Despite ongoing challenges, small and independent retailers are looking ahead to next year positively, with expectations of business growth rising significantly among 59% of those surveyed in 2022 to 89% in 2023. The annual survey of independent retail and hospitality ...
Nc’nean Distillery has secured a Virgin Money funding package with the backing of UK Government department UK Export Finance (UKEF) to help the independent distillery grow in North American markets and bring its vision for sustainable, organic Scottish whisky overseas. ...
The Lloyds Bank British Business Excellence Awards have announced those business and entrepreneurs who have truly made an outstanding contribution to British Business. The calibre of finalists in each category was the highest it’s been so far, with Britain’s business ...
Inflation has slowed to a two-year low of 4.6 per cent on the back of falling energy prices that will all but ensure that Rishi Sunak meets his pledge to halve price growth by the end of the year. In ...
The UK’s business and trade secretary has signed a deal to increase trade with Florida, the British government’s latest pact with a single American state as it awaits a broader, post-Brexit US free trade agreement. The memorandum of understanding, signed ...
A leading group of City figures are urging the chancellor to accelerate pensions reform, hand a competitiveness objective to the audit watchdog and incentivise retail investors to back British companies “at a critical pivot point… [for] the economy”. The chancellor ...
A FEDERAL judge on Tuesday rejected efforts by major social media companies to dismiss nationwide litigation accusing them of illegally enticing and then addicting millions of children to their platforms, damaging their mental health. US District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers ...
LONDON — Santa Claus may not have as much to give this year because hard up shoppers in Europe and the United States are prioritizing food and household staples, global toy makers and industry experts said. Consumers worldwide have struggled ...
WELLINGTON — The puteketeke, a bird that pukes, grunts, growls and has bizarre mating rituals, won New Zealand’s (NZ) bird of the century title in a competition where American-British comedian John Oliver’s involvement has ruffled some local feathers. The Bird ...
GAZA — The Israeli military said it was carrying out a raid on Wednesday against Hamas militants in Al Shifa Hospital, having urged them to surrender with thousands of Palestinian civilians still sheltering inside Gaza Strip’s biggest hospital. Dr. Munir ...