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EU launches legal action against UK for breaching withdrawal agreement
The EU has launched legal action against Boris Johnson’s government over breaching the terms of the withdrawal agreement.
Friday 30 October 2026
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The EU has launched legal action against Boris Johnson’s government over breaching the terms of the withdrawal agreement.
Sales at pub, bar and restaurant chains plunged by more than a third on the same period last year after a 10pm coronavirus curfew was imposed…
More than a third of UK employers plan to make staff redundant over the next three months, according to research warning of a cascade of job…
Only 22 per cent of rent for the nation’s shops, offices and warehouses has been collected for the final quarter.
Wm Morrison plans to create more than 1,000 jobs to pick and pack orders for its products sold on Amazon.
Compass Group said it expected to return to break-even at a trading level in the fourth quarter on the back of the reopening of units, an…
TSB is to take the axe to one seventh of its workforce and one third of its branches in a drastic attempt to adjust to changing…
MPs have demanded that British banks give citizens living in the European Union fair warning before closing their accounts and credit cards after tens of thousands…
The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) has launched an Apprentice Support Programme to help safeguard the jobs of apprentices currently working for SMEs within…
The 10pm curfew on pubs, bars and restaurants in England should be reviewed every three weeks and scrapped if found to be ineffective
For an enterprise once described by the former Tesco boss Sir Terry Leahy as a “charity” because of its run of losses in the noughties, Ocado…
Walt Disney is to lay off 28,000 US staff in its theme parks division as its resorts struggle with limited attendance
A company owned by Sir James Dyson bagged the biggest EU farming subsidy paid to a private landowner in the UK last year.
Hotel Chocolat have announced that after a strong first half, sales and profits tumbled in the second six months of its financial year as lockdown was…
Bakery chain Greggs has hinted at possible job cuts as the government's furlough scheme ends.