National Grid has today unveiled a major new commitment to support 5,000 young people who are not in employment, education or training over the next five years. National Grid launches a new £5 million fund to help 5,000 young people who are not in education, employment or training get into work.
The UK doesn’t have a shortage of people — it has a shortage of qualified tradespeople. Unemployment and trade shortages coexist because the labour market is mismatched: the people who are unemployed often don’t have the skills, training, mobility, or experience needed for plumbing, electrical, or building work.
Nine Million Arrivals, Five Million Departures: How Migration Has Changed Britain – And What It Means for Housing and Public Services Britain is approaching a significant milestone. With the UK's population now close to 70 million, the country is larger than at any time in its history.
Grants of up to £20,000 to help farmers and crofters invest in their businesses and modernise operations will open for applications from winter 2026, First Minister John Swinney has announced. At least 725 farming and crofting businesses will share £14.25 million as part of the next round of the Future Farming Investment Scheme.
The latest meeting of the Caithness Committee today 3 August 2026 highlights three issues that continue to shape everyday life in the county. The future of council housing and empty properties.
Oil Prices Fall Again: Why Is Crude Dropping Despite Middle East Tensions And Where Could Prices Go Next?. For many people who heat their homes with oil, drive vehicles, or run energy-intensive businesses, oil prices have been a constant source of concern.
The Bitcoin network itself has never been successfully hacked in the sense that someone has broken the blockchain's encryption. Instead, the biggest risks have shifted to the places where people store, trade or access their cryptocurrency.
Every New Crypto Theft Raises the Same Question. Every few months another headline appears announcing that millions—or even billions—of pounds worth of cryptocurrency has been stolen.
For generations, career advice was relatively straightforward. Train as a teacher, accountant, engineer, nurse, builder or civil servant and you could reasonably expect decades of stable employment.
Police Scotland is urging members of the public to exercise caution following a rise in sophisticated investment fraud. Fraudsters are increasingly targeting individuals through convincing online advertisements, social media campaigns and unsolicited cold calls, often promising high-yield returns with little to no risk.
For decades we've heard the same financial advice. Stop smoking - Drink less alcohol - Cut down on takeaway coffees.
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Economic development agencies frequently publish impressive statistics: thousands of jobs created, businesses supported and millions of pounds of investment attracted. But one question is often much harder to answer: how much of that success actually happened because of their intervention? This is one of the biggest challenges facing organisations such as Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) and Scottish Enterprise.
The dramatic scenes at Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta, where tens of thousands of people crossed from Morocco in a short period, have once again brought immigration to the top of Europe's political agenda. While many of those who crossed later returned to Morocco, the incident served as a reminder that migration pressures can escalate rapidly and unexpectedly.
As the Chancellor prepares to deliver the Autumn Budget on 28 October, households and businesses across the UK are wondering what changes lie ahead. While no one knows the final contents until Budget Day, the economic pressures facing the Government mean we can already make some educated predictions.
Economic development organisations are often asked to perform an almost impossible task: transform regions, create jobs and encourage investment in places where the private sector may be reluctant to take risks. But when some supported projects fail, criticism quickly follows.
For much of the last half-century, Western economies appeared to accept that manufacturing was in decline and that the future belonged to services, finance and technology. But after decades of factory closures and overseas outsourcing, governments on both sides of the Atlantic are now asking a different question: did the world move too far away from industrial production? The answer is becoming increasingly important.
Money worries can keep us up at night, but could decades of financial stress leave a lasting mark on the brain itself? That’s the question my colleagues and I set out to answer in a new study – and the answer, it turns out, is yes. Most research on money and brain health looks at people’s financial circumstances at just one point in time.
The United Kingdom is approaching a significant demographic milestone. With the population now around 69.5 million people, the country is likely to pass 70 million during 2027 if current trends continue.
Urgent work to take place to protect bereaved families. Proposals for formal regulation of the funeral sector to be developed following harrowing case in Hull.