Apprenticeships ‘tougher to land than Oxbridge places’ as ministers pledge £600m for 60,000 new starts
In a claim that will resonate with thousands of school-leavers wading through a torrent of rejection emails this summer, the skills minister has declared that...
Farage promises tax-free overtime in £5bn pitch to working Britain
Reform UK leader vows to lift income tax from overtime pay for anyone earning under £75,000, a policy he says will reward graft, lift productivity...
Overseas investors retreat from UK commercial property as red tape bites
Britain’s pitch as the most reliable address in European real estate has taken a knock. Foreign investors, the lifeblood of the country’s commercial property market...
Alvotech founder Robert Wessman threatens to quit Britain over ‘anti-wealth’ tax regime
The Icelandic-born billionaire behind Nasdaq-listed biosimilars group Alvotech has become the latest international entrepreneur to warn that Britain’s tax direction is making the country uninvestable...
Food bills set to climb as ministers refuse to ditch £2bn packaging levy
Spanish-owned Encirc, which produces a third of Britain’s glass bottles, is understood to be poised to withdraw a £500m furnace upgrade as Whitehall digs in...
Morrisons courts rival grocers in bid to widen Myton supply deals
Bradford-based grocer pitches its Myton manufacturing arm to Sainsbury’s and other supermarket rivals as it tries to grind down a £3.1bn debt pile inherited from...