Rolls-Royce SMR has been selected by the Swedish development company Videberg Kraft to build small modular reactors (SMRs) in Sweden, marking a major multibillion-pound export win for the UK and a breakthrough moment for British nuclear. Rolls-Royce SMR wins race for multibillion-pound deal to partner with Videberg Kraft for Sweden’s nuclear programme.
For hundreds of thousands of disabled people, the Motability Scheme is far more than a way of getting a car. It provides independence, allows people to get to work, attend medical appointments, care for family members and simply take part in everyday life.
When people talk about artificial intelligence (AI), they usually think about computers, robots and software. But perhaps they should be thinking about power stations.
For years, the technology industry measured progress by faster computer chips. Today, there is a new bottleneck - Electricity.
Pressure piled on Russia as Prime Minister steps up support to power Ukraine at G7 Summit. Prime Minister Keir Starmer to turn up the pressure dial on Russia as he announces new sanctions and doubles down on energy support for Ukraine at the G7 in France today.
£93 million available now for pioneering UK companies to develop and scale up sustainable aviation fuel production to make flying greener. part of new £219 million low carbon fuels fund to position the UK as a global hub for low carbon fuels, supporting 15,000 jobs and adding £5 billion to the economy by 2050.
The headlines say the UK is “cooling on electric cars”. Ministers hint at “consumer hesitancy”.
Memorandum of Cooperation signed between UK national fusion laboratory and Japan’s National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology. The UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) and Japan’s National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology (QST) have signed a Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) to deepen collaborative activities and cooperation mechanisms in fusion energy development.
Secretary of State for Defence, Dan Jarvis MBE MP, gave an oral statement to Parliament on the interdiction of a Russian Shadow Fleet vessel on June 14 2026. With your permission Madam Deputy Speaker, I want to update the House on UK operational activity against the Russian shadow fleet.
he CMA clearing ABF’s takeover of Hovis is the easy part of the story. The hard part — and the real reason the big UK breadmakers have been making losses — is a brutal combination of rising input costs, supermarket price‑squeezing, energy shocks, and a market where nobody can raise prices without losing shelf space.
Father’s Day spending in the UK will rise by 5% and a whopping 16% in the US, forecasts the international delivery expert Parcelhero. But retailers must be ready for a surge of last-minute shoppers.
UK announces major new sanctions package choking off Russia’s war effort across multiple fronts. UK announces 70 new sanctions targeting Russia’s decrepit shadow fleet, military procurement supply chains and illicit finance networks used to circumvent sanctions.
A new national network to coordinate standards for the quantum technologies that will revolutionise everything from medicine to banking and transport. £10m network launched to shape the rules of the road for quantum – backing the UK’s global leadership.
Clearance decision follows evidence of significant structural challenges facing the UK bakery sector and longstanding losses in ABF’s bakery business. The Competition and Markets Authority’s (CMA) independent inquiry group has today published its final report following an in‑depth phase 2 investigation into the anticipated merger of Associated British Foods plc (ABF) and Hovis Group Limited.
The Renewables Infrastructure Group (TRIG) has agreed to sell its entire 17.5% stake in the Beatrice offshore wind farm for around £155 million, marking a significant step in its ongoing capital‑recycling strategy. A Major Move in Offshore Wind Investment Located off the north‑east coast of Scotland, the 588MW Beatrice wind farm is one of the UK’s largest offshore wind projects.
The UK and Japan are expected to agree investment creating tens of thousands of new jobs and more than £18 billion in economic gains, alongside a new partnership at the forefront of next-generation technologies. UK and Japan unlock significant inward investments totalling more than £9 billion in infrastructure and financial services and up to £9 billion in offshore wind.
Healthcare debates are often framed as political arguments about public versus private provision. In reality, the underlying issue is more technical and more important: the stability of any healthcare system depends on how risk is shared across the population.
Trade unions representing offshore workers have raised serious concerns about what they describe as a growing pattern of unfair treatment across North Sea operations. The issue centres on the rising use of “Not Required Back” (NRB) notices which are a form of dismissal that effectively ends a worker’s offshore placement without formal redundancy or disciplinary procedure.
The announcement of a US–Iran peace deal has triggered a wave of cautious optimism across global markets. Oil traders, shipping insurers, and energy analysts are all watching the Strait of Hormuz—through which a fifth of the world’s oil and LNG normally flows—waiting to see whether tankers can move freely again.
Even with the US–Iran peace deal calming global oil markets, not every price in the supermarket will follow crude downwards. Some foods are structurally expensive now, and the factors driving those costs won’t disappear with cheaper diesel.