A recent decision by the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) serves as a timely warning to employers, particularly small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), about the potential pitfalls of redundancy processes. In Hendy Group Ltd v Kennedy [2024], a long-serving employee won ...

More than 1.8 million people streamed, viewed, or downloaded The Rest Is Politics and The Rest Is Politics: US in under 24 hours, after both shows released emergency episodes in response to the US bombing of Iran over the weekend. ...

Britain has lost its crown as Europe’s top destination for foreign investment in renewable energy and utility projects, as a sharp fall in new developments sees France take the lead, according to new figures from EY. The number of green ...

The UK government has launched a £275 million investment in technical training and apprenticeships as the centrepiece of its long-awaited industrial strategy, aiming to tackle deep-rooted skills shortages and reclaim the manufacturing vote in Labour’s traditional heartlands. The funding package, ...

Internet users are being urged to change their passwords and bolster their online security after cybersecurity researchers discovered 16 billion login credentials in publicly exposed datasets — a trove that could be used by criminals to hijack everything from social ...

OpenAI has been forced to remove online content promoting its high-profile partnership with Sir Jony Ive’s hardware startup io, following a trademark dispute with AI earbud maker iyO. The ChatGPT developer confirmed it had taken down promotional materials from its ...

Britons are spending more of their disposable income than they were a year ago, with 38% of consumers reporting a rise in non-essential spending, according to a new nationwide study by Bauer Media Outdoor. Despite ongoing cost-of-living pressures, the research ...

It is one thing to understand economics and quite another to be able to explain how economics works. Those who favor free markets also need to be able to explain and defend them. ...

The BBC has issued a legal warning to US-based artificial intelligence company Perplexity, accusing it of reproducing BBC content without permission and demanding that the company stop using its material, delete existing data, and propose financial compensation. This marks the ...

The UK government will slash green levies on thousands of businesses in a major bid to reduce energy costs and revive the country’s manufacturing base, marking a key pillar of its long-awaited 10-year industrial strategy. Announced on Monday by Prime ...