A centuries-old craft at the heart of British manufacturing is under mounting pressure to navigate complex global trading obstacles, as fresh data reveals that 80% of UK-produced saddles are shipped overseas—particularly to the USA, Europe and Australia. Despite the prestige and international regard for British leatherworking, industry leaders warn that post-Brexit regulations, export financing, and logistical challenges are constraining further ...
Ambitious plans to promote timber as a primary building material and spur economic growth were outlined at the Timber in Construction (TiC) Summit in London. Environment Minister Mary Creagh announced an updated TiC Roadmap, designed to accelerate the UK’s adoption of timber-based builds, reduce carbon emissions, and ease the nation’s housing shortage. Under this expanded roadmap, the Government aims to ...
Nationwide, First Direct, Lloyds and Halifax all confirmed widespread app and online banking disruptions on Friday, leaving many customers unable to access their pay as salaries and bills moved in and out of accounts. This is the second consecutive month that major banks have experienced IT failures around the end-of-month payday rush. According to service status website DownDetector, users reported ...
Nearly half of UK adults claim to have experienced some form of workplace discrimination, according to a major new survey by HR software provider CIPHR. The findings, from a poll of 4,000 UK adults, highlight a persistent culture of bias in hiring and day-to-day employment practices, affecting individuals from all backgrounds and industries. Almost one in five respondents (19%) cite ...
The Chancellor, Rachel Reeves, must use her upcoming Spring Statement to unveil targeted measures that will keep the UK’s late-stage entrepreneurial firms from seeking more fruitful investment avenues abroad. Simon Gleeson, a Partner at leading audit, tax and advisory firm Blick Rothenberg, argues that failing to support home-grown unicorns and pre-IPO companies could damage the Chancellor’s growth agenda. “To keep ...
Five former defense secretaries issued a scathing letter on Thursday assailing President Donald Trump for firing the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and other senior officers. In an open letter published Thursday, former Defense Secretaries James Mattis, Leon Panetta, Lloyd Austin, Chuck Hagel, and William Perry urged Congress to hold immediate hearings on Trump’s recent firings of Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. ...
Rep. Joe Wilson, R-S.C., a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, shared a message on X in which he declared, ‘Make Iraq Great Again!’ His post included a graphic featuring the Iraqi flag along with the letters ‘MIGA,’ and the phrase ‘MAKE IRAQ GREAT AGAIN.’ An X user wrote in response to Wilson’s post, ‘American first huh?’ ‘Forget Iraq ...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy isn’t backing down from seeking NATO membership for Ukraine despite the fact that President Donald Trump has said the Ukrainian leader ‘could forget about’ joining the military alliance. Still, Zelenskyy is all in on securing NATO membership for his country, and he said Sunday he would step down as president if it meant NATO adopted Ukraine. ...
Jana Denzel, a Harley Street dentist and contestant on the BBC’s The Apprentice, dramatically departed the show after producers reprimanded him for describing a black person as “coloured.” Although the BBC insists his exit was unrelated to the remark, Dr Denzel – who had already undergone diversity training – says the other candidates were simply more passionate about winning the ...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday is set to meet with President Donald Trump for the first time since he re-entered the White House to sign what could be a key minerals deal to help end Russia’s war. Though some details of the agreement have emerged since the meeting was announced this week, the exact terms remain unclear, and European ...