Brent crude climbs 3% to $99 a barrel after US air strikes on Iran shake fragile ceasefire talks. UK small businesses…
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Gordon Brothers swoops on Radley as Poundland owner adds British handbag label to its turnaround portfolio
Poundland owner Gordon Brothers has bought British handbag brand Radley through a pre-pack administration, rescuing the label but axing 42 jobs…
Amazon’s UK tax bill tops £1.3bn as employer NI hike and £30bn sales drive the total higher
Amazon’s UK tax bill jumps 20% to more than £1.3bn after the employer national insurance rise and stronger sales — but…
Samsung chip workers pocket £300,000 windfalls as AI memory boom rewrites the rule book
Samsung’s 78,000 semiconductor workers are in line for bonuses of up to £300,000 after a landmark profit-share deal, as the AI…
Half of graduates would refuse a student loan today, treasury inquiry warns
A landmark Treasury Committee survey of more than 52,000 borrowers exposes the scale of disillusionment with the student finance system —…
Hauliers, hotels and farms warn they are ‘in survival mode’ as fuel costs spiral
Rural SMEs say the Iran war has pushed diesel and heating oil to breaking point — and households will be next…
Rayner urges Starmer to ban social media for under-16s as labour splits over Australian model
Angela Rayner has urged Sir Keir Starmer to ban social media for under-16s, but Labour is split over an Australian-style measure…
Long-term unemployment climbs to a decade high as Britain’s hiring engine stalls
UK long-term unemployment has climbed to a ten-year high of 474,000, piling pressure on SMEs as employer National Insurance, minimum wage…
Altman backs away from AI ‘jobs apocalypse’ warnings as OpenAI chief admits he was ‘pretty wrong’
OpenAI’s Sam Altman concedes his predictions about AI eliminating white-collar jobs were “pretty wrong” — but with Standard Chartered, Meta and…
The Cost of ‘Alternative Facts’ in Business Analysis
by Business Analysis, Why Organisations Fail When Wants Are Dressed Up as Needs This article is the first in a series exploring the…