In 2001 the average life of a British business was 10.7 years. By last year that number had dropped to 8.6 years. In just over two decades the lifespan of British businesses has dropped by 20%. Part of that drop ...
UNITED NATIONS — A team of United Nations (UN) experts reported on Monday that there were “reasonable grounds to believe” sexual violence, including rape and gang rape, occurred at several locations during the Oct. 7 attack on Israel by Hamas ...
TAIPEI — Taiwan’s armed forces will increase the number of missile drills they hold this year, defense minister Chiu Kuo-cheng said on Tuesday, amid China’s ramped-up military pressure to force the island to accept its sovereignty claims. China claims democratically ...
HANOI — The trial in Vietnam’s largest financial fraud case on record began on Tuesday, with nearly 90 defendants accused of being part of a $12-billion scam, for which some of them risk the death penalty. The trial, expected to ...
BRUSSELS — The European Union (EU) has reached a provisional deal on a new law to cut packaging waste and ban single-use plastics, such as supermarket bags for fruit and mini hotel shampoo bottles in hotels, albeit with exemptions for ...
A business owner has secured £125k on Dragons’ Den for her debit card and mobile app for people with dementia. Jayne Sibley, from Winchester, has made a significant breakthrough on Dragons’ Den with her innovative business venture, Sibstar. Inspired by ...
In a move to bolster Britain’s burgeoning artificial intelligence (AI) sector, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt is set to announce a significant increase in funding for the Alan Turing Institute, the national institute for data science and AI. The funding is expected ...
Siemens, the German technology giant, has unveiled plans to invest £100 million in a new manufacturing centre at its Chippenham rail signalling factory site in Wiltshire, England. This investment is part of Siemens’ broader strategy to modernise its manufacturing facilities ...
The Building Societies Association (BSA), representing numerous building societies in the UK, has raised concerns that mortgage reforms implemented following the 2008 banking crisis have inadvertently hindered first-time buyers’ access to the housing market. According to a report commissioned by ...
Chris Packham, the renowned naturalist and TV presenter, has been granted permission to pursue a judicial review of the UK government’s decision to scale back certain green policies aimed at achieving net zero emissions by 2050. The decision by Prime ...