One year ago, Iran took a gamble and started a war in Gaza with the attack by Hamas that killed nearly 1,200 Israelis, including over 40 Americans, and took more than 200 hostages A year later, it is clear that Iran is losing this war. For his part, Ayatollah Khamenei on Friday, October 4, 2024, remembered the massacre as ...
The Conservative Party of the UK is searching for the next potential successor as the 2025 UK election gets a date of May 01, 2025. The next UK elections are scheduled to happen on May 01, 2025. Conservative leadership has been asked to get a reality check or learn valuable lessons from their last defeat. Former Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, ...
American Express has announced a £100,000 pledge to support small businesses across the UK through its Champion Small initiative, a key part of the company’s Shop Small campaign this autumn. Ten independent businesses will each receive a £10,000 grant, which can be used for various growth-related activities such as purchasing new equipment, enhancing signage, or boosting marketing and advertising efforts. ...
Half a million small businesses disappear since pandemic as UK faces challenging economic conditions
The UK has seen the disappearance of half a million small businesses since the start of the pandemic and its exit from the European Union, according to new data from the Department for Business and Trade. The total number of private sector businesses fell by 56,000 to 5.5 million in the year leading up to 2024, marking a total decline ...
‘When was the last time you talked to your kid? Do you know where he slept last night? Do you know what he ate? Do you know if he had a blanket on him?’ Ruby Chen, father of Itay Chen who was taken by Hamas on Oct. 7, 2023, asked in a sit-down interview with Fox News Digital. ‘All those ...
UK house prices continued their upward trajectory in September, rising for the third consecutive month and bringing average property values within a whisker of record highs. According to data from Halifax, one of the UK’s largest mortgage lenders, house prices increased by 0.3% in September, matching the rise seen in August. Over the past 12 months, prices have climbed by ...
The cost to UK taxpayers for subsidising Southeastern, one of Britain’s largest rail operators, has soared to £415 million in the year to March, according to the latest corporate filings. This figure is more than three times the subsidy the company received before the Covid-19 pandemic, despite fare rises and increased passenger numbers. Southeastern, which serves Kent, East Sussex, and ...
Santander UK has urged the government to prioritise leadership, digital, and sustainability skills in its new National Plan for Skills to tackle the UK’s productivity crisis and prepare the workforce for the future. In a newly published report, Tomorrow’s Skills, Santander highlights three major societal shifts—changing attitudes to work, the rise of AI, and the transition to Net Zero—that will ...
Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant issued an ominous warning to Iranian officials during an interview with Fox News on Sunday, amid the rapid escalation of the Israel-Hamas war in the Middle East. The interview came days after Israel invaded Lebanon as part of a mission to eliminate Hezbollah, on the heels of several successful strikes against the terrorist group. The ...
Sen. John Fetterman, D-Penn., on Sunday said that he will continue to ‘support and follow’ Israel after seeing how the Jewish State has been able to humiliate Iran and its proxies, Hamas and Hezbollah. Fetterman made the remarks on ‘Fox News Sunday,’ telling anchor Shannon Bream that Israel knows best about how to take on Iran and the regime’s proxies. ...