Welsh IT and technology solutions specialist Team Metalogic has been named one of the world’s top 200 managed service providers, achieving 187th place in the prestigious MSP 501 list compiled by Channel Futures. The Caerphilly-based firm is the only Welsh company to feature in the 2025 rankings, placing 11th across the UK and Europe. The MSP 501 is regarded as ...
Jeffrey Miron and Jacob Winter Fertility rates—the average number of births per woman—have been falling around the world since 1950. The current rate in the US of 1.6 is about half the rate in 1960, and the UN projects it will remain stable through 2100. Some, including President Trump, Vice President Vance, and Elon Musk, are concerned about this trend ...
The number of young women out of work, education or training has climbed to its highest level in almost a decade, fuelling a rise in so-called NEETs across the UK. Figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show that 450,000 women aged 16 to 24 were classed as not in employment, education or training in the three months to ...
Airbus is facing the prospect of a global production slowdown after workers at its flagship UK site voted overwhelmingly to strike in a dispute over pay. More than 3,000 members of the Unite union at the Broughton plant in North Wales – which builds wings for all Airbus commercial jets – will stage a 10-day walkout next month unless agreement ...
British manufacturers face hundreds of millions of pounds in additional costs each year after the United States sharply increased tariffs on exports containing steel and aluminium. President Trump has extended so-called Section 232 measures, imposing a 25 per cent duty on a wide range of finished goods including construction machinery, automotive components, pumps, compressors and even furniture. The move, which ...
Government borrowing came in well below expectations in July, offering some short-term relief to chancellor Rachel Reeves as she prepares her autumn budget. Public sector net borrowing totalled £1.1 billion last month, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said – less than half the £2.6 billion forecast by economists and below the Office for Budget Responsibility’s (OBR) £2.1 billion projection. ...
Marks & Spencer will spend £340 million on a giant automated warehouse in Northamptonshire as it accelerates efforts to double the size of its food business. The 1.3 million sq ft facility, to be built at Daventry’s international rail freight terminal, represents the retailer’s biggest supply chain investment in its history. It will create 2,000 jobs during construction and a ...
Andrew Roth, president of the State Freedom Caucus Network, helms an organization fighting to help conservatives win and wield control of state governments across the nation. ‘There is a swamp in all 50 states. There are 50 swamps,’ Roth told Fox News Digital during a Tuesday interview, noting that ‘liberal Republicans’ join with Democrats to expand government. This ‘uniparty’ phenomenon ...
Two in five UK crypto investors have had payments blocked or delayed by their bank when trying to buy digital assets, according to new research by IG. The study highlights growing tensions between retail investors and high street lenders, with 40% of crypto users saying they had faced restrictions when attempting to purchase tokens. Banks typically justify such interventions on ...
A Trump-aligned legal group founded by White House aide Stephen Miller filed Freedom of Information Act requests Thursday targeting a Biden organ transplant program that critics warn could be open to abuse. The requests from America First Legal went to the Department of Health and Human Services, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, and the Health Resources and Services ...