The future of Poundland hangs in the balance as the discount chain edges towards collapse, the BBC understands. The retailer’s directors are filing a notice of intention to appoint administrators, which if approved by the High Court, will give the business 10 days breathing space to ...
The environmental performance of water companies fell again last year despite industry investment, according to the first joint report by the regulators into water companies. Eight of the nine companies in England were rated as “poor” or “requiring improvement”, wit...
Plans to switch off the UK’s traditional landline phone network could leave people in remote areas unable to contact help in an emergency, MPs have warned. Landline operators aim to complete the switch to an internet-based network instead of copper-wire cables by the end of January n...
Some retailers have seen a dramatic increase in sales of essential goods after the government called for people to stock up in case of a crisis, according to figures obtained by Newsnight. The Iceland supermarket chain said it was “clear” consumers had listened to warnings afte...
We’re likely to hear a lot about the chancellor’s “headroom” in this Budget. That is the cash buffer the government has to help meet its own fiscal rules and reduce borrowing. Economists think the buffer might have halved in the last six months from around £24bn to ...
As he was signed up to a joint tenancy, when he left it ended the tenancy for the whole house. Fortunately, Eddie had a friend who was looking for a room who was able to take his place so his housemates could sign a new tenancy. He acknowledges the situation would have been more difficult...
On the outskirts of Chandigarh city in India’s north-western Punjab state, a 473-year-old legacy British public school opened its first all-girls international campus earlier this year. In contrast to the prominent Gothic-style central building on the school grounds in Bedfordshire, ...
Law firm Eversheds Sutherland, which carried out the independent investigation, said there were “high levels of stress and concern” within NESO’s Electricity National Control Centre over the “current state of the energy industry generally” and the longer-term ...
The CQC says the funding system remains fragile – people using care services either self-fund or, for the poorest, the state helps to pay for their costs. And in some areas, providers are increasingly turning to self-funders, making it more difficult for councils to buy the care they need ...
Barclays is cutting around 5,000 staff this year as it introduces more artificial intelligence (AI) into its processes. The banking group said 1,000 posts had already been closed and it expects a further reduction of 4,000 to be complete by the end of 2026. The cuts amount to 5% of its glo...