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Europe’s Leading Tech for Good VC to support the North of England through partnership with NorthInvest
Europe’s Leading Tech for Good VC to support the North of England through partnership with NorthInvest
Friday 30 October 2026
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Europe’s Leading Tech for Good VC to support the North of England through partnership with NorthInvest
The introduction of a second national lockdown will push Black Friday sales down 20 per cent as consumers wait for shops to reopen to bag a…
Transport secretary Grant Shapps is set to scrap blanket travel quarantine restrictions in time for Christmas so that people can travel to high-risk “red list” countries…
Unions have warned ministers that freezing pay for four million workers risks a public sector strike, in a further sign of the backlash against plans to…
Boris Johnson is to announce the return of Christmas shopping, gyms and outdoor sport across England as the government prepares to lift lockdown.
Some Cineworld cinemas are set to never reopen after the coronavirus lockdown as bosses consider permanent closures and job cuts in a desperate bid to save…
A UK book publisher says congestion at Felixstowe Port has left it with no books to sell in the lead up to Christmas.
Marks & Spencer will keep 400 stores open until midnight in Christmas week as desperate high street retailers scramble to recoup billions of pounds of sales…
HM Revenue & Customs has reported a staggering 367,520 reports of phishing email attacks during 2020, with data indicating a sharp rise in incidents after the…
Land Rover Defender specialist Twisted Automotive is extending its global reach while investing further in the company’s Yorkshire roots through a series of international brand licencing…
The manufacturers of the UK’s three biggest coffee pod brands have joined forces to set up the sector’s first national recycling scheme, in the face of…
Mike Ashley’s Frasers Group is weighing a takeover bid for Mulberry after building its stake in the luxury brand to 37 per cent.
More than a third of restaurants and hotels fear that they might have to shut permanently within the next three months as the hospitality sector is…
Nearly 5,000 retail jobs have been put at risk after Peacocks, Jaeger, Austin Reed and Jacques Vert collapsed into administration when the deadline for a rescue…
Royal Mail has said revenue from parcel deliveries has surpassed letters for the first time, fuelled by a surge in online shopping during the pandemic.