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Thursday 5 November 2026
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Travelling to Japan in June? If you've made a booking with Airbnb, you may have to find alternative accommodation.
The boss of Britain's biggest supermarket has blamed the collapse of some retailers partly on the expense of business rates.
Imperial College ThinkSpace and workspace provider Central Working have today announced the winners of the inaugural Scalable Business Awards (SBAs), providing six promising technology companies with…
Poundworld is poised to announce its intention to appoint administrators, putting around 5,300 jobs at risk, reports claim.
After six months of hard work and preparation, the gifting brand hits the shelves of London’s sweetest hotspots, including Harrods, Selfridges and Kingdom of Sweets, offering…
The capital will get the first bumper trial of 5G this autumn, EE has announced today.
Department store chain House of Fraser is to close 31 of its 59 shops, affecting 6,000 jobs, as part of a rescue deal.
Amazon today announced it will create 2,500 permanent jobs in the UK in 2018, taking the total UK workforce to 27,500 by the end of the…
HMRC chief Jon Thompson has defended his £20bn estimate of the cost to businesses of the post-Brexit customs system favoured by leading Brexiteers.
The prospect of the first new runway in south-east England since 1946 edged closer today after the UK Government finally backed proposals for a third runway…
Microsoft has sunk a data centre in the sea off Orkney to investigate whether it can boost energy efficiency.
Carpetright has raised emergency funds to keep the business going with a conditional placing, but will need to gain shareholder approval at a meeting today to…
A computer failure at TSB that caused up to 1.9 million people to lose access to online banking services is being investigated by the financial regulator.
Shoppers glimpsing a moment of sun rushed to the shops for summer clothes, barbecue essentials and garden accessories last month, boosting retail sales.
Smaller shopping centres bore the brunt of store closures last year, according to a study of vacancies in the retail and leisure sectors.