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Smuggling gangs likely to capitalise on tobacco bill, experts say October 27, 2025 As the Lords debate Labour’s tobacco and vapes Bill, experts have warned it could hand a major victory to the same organised criminal gangs behind illegal smuggling. Labour’s proposed Bill, which started the committee stage at the House of Lords on Monday, would create a generational ban on tobacco sales and implement stricter regulations on [...]
Exclusive: Cleo founder Hussey-Yeo to head fan bid for Sheffield Wednesday October 27, 2025 The founder of fintech unicorn Cleo, Barney Hussey-Yeo, has offered to front a bid to buy struggling Championship club Sheffield Wednesday, City AM can reveal. The Sheffield-born data scientist will invest his own capital as part of a bid that would involve other wealthy Owls fans, as well as the wider community if necessary, to [...]
The perfect ski holiday, with amazing slopes and yoga in the Alps October 27, 2025 It seems inevitable that these two most middle class of pursuits – a ski holiday and yoga – would be combined. Guy Taylor dons skis and attempts a downward dog I have always been a light sleeper, but to my delight, a snooze on the floor of an old gymnasium properly sends me under. The [...]
Housing market stalls as ‘fearmongering about budget’ hurts confidence October 27, 2025 House price growth in the UK has slowed and sales have dropped for the first time in two years as more buyers adopt a ‘wait and see’ strategy ahead of a tax-raising Budget next month. Zoopla found that the usual Christmas slowdown has “begun six to eight weeks early”, with buyer demand down eight per [...]
Labour to use tech to ‘shock’ UK economy into growth October 27, 2025 The UK’s Labour government is positioning deregulation and AI adoption as two key levers used to address its inherited ‘growth emergency’. Peter Kyle, business secretary and former tech secretary, recently doubled down on this strategy, articulating the dire need for the UK to aggressively “innovate its way out” of a low-growth cycle. “I’ve never known [...]
EY UK bounces back with growth in most divisions but consulting lags October 27, 2025 Big Four giant EY UK has seen a bounce back after its fee income grew by 2 per cent over the last financial year to £3.78bn, with the majority of its divisions seeing growth. The firm’s distributable profits before tax grew by over 3 per cent, from £653m in FY24 to £679m, while the giant also reported [...]
Ballooning office rents price creative industries out of UK cities October 27, 2025 The UK’s creative industries are under threat from a spike in rents and a shortage of suitable space, according to a new report. With rents up a third since 2019 and growth in the creative industries stalling, businesses are being priced out of urban areas as workspace costs soar and margins tighten. “If these threats [...]
FTSE 100 giant Natwest shares surge to 15-year high October 27, 2025 Natwest shares rallied to a 15-year high on Monday morning after the lending giant’s post-results stock boom continued into the new week. The FTSE 100 titan’s shares were up over one per cent in early trading to 578.60p. It follows the group netting £2.2bn in operating profit before tax for the third quarter – a [...]
Why are we even considering China’s ‘super-embassy’? October 27, 2025 One day the story of China’s “super-embassy”, whether it is built or not, will be the subject of book-length investigative reporting that wins prizes, writes Eliot Wilson.
How to make it: The value of ‘coachment’ October 27, 2025 This National Mentoring Day, every leader should remember that, in business, you can’t do it alone, says Richard Harpin You probably don’t realise it but today is one of the most important in the business calendar. At least it is for me. Because National Mentoring Day and what it represents can turn this country into [...]