In the narrow lanes around Aldham in Essex the countryside is close to the English ideal. On an unseasonably warm mid-October day the fields recede to a low...
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The government has announced plans to remove benefits and step up monitoring of welfare recipients in an effort to bring more people into work. Job seekers...
Hotel Chocolat has agreed to a £534m takeover offer from Mars, the maker of goods from Snickers bars to Pedigree dog food. The UK specialist chocolatier...
Royal Mail’s parent firm says the tough economy has knocked its recovery from the bitter pay dispute with frontline staff, reporting half-year losses of...
The chancellor has been called on to freeze business rates and to extend reliefs as business lobbyists warn a failure to do so risks jobs, businesses and the...
There has been a sharp decline in the rate of inflation to 4.6%, driven by a big easing in energy costs. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said the...
Manchester United has confirmed its chief executive of two years, Richard Arnold, “has decided to step down” as part of a “management...
The chief executive of Manchester United Football Club is to leave after just two years in the job as its owners finalise the sale of a minority stake to the...
There has been a sharp decline in the rate of inflation to 4.6%, driven by a big easing in energy costs. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said the...
The government will this week increase the price offered to offshore wind farm developers after the total failure of its last auction round left the UK’s net...
There has been a sharp decline in the rate of inflation to 4.6%, driven by a big easing in energy costs. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said the...
Citizens Advice helped more than 8,000 people with homelessness issues in October, the highest monthly figure ever recorded. A rising number of Section 21 no...
The chancellor has agreed to address the CBI’s first public event since the business lobbying group was plunged into crisis earlier this year. Sky News...
Roughly 500 jobs are to go at pharma giant Pfizer’s Kent site. The roles are to be cut as Pfizer is discontinuing its pharmaceutical sciences small...
The pace of wage growth has eased back from a record level, according to official figures that also showed no change in the UK’s jobless rate despite the...
House prices have grown in 70 local authorities across Britain despite an overall UK-wide fall, according to the latest analysis from a subsidiary of the...
