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Restaurants set to be banned from keeping waiters’ tips
Restaurants will be banned from keeping tips meant for staff under legislation expected to be announced this week.
Tuesday 27 October 2026
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Restaurants will be banned from keeping tips meant for staff under legislation expected to be announced this week.
Pounds and ounces are set to return to shops and market stalls across the UK in a symbolic post-Brexit victory for the Government as it sets…
Energy bills will soar by hundreds of pounds within weeks after dozens of cash-strapped suppliers withdrew their cheapest deals from the market because of soaring wholesale…
The amount of tax lost in Britain through non-payment, avoidance and fraud has increased to £35bn, according to official figures.
Recruitment challenges are spreading through the economy with two fifths of companies reporting difficulty securing workers, according to a report by the Office for National Statistics.
JP Morgan Chase is aiming to become one of the biggest lenders in Britain through the launch of a new digital bank next week.
Stanley Gibbons, the rare stamps and coins dealer, has put its American division into administration after a dispute with Stella McCartney.
The United Arab Emirates plans to invest £10 billion in Britain over the next five years, targeting sectors including clean energy, infrastructure, technology and life sciences.
James Coughlan, founder of Reef.Global, explains how his business is making the new norm of hybrid working much easier for businesses and employees.
The Co-op has warned of pressure on profits as it faces "unplanned supply chain challenges".
Charlie Mullins, the entrepreneur who became an unlikely business celebrity as the founder of a London-based plumbers, is closing in on a deal to sell the…
PwC has revealed that fewer than a fifth of its staff come from a working-class background — and they are typically paid 12 per cent less…
Employers are facing a punitive £1 billion spike in business rates next year as a result of soaring inflation caused largely by distortions during the pandemic.
Investors in Fever-Tree Drinks breathed a sigh of relief after the upmarket tonic maker reported strong sales and issued reassurance that the fall in profit margins…
The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has today announced fines totalling £495,000 to well-known companies that between them sent more than 354 million nuisance messages.