Daily Mail owner seals £500m deal for The Telegraph November 22, 2025 Daily Mail owner DMGT has struck a £500m deal to buy the Telegraph Media Group, drawing a line under one of the most drawn-out and politically fraught takeover battles in the British press. The publisher has entered an exclusive period of talks with RedBird IMI, the Abu Dhabi-linked fund whose own attempt to buy the [...]
Reeves delays Shein import clampdown to 2029 November 22, 2025 Rachel Reeves will wait four years before scrapping a controversial tax break that benefits low-cost foreign retailers such as Shein and Temu, hitting British high street chains who had pushed for immediate action in next week’s Budget. The chancellor has confirmed she will abolish the UK’s ‘de minimis’ rule, which exempts parcels worth under £135 [...]
Why sports media is entering its most disruptive decade yet November 22, 2025 There was a time when watching live sport meant one remote, one broadcaster, and one living room. That era is quickly passing. Sports media is undergoing its most significant transition since the shift from analogue to digital, only this time the change is being driven by fans rather than technology. Across Europe viewing habits are [...]
Ben Affleck and Matt Damon part of new F1 documentary November 21, 2025 Ben Affleck and Matt Damon are part of the team producing a new Formula 1 documentary. The flick, under the working title “Turbulence: The Greatest Mind in Formula One”, will focus on Aston Martin’s Adrian Newey. The design guru moved to the Lawrence Stroll-owned Formula 1 team after decades with Red Bull alongside former team [...]
Wealthy individuals at risk of tax raid due to lack of knowledge November 21, 2025 Wealthy Brits are at risk of being slapped with higher taxes in the upcoming Autumn Budget as they fail to understand how to use their tax allowances. The Treasury is scrambling to fill an estimated £20bn fiscal black hole in next week’s Budget and, with a wide spread of tax rises being discussed, many individuals [...]
Tottenham sign hair transplant partner Elithair to tackle lack of cover up top November 21, 2025 Tottenham Hotspur fans who have torn their hair out watching the club have been offered a solution after Spurs partnered with hair transplant clinic Elithair. Elithair has taken the hitherto unheralded title of Official Hair Treatment Partner, joining a roster of Tottenham sponsors that includes insurance giant AIA, kit maker Nike, crypto exchange Kraken and [...]
UK economy flatlines in November as Labour growth push fails November 21, 2025 The UK economy flatlined in November, researchers have suggested, as pre-Budget nerves have hit growth across the private sector. S&P Global’s initial estimate for its purchasing managers’ index (PMI) has shown the UK economy just inching up, with firms pausing orders and investment plans before Chancellor Rachel Reeves announces sweeping tax hikes and possible spending [...]
Premier League clubs to pay levy on overspend after approving new rules November 21, 2025 Big-spending Premier League clubs will pay a levy on any overspend as part of new Squad Cost Ratio (SCR) financial rules voted in for next season. At a shareholders meeting today in London, a vote to introduce SCR in place of the controversial Profitability and Sustainability Regulations (PSR) achieved the required majority. They rejected proposals [...]
UK construction productivity still stuck in the 90s, warns industry body November 21, 2025 Productivity in Britain’s construction sector is now lower than in 1997, according to a new report. Decades of under-investment have left delivery capacity “dangerously thin”, a new report by Oxford Economics for the Construction Plant-hire Association (CPA), Half-Built Britain, has warned. CPA chief Steven Mulholland said the report should serve as a “wake-up call” for [...]
Babcock shares wobble as investors split on performance November 21, 2025 Engineering and defence giant Babcock has seen its share prices wobble in morning trading, as investors were split over the group’s first half of the year performance. The FTSE 100 company saw revenue shoot up 7 per cent to £2.54bn, while profit before tax climbed 19 per cent to £201.1m, bolstered by strong performances from [...]