The government has clawed back £74 million from private firms accused of making “excessive profits” under multi-billion-pound asylum accommodation contracts — a figure that amounts to a tiny fraction of the £2.1 billion annual cost to taxpayers. The Home Office confirmed it had recovered the funds following a review into contracts covering more than 200 hotels housing around 32,000 asylum ...
MPs have urged the Chancellor, Rachel Reeves, to ignore “scaremongering” by gambling companies and push ahead with higher taxes on the most harmful products, as pressure mounts on the Treasury to extract more from the £11 billion industry ahead of this month’s Budget. In a report published on Thursday, the Treasury select committee accused betting firms of hiding their most ...
The UK Government has announced more than £14 million in new funding to accelerate the commercial use of quantum technology across healthcare, defence, transport and energy, in a move it says will help power Britain’s next industrial revolution. The investment, unveiled on Friday at the National Quantum Technologies Showcase in London, marks a major milestone in the country’s National Quantum ...
Balnord, a new early-stage venture capital firm founded by the team behind Black Pearls VC, has announced the launch of Balnord Fund I, an oversubscribed €70 million vehicle dedicated to investing in frontier and dual-use technology startups across the Baltic Sea region. The fund, which is already on track to reach a final close of €100 million by mid-2026, aims ...
Elon Musk is poised to become the world’s first trillionaire after Tesla shareholders voted overwhelmingly to approve a record-breaking $1 trillion pay package for the electric carmaker’s chief executive. The vote, held at Tesla’s annual general meeting in Austin, Texas, saw investors chant “Elon, Elon” as the result was announced — signalling their confidence in Musk’s leadership despite criticism from ...
ITV has confirmed it is in talks with Sky over a potential £1.6 billion sale of its media and entertainment business, including its traditional TV channels and its streaming platform ITVX, in a move that could redefine the future of British broadcasting. The broadcaster said this morning that it was in “preliminary discussions” with Sky’s US parent company, Comcast, following ...
Over the past ten years, SEO has evolved from a technical tool into an intellectual discipline that combines analytics, user behavior psychology, and machine learning technologies. Search engines have learned to understand context, intent, and the tone of queries, which has changed the very nature of website promotion. If earlier success was determined by the number of links and the ...
It has been revealed that the digital gaming revolution has revolutionized the way we purchase and play games. Still, it has also given us an uncountable number of ways to save money. Various platforms have thousands of titles, and one must know where to search and where to shop to spend a great amount of money and get an amazing ...
As the festive season approaches, the global technology industry is once again preparing for its most lucrative period of the year. From Silicon Valley to Shenzhen, major players are unveiling new product lines, limited-edition releases, and high-impact marketing campaigns — many of which include opportunities for consumers to win money or take part in free competitions designed to boost brand ...
Football isn’t just ninety minutes anymore, it’s every message, every notification, every heartbeat that comes with it. The chants start long before kick-off, the air crackles with that nervous kind of hope, and somewhere between the whistle and the roar, time itself seems to bend. Fans don’t just watch, they live it. Whether you’re in the stands at St. James’ ...