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13/5/2025

 
Boeing Ditches America After Trump's Tariffs— 14,000 Jobs Gone Overnight

What happens when an American icon — a company that literally helped us win World War II — turns its back on the country that built it?.  What happens when decades of American manufacturing excellence...  

13/5/2025

 
Average weekly earnings in Great Britain: May 2025

The following information is for the period from January to March 2025.   Annual growth in employees' average earnings for regular earnings (excluding bonuses) was 5.6% and total earnings (including bonuses) was 5.5%.  

13/5/2025: Advisory / Counseling Services

 
£100bn potential of ‘transformational' projects in the Highlands and Islands

The scale of transformational opportunity facing the Highlands and Islands economy has been quantified for the first time in a new report.   The study reports 251 planned development projects in the economic pipeline of what it refers to as regional transformational opportunities (RTOs).  

13/5/2025

Immigration white paper to reduce migration and strengthen border

Radical reforms to Britain's immigration system, restoring control to our borders and reducing record-high levels of net migration have been set out.   Measures unveiled in the immigration white paper published today (Monday 12 May 2025) will reshape our immigration system towards those who contribute most to economic growth, with higher skills standards for graduates and workers.  

13/5/2025

 
Vacancies and jobs in the UK - May 2025

The estimated number of vacancies in the UK fell by 42,000, or 5.3%, on the quarter, to 761,000 in February to April 2025, which was the 34th consecutive quarterly decline.   Total estimated vacancies were down by 131,000, or 14.7%, in February to April 2025 from the level of a year ago, and 34,000 (4.3%) below their pre-coronavirus (COVID-19) January to March 2020 level.  

13/5/2025

 
US and China agree to lower tariff levels and 90-day pause

U.S.  and China reach agreement to slash tariffs.  

13/5/2025

 
The complete idiot's guide to Windows 11 | How to do EVERYTHING

If you're used to Windows 10, but just upgraded to Windows 11, or maybe got your first new computer in years, it has a lot of features that you may not be familiar with.   Today, I break down ALL of the things that you might ever want to use or change in Windows 11, with step by step with on-screen instructions..  

13/5/2025

 
PM remarks at Immigration White Paper press conference

Prime Minister Keir Starmer's remarks at a press conference on the Immigration White Paper.   Today, we publish a White Paper on immigration, a strategy that is absolutely central to my Plan for Change.  

13/5/2025

 
Earnings and employment from Pay As You Earn Real Time Information UK - May 2025

Early estimates for April 2025 indicate that the number of payrolled employments was 30.3 million, a fall of 0.3% from April 2024; this is equivalent to 106,000 fewer employees.   The largest increase was in the health and social work sector, a rise of 87,000 employees; the largest decrease was in the accommodation and food services sector, a fall of 107,000 employees.  

13/5/2025

 
The UK HMRC is Broken, Britain Is Broken.... Here's WHY! - And Is This You?

John Talks about - I'm in a living hell with endless calls to the UK HMRC, revenue and customs department.  Round and Round I go trying to pay tax and yet the system is against you.  

13/5/2025

 
Trump UK Deal INSTANTLY BACKFIRES as US Auto REVOLTS

The Trump UK deal is already a mess and many think Starmer should never have agreed to it.  Nothing is ever easy in Trade negotiations but this shows why the present deal is not going to work.  

13/5/2025

 
If you still use Windows 10, you should do this NOW!

Support for Windows 10 ends October 14, 2025 - are you ready?.  

13/5/2025

New fund to prevent homelessness - Cash-first approach to keeping tenants in their homes

A partnership programme to help prevent people from becoming homeless has been launched by the Social Justice Secretary Shirley-Anne Somerville.  This is in addition to the £4 million investment in homelessness prevention pilots in 2025-26 highlighted by the First Minister in the Programme for Government.  

13/5/2025

Change to Grampian health board escalation as financial pressures continue

NHS Grampian has been escalated to Stage 4 of NHS Scotland's National Performance Framework for finance, leadership and governance.   This follows concerns about the board's financial position, plans, leadership and governance and the impact these may have on the delivery of local services.  

12/5/2025

Fake nurse crackdown to boost public safety

New measures to make it a criminal offence for people who are not qualified as a nurse to use the title and mislead the public.   Anyone misleading the public and describing themselves as a nurse without the relevant qualifications and registration will be committing a crime, under new measures announced by the government to protect the title ‘nurse' in law.  

12/5/2025

Overseas recruitment for care workers to end

International recruitment for care workers will end under plans announced by Home Secretary Yvette Cooper.   Care workers from overseas have made a huge contribution to social care in the UK, but too many have been subject to shameful levels of abuse and exploitation.  

12/5/2025

 
How America's Trucks Became Inferior to Europe's

Economist and host Professor Christopher Clarke investigates why American trucks have stayed the same size for decades — while countries like Finland and Australia are pushing the limits.   What's holding the US back, and why does it matter?.  

12/5/2025

Prime Minister unveils new plan to end years of uncontrolled migration

The Prime Minister will today announce an end to Britain's failed experiment in open borders that saw migration soar to one million a year by ensuring people coming here earn the right to stay in the country.   Migration system will back British workers, boost economic growth and control our borders under the Plan for Change.  

12/5/2025

 
15 Big Restaurant Chains That Are Falling Apart In 2025 - USA

15 Big Restaurant Chains That Are Falling Apart In 2025.   Once seen as pillars of American dining, these 15 major restaurant chains are now quietly shrinking.  

12/5/2025

 
"We Need Help" Farmers Are BEGGING For Help After TARIFFS DESTROY Profits

"We need help." That's what farmers across America are saying as they face one of the worst agricultural profit collapses in decades.   In 2025, a devastating combination of tariffs, inflation, and broken supply chains has wiped out farm income across the United States.  

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