Ofcom investigates TikTok over ‘serious doubts’ its age checks work
TikTok is under formal investigation by Ofcom over whether its age checks actually keep children off the platform, in the clearest signal yet that the...
Importers face six-year record rule as UK carbon border tax nears
UK businesses importing steel, aluminium, cement, fertiliser or hydrogen products face a new compliance burden from 1 January 2027, when record-keeping requirements for the UK’s...
Economy grows 0.1% as Burnham inherits ‘stagflationary’ Britain
The UK economy returned to growth in May, expanding by 0.1 per cent after contracting the previous month, handing Andy Burnham the thinnest of economic...
Stonegate faces £16m fine threat over treatment of pub tenants
Britain’s biggest pub landlord is under formal investigation over suspicions it mistreated the thousands of small business owners who run its tied pubs, an inquiry...
HMRC moves to scrap separate EMI notifications in red tape win
Small firms that reward staff with share options are set to lose one of their more tedious HMRC chores, after the government published draft legislation...
British Steel nationalised as ministers refuse to let it go bust
British Steel has been taken into public ownership, with ministers arguing the only alternative was to let the country’s last producer of virgin steel go...