TUC chief suggests Burnham could call early general election
TUC general secretary Paul Nowak has suggested Andy Burnham could call an early general election if the prime minister decides Sir Keir Starmer’s 2024 election...
Cigar importer says plain packaging would cut its range by 75 per cent
Hunters & Frankau, which has imported Cuban cigars into the UK for more than 230 years, says it would have to cut its portfolio by...
Stardust has raised $75m to develop sunlight-reflecting particles
Stardust Solutions, an Israeli-American start-up developing technology to disperse reflective particles high in the atmosphere so that less sunlight reaches Earth, has raised $75m from...
Luxembourg August 2026: BMW #1 for 4th straight month, Opel (+168%), Kia (+79.2%) stun
Opel sales are up 168% year-on-year in Luxembourg in August. 3,103 new cars found a buyer in Luxembourg in August, a 5.5% year-on-year improvement. The...
Uruguay August 2026: Chinese at 62.7% share, BYD, Geely and GAC on podium
GAC sales are up 5033.3% year-on-year in Uruguay. 6,569 new cars hit Uruguayan roads in August, up 15.5% year-on-year and believed to be the highest...
World Cup and hot weather help UK economy grow 0.4 per cent in July
The UK economy grew by 0.4 per cent in July, well above the consensus forecast for no growth, according to figures published today by the...