‘He has to run because she can’t.’ ‘She’ was Vice President Kamala Harris. ‘He’ was President Joe Biden. The message was clear: Biden had to run because his team didn’t believe she could. ‘Then why did you pick her in the first place?’ I asked as I sank back into my seat on Brightstar, the first lady’s plane. Silence. Deflection. ...
Sky is preparing to slash hundreds of jobs in the UK as the broadcaster continues to grapple with the shift away from satellite television towards streaming. The company has launched a consultation affecting 900 roles, with around 600 expected to go. The move marks the third major round of cuts at the business in less than two years, as it ...
Fenyx Bridging, a newly established specialist property lender, has secured a £10 million block facility from Shawbrook to support its launch and growth strategy in the UK bridging finance sector. The funding line will enable the lender to back professional property investors and developers across England and Wales with short-term finance solutions for residential and mixed-use transactions. Led by a ...
Yaso, a UK ecommerce firm that helps British beauty brands sell in China, has raised more than £8 million to expand into new consumer sectors including supplements, fashion and food. Founded in 2022 by Jonny Plein, James Campbell and Adam Knight, Yaso provides a software-based platform that integrates brands into leading Chinese social media and ecommerce channels such as Douyin, ...
Vodafone was warned by its franchisees four years ago that commission cuts were having a “massive impact” on their mental health, long before dozens of small business owners launched a £120 million High Court case against the company. In a 2020 survey conducted weeks after Vodafone reduced fees paid to franchisees for selling its products and services, participants reported suffering ...
President Donald Trump has claimed that Rupert Murdoch and his son Lachlan are expected to join a U.S. consortium seeking to acquire TikTok’s American operations from its Chinese owner, ByteDance. Speaking during a Fox News interview, Trump said the Murdochs would join Oracle founder Larry Ellison and Dell Technologies founder Michael Dell in the group. He suggested that the Murdochs’ ...
Thousands gathered Sunday to pay tribute to Turning Point USA (TPUSA) founder Charlie Kirk, whose memorial service drew one of the largest public turnouts for a private citizen. The organization told Fox News Digital that approximately 90,000 people attended the service, with roughly 70,000 bringing the State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, to capacity. Another 10,000 people gathered at the ...
Rachel Reeves is under mounting pressure from senior policymakers and economists to target wealthier pensioners and homeowners with new taxes as she seeks to stabilise the public finances ahead of November’s Budget. In a letter to the Chancellor, signatories including Lord Gus O’Donnell, the former cabinet secretary, and Lord Jim O’Neill, the former Treasury minister, argued that the government should ...
The US has collected $1.36 billion in tariffs on British exports in just four months, six times more than in the same period last year, highlighting the toll of President Donald Trump’s duties on UK manufacturers. According to estimates from the US International Trade Commission, American buyers of British goods paid significantly more in tariffs between April and July than ...
The UK risks a “long, slow death” of its economic engines if businesses continue to trail international rivals in adopting artificial intelligence, according to Matt Clifford, the prime minister’s former AI adviser. Clifford, who also chairs the Advanced Research and Invention Agency (Aria), said Britain is guilty of “dangerous complacency” despite its reputation as a hub for technology and innovation. ...