Visa, in partnership with the British Retail Consortium (BRC), has announced the winners of its 2025 Let’s Celebrate Towns awards, recognising six standout UK towns for their innovation, resilience, and commitment to economic and community growth. Each winning town will receive a £20,000 grant to support a new or ongoing community project aimed at fostering local development, creating jobs, and ...
Frasers Group, the retail empire founded by Mike Ashley, has warned it expects little to no profit growth in the year ahead, citing mounting concerns over potential tax rises and economic uncertainty following the Chancellor’s upcoming budget. The FTSE 250-listed group—which owns Sports Direct, Flannels and its flagship Frasers department stores—said it expects adjusted pre-tax profits for the new financial ...
Confidence among UK small business owners remains strong in 2025, despite persistent cost pressures and economic uncertainty, according to new research from SumUp. The study, which surveyed 750 small business owners and decision makers across the country, offers a snapshot of the resilience, challenges, and priorities driving the UK’s SME sector. Almost half (43%) of those surveyed reported stronger business ...
UK businesses are facing a mounting financial burden as long-term sickness absence now costs an average of £20,735 per employee, according to new research from employee benefits provider MetLife UK. The figure reflects both direct and indirect costs, including lost productivity, temporary staff cover, training expenses, administrative time, and the strain placed on remaining team members. Even short-term sickness absences ...
More than 11,500 companies have been removed from the Companies House register in the past year as part of a nationwide crackdown on economic crime, according to new figures from regulators and law enforcement agencies. The operation, involving the National Crime Agency (NCA), City of London Police and Companies House, saw targeted enforcement against high-risk company formation agents and addresses ...
Senate Republicans blasted through Democratic and internal opposition to pass President Donald Trump’s multibillion-dollar clawback package early Thursday morning. The final vote tally was 51-48, with Republican Sens. Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska joining every Democrat in voting against it. The package will now be sent to the House, which has until Friday to pass it. ...
California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, has made several comments in recent days pointing out President Donald Trump’s ties to deceased sex predator Jeffrey Epstein, as the president seeks to shut down questions about his administration’s refusal to release documents surrounding Epstein’s case and its claims that there is no ‘client list.’ Earlier this week, Newsom made an appearance on ...
The global race to harness the power of artificial intelligence (AI) has begun. President Donald Trump got it right from the start when he issued an executive order in January to strengthen America’s AI – the next great technological forefront. From Day One as Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) administrator, it was clear that EPA would have a major hand in ...
Iran has until the end of August to agree to a nuclear deal with the United States and its allies, Fox News has learned. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and the foreign ministers of France, Germany and the United Kingdom set the de facto deadline, according to three sources with knowledge of a call Wednesday among the officials. If Tehran ...
Thomas A. Berry Suing the government is expensive work. That’s why federal law authorizes the “prevailing party” in a civil rights suit against the government to request attorneys’ fees. But what happens if a court temporarily blocks a law as likely unconstitutional, and the legislature then repeals that law? Do the law’s challengers qualify as “prevailing parties” because they got ...