With the festive season fast approaching, many employers have already finalised their plans for a staff party. Others may prefer a more spontaneous approach. Either way, there are many legal issues for employers to consider. This is because work-related functions ...

There were slices of good news for Britain’s retailers and SMEs in today’s Autumn Statement. However, there was also a filling of bad news on the overall economy and lack of business rates reform. The home delivery expert ParcelHero, a ...

In the wake of recent concerns about the lack of investment in domestic companies by UK investors, Lane Clark sheds light on the challenges facing the UK market. TPP, a leading provider of access to elite market-beating strategies, is making ...

On Sunday, the populist Austrolibertarian Javier Milei was elected president of Argentina. In the United States, the reaction ranged from concerned curiosity on the part of the political establishment to enthusiastic celebration across the populist Right—including, notably, some economic nationalists. ...

The number of pubs in England and Wales that shut their doors for good rose sharply in the first half of 2023, prompting warnings to the government that planned rises in business rates could force further closures in the beleaguered ...

UK chancellor Jeremy Hunt has said he will consider selling the government’s remaining shares in NatWest to the general public in the next 12 months as part of his Autumn Statement on Wednesday. The Treasury still owns 39 per cent ...

Jeremy Hunt has announced that he is cutting national insurance for more than 27 million people by two percentage points in a move that will save people more than £450. The chancellor said that he would reduce the main rate ...

UKEF and K-Sure have secured support worth £367 million for South Korean manufacturer SeAH Steel Holding’s construction of a wind tech factory near Redcar, in the Tees Valley. The financing will secure inward investment which will create 750 jobs in ...

Sam Altman is to return as chief executive of OpenAI days after being fired from the ChatGPT creator. OpenAI has also agreed to change the board that ousted him after the majority of employees threatened to quit over the decision ...

One in ten startup owners say a lack of Government support was behind the failure of their business, or that of someone they know, amid fears of a “wasted generation” of entrepreneurs due to the economic downturn. Ahead of Chancellor ...