s former high street business, has won High Court approval for a restructuring that will close up to 150 shops and slash rents to survive.

Coughlans Bakery, the 89-year-old chain co-owned by comedian Romesh Ranganathan, has gone into liquidation. Owner Sean Coughlan blames National Insurance, business rates and soaring costs.

MPs on the public accounts committee warn Northern Powerhouse Rail risks an HS2-style fiasco, with no detailed design after 12 years and a £45bn budget “decoupled from reality”.

Royal Mail is capping festive business collections at three times normal capacity, and small firms warn the limit could throttle growth during their make-or-break Christmas trade.

Getty Images has scrapped its $3.7bn merger with Shutterstock after the UK’s CMA made approval conditional on selling Shutterstock’s editorial arm.