Nine million households face fuel poverty this winter after energy bill hike August 26, 2022 The number of people in fuel poverty will nearly double this winter, warned charity National Energy Action.
M&S faces boycott over gender changing room row August 26, 2022 Calls have been made to boycott M&S after the retail giant said customers could decide which changing room they wanted to use.
Skyrocketing energy bills ‘could be the final nail in the coffin’ for small firms, FSB warns August 26, 2022 Sky-rocketing energy bills “could be the final nail in the coffin” for many firms according to the head of Federation of Small Businesses. Smaller companies “don’t have the luxury to wait until the winter” for help with rising costs, and an “urgent intervention” is needed from the next prime minister. The comments were made by [...]
UK businesses will disappear without immediate government help, CBI warns August 26, 2022 UK businesses will “tip into distress” unless the government launches an emergency support package to deal with the cost of living crisis, the country’s biggest business group has warned. Some 69 per cent of firms expect to be hit by higher energy costs over the next three months, eating into their capacity to survive, according [...]
Markets flat as investors await further interest rate clues August 26, 2022 Markets flat as investors await further interest rate clues
Police charge man from Norway, 29, over city stabbing, will appear in court today August 26, 2022 Police have charged a man from Norway with attempted murder over a stabbing near Liverpool Street station. Egidijus Kotovas, 29 of Oslo was arrested by the City of London Police on Thursday. The victim was stabbed in an unprovoked attack in a doorway in Blomfield Street in the City of London at around 4:10am on [...]
Price cap in need of urgent reform following energy bill hike August 26, 2022 Energy specialist Cornwall Insight has reignited calls for the price cap to be reformed, after the latest hike in household energy bills this winter.
Energy crisis: Households set for £3,549 price cap this winter August 26, 2022 The energy price cap will rise 80 per cent to £3,549 per year from October, plunging millions of British households into fuel poverty this winter.
Bleak Christmas: Royal Mail strikes could last until January unless pay deal made August 26, 2022 115,000 Royal Mail workers have started their strike action today over worker pay, raising question marks for how the delivery firm will cope as it heads into the Christmas trading period.
UK tech titan Micro Focus nearly doubles in value following OpenText’s £5bn takeover August 26, 2022 Micro Focus nearly doubles in value this morning as shares soar 93 per cent following OpenText's £5bn takeover announcement.
