Claire’s pulls down the shutters: 154 stores shut and 1,300 jobs lost as gen alpha turns its back on the high street
The lurid purple shopfronts that ushered a generation of British teenagers into their first ear piercing have, quite literally, gone dark. Claire’s Accessories has confirmed...
Key OPEC member to leave bloc
The move is a significant blow to the global organization of major oil producers The United Arab Emirates has decided to leave the Organization of...
Lloyds tops the league of shame as Britain’s finance firms pay out £236m to aggrieved customers
Lloyds Banking Group has cemented its position as the most complained-about name in British financial services, racking up more grievances with the City regulator than...
UAE’s shock Opec exit signals a new era of energy market volatility for British business
The United Arab Emirates has announced it is to withdraw from Opec and the wider Opec+ alliance after nearly six decades of membership, in a...
Blair think tank urges ’emergency handbrake’ on sickness benefits as bill races towards £78bn
The Tony Blair Institute has called on ministers to pull an “emergency handbrake” on Britain’s runaway sickness benefits bill, urging Whitehall to strip cash entitlements...
Beware the tax-break brigade: founders warned over EIS and SEIS investors who ‘don’t care about the outcome’
British founders are being urged to think twice before accepting cheques from investors lured by tax breaks, after fresh analysis revealed that companies relying on...