Private sector workers face worst real pay squeeze since 2022 as oil-driven inflation bites
Britain’s private sector workforce is staring down its sharpest squeeze on real take-home pay since the cost-of-living crisis of 2022, as a fresh burst of...
Youth jobs in retreat: IFS warns Britain is sliding back to Covid-era lows
Britain’s young workers are quietly slipping out of the labour market at a pace not seen since the pandemic, and economists at the Institute for...
Samsung dodges global AI chip shock
The tech giant that dominates memory-chip production has temporarily averted a potentially devastating union strike Samsung Electronics has reached a last-minute tentative wage deal with...
Colbert’s final bow: How CBS cancelled the king of late night to keep Trump sweet
“Don’t confuse cancellation with failure.” That, famously, was the line David Letterman, the bloke who actually built The Late Show, passed to Jon Stewart years...
Taps could run dry without urgent action on drought, peers warn ministers
England’s water security is heading for a serious squeeze, and the bill for inaction will land squarely on the desks of farmers, food producers, manufacturers...
Bags of ethics chief and shipping carbon-capture pioneer crowned at 2026 Veuve Clicquot Bold Woman Awards
Smruti Sriram OBE, the second-generation chief executive who has built Bags of Ethics by Supreme Creations into one of Britain’s most quietly influential sustainable manufacturers,...