Britain could be sleepwalking into a youth jobs crisis just as new employment reforms take effect, with retailers warning that rules designed to protect workers may end up pricing thousands of young people out of the workplace. It’s not just Business111.com that’s concerned. The British Retail Consortium (BRC) has called on the government toContinue reading “Retail Chiefs Warn April Reforms Risk Wiping Out Flexible Student Jobs”
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Britain’s Defences Exposed as Crises Mount Abroad
Britain’s defence policy is facing one of the fiercest backlashes in decades as wars in Ukraine and the Middle East expose the limits of the country’s shrinking armed forces. After years of cuts following the Cold War “peace dividend”, critics say the UK now struggles to deploy ships, aircraft and troops quickly enoughContinue reading “Britain’s Defences Exposed as Crises Mount Abroad”
Fuel, Fertiliser and Fear: Small Firms Brace for Price Storm
The warning lights for Britain’s small businesses are beginning to flash. Conflict in the Middle East is already pushing up fuel prices, threatening fertiliser supplies and setting off a chain reaction that could ripple from farms to restaurant tables and high streets. A single shipping route — the Strait of Hormuz — carries aContinue reading “Fuel, Fertiliser and Fear: Small Firms Brace for Price Storm”
Now’s not the time to refuse to take cash: don’t give consumers a reason not to shop with you.
High Street shops are increasingly accepting only card or phone payments, taking security, costs and the way customers are behaving into account. This comes from research among small businesses by Link which runs the UK’s biggest cash machine network. About three quarters of the businesses asked still accept cash but of the other quarterContinue reading “Now’s not the time to refuse to take cash: don’t give consumers a reason not to shop with you.”
UK Minister Visits Manila for 80th Year of Bilateral Ties
Copyright and all rights reserved – .gov.uk UK Indo-Pacific Minister Seema Malhotra visited Manila to deepen cooperation, marking 80 years of ties and advancing work on security, growth and climate. From: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office and Seema Malhotra MP Published 5 March 2026 Manila – UK Minister for the Indo-Pacific Seema Malhotra visited Manila to deepen UK-Philippines cooperation. This comes as the two countriesContinue reading “UK Minister Visits Manila for 80th Year of Bilateral Ties”