Steph McGovern to host UK’s first Vocational Celebration Day
The UK’s first Vocational Celebration Day will take place on Thursday 6 August, nine days after Prime Minister Andy Burnham announced that pupils in England...
Late payments will limit £2bn lending expansion, credit firm says
Credit management firm Darcey Quigley & Co has said the expansion of the Growth Guarantee Scheme will not deliver its full benefit while late payment...
Universal Credit families to get £4,500 apprenticeship bursary
Households on Universal Credit will be able to claim a bursary worth up to £4,500 a year when a young person in the family starts...
Beefeater to close all 106 restaurants on 10 September
Beefeater will close all 106 of its UK restaurants on Thursday 10 September, owner Whitbread has confirmed, as part of a five-year plan the group...
Princes forecasts 60 per cent pea yield as growers trial chickpeas
Princes, the food group that owns the only pea cannery in the UK, has forecast yields from this year’s British pea harvest at about 60...
Bezos names Amazon chip arm as company’s next pillar
Jeff Bezos has said Amazon’s custom chip business is “lining up to be our next pillar”, alongside the retail, streaming and cloud divisions of the...