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Bike shortage puts the brakes on Halfords recovery
Disruptions to supply chains are causing a bump in the road for Halfords, with the retailer warning that bike shortages have started to affect its sales…
Tuesday 27 October 2026
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Disruptions to supply chains are causing a bump in the road for Halfords, with the retailer warning that bike shortages have started to affect its sales…
EV Powered, the online platform dedicated to electric vehicles, has reached the landmark 1,000,000 view milestone on YouTube.
Publishers and retailers have warned of potential delays on Christmas books as the shortage of lorry drivers affects deliveries.
Rishi Sunak has given the date of 27 October for his autumn budget, announcing plans to support public services and revive the economy with £140bn of…
Business groups reacted with dismay to the government’s national insurance hike and surcharge on dividend income to boost health and social care spending from next April,…
Employers planned to make the fewest job cuts for seven years last month, suggesting that the end of the furlough scheme will not trigger a sharp…
Interest rates might need to rise next year if the recovery continues and inflation gets stickier, a Bank of England policymaker has said.
There are no plans for a “firebreak” lockdown in October, the government said today, describing such measures “a last resort”.
Every worker in Britain will pay a new 1.25 per cent tax on their earnings to pay for a £12 billion-a-year package to fund the NHS…
House prices in Britain hit a new high last month, although they are not rising as fast as they were earlier in the year as the…
Plans for post-Brexit checks on some goods entering Northern Ireland have been suspended indefinitely by the UK after negotiations with the EU reached a stalemate.
The boom in domestic holidays has fuelled a surge in demand for mortgages for UK holiday rental homes as landlords and investors cash in on people…
Europe’s two biggest financial technology “unicorns”, privately owned tech-based businesses valued at more than $1 billion, may soon be going head to head after Revolut revealed…
Supply chain problems in the construction sector and rapidly rising energy prices are fuelling inflation and holding back economic growth.
Rush-hour traffic returned to pre-pandemic levels in parts of the country yesterday as the end of home working and the start of the new school term…