Category: Business News

UK taxpayers could have to pay as much as £1bn in compensation to former Post Office workers wrongly convicted of theft due to the defective Horizon IT system. The system, which was installed by the Post Office and supplied by... Read More

The UK government will invest £100m in Britishvolt as the car battery manufacturing startup seeks to build Britain’s first large-scale “gigafactory” in the north-east of England. The government’s Automotive Transformation Fund will invest alongside asset management company Abrdn and its... Read More

Bankers and accountants are among those being summoned back to their offices after the government scrapped its work-from-home guidance in England with immediate effect. Businesses rushed out memos to staff today after Boris Johnson urged workers, including those in government,... Read More

A company controlled by the Duke of York and used to manage his investments is more than £200,000 in debt, according to newly filed accounts. Urramoor was set up in 2013, 18 months after the duke was stripped of his... Read More

It is a craft that many associate with medieval times but, since the start of the pandemic, blacksmithing has made a comeback among young people. Britain’s first blacksmithing apprenticeship is set to launch this year as rising numbers of young... Read More