GB News has reached a new digital milestone after surpassing two billion views on its YouTube channel, as the broadcaster’s audience growth continues to accelerate. The channel, which launched in 2021, now has 1.92 million subscribers and is on track to reach the two million mark within weeks, according to the latest viewing figures. Data from August 12 shows the ...
Sushovan Hussain, the former finance chief at Mike Lynch’s software company Autonomy, is planning a business comeback after serving a three-and-a-half-year prison sentence in the US. Hussain, 61, has launched a new venture, Liberatus — Latin for “freed” — aimed at helping ex-offenders back into employment. The company will operate as an employment agency, matching those with criminal records to ...
Former Liverpool and England footballer John Barnes is facing a fresh bankruptcy petition from HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC), reigniting the threat of financial ruin just over a year after he avoided going bust. The petition was filed at the High Court on Friday, less than two months after it emerged that John Barnes Media Limited, his now-liquidated media company, ...
Norway has reopened oil and gas exploration in the North Sea for the first time since 2021, prompting opposition parties to urge the UK Government to lift its own ban on new drilling licences. The Norwegian energy ministry announced it will invite bids for exploration across the northern Barents Sea, the Norwegian Sea and parts of the North Sea, in ...
Virgin Trains has agreed a deal with French manufacturer Alstom for 12 new high-speed trains as part of its plan to compete with Eurostar on cross-Channel routes from 2030. The company’s submission to the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) confirms it has secured binding exclusivity for the Avelia Stream model — the latest generation of the Pendolino tilting trains ...
The UK housing market lost momentum in July as concerns over potential tax rises in the autumn budget and uncertainty about the pace of interest rate cuts weighed on buyer sentiment, according to the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS). The RICS index of new buyer inquiries fell to -6% from +4% in June, indicating weaker demand. A separate measure ...
More than 2,000 jobs are at risk after Claire’s UK entered administration, a week after its American parent company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The accessories and ear-piercing chain has appointed Will Wright and Chris Pole of Interpath Advisory as joint administrators for Claire’s Accessories UK Ltd, Claire’s European Services Limited, and Claire’s European Distribution Limited. The company said ...
Under-22s in England should be given free bus travel to improve access to work and training and encourage long-term public transport use, MPs have urged, as part of a wider plan to reverse a steep decline in bus usage. A Commons transport committee report recommends extending the English national concessionary travel scheme — which currently provides free travel for pensioners ...
Outgoing Balfour Beatty chief executive Leo Quinn has called on Chancellor Rachel Reeves to reverse her abolition of the UK’s non-dom tax status, warning the move has deterred wealthy investors and is limiting funding for major infrastructure projects. Quinn, who steps down after a decade leading the construction giant, said the decision to end the non-dom regime in April had ...
Dragons’ Den investor Sara Davies is increasing her stake in Crafter’s Companion, the crafting supplies business she founded 20 years ago, as Maven Capital Partners acquires a majority shareholding. Davies launched the company from her university bedroom and grew it into an international retailer of paper craft, art, and sewing products, valued at over £25 million in 2019. Earlier this ...