Shorter and flexible apprenticeships and new English and maths requirements to boost skills and support employers. Up to 10,000 more apprentices will be able to qualify per year as the government cuts red tape to boost economic growth by giving employers more flexibility over maths and English requirements.
A key Russian cybercrime syndicate responsible for aiding merciless ransomware attacks around the world has been targeted by new UK sanctions. UK sanctions target Russian cyber entity, ZSERVERS responsible for facilitating crippling ransomware attacks globally targets also include 6 ZSERVERS members who are part of a prolific cybercrime supply chain, and their UK front company XHOST.
U.S. President Donald Trump wants to plug America's wealth into the stock market.
A look at problems facing UK economy and recent Bank of England's decision to downgrade growth forecast and increase inflation..
A new report by the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) reveals the significant impact generative AI is having on UK society, both professionally and personally. The findings highlight an urgent need for government intervention to set a clear direction for AI's role in daily life Up to 70 per cent of ‘knowledge economy' tasks at risk of being transformed by generative AI, finds IPPR.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is to be harnessed to develop technologies to address issues such as cancer risk amongst rescue workers. The latest round of the Scottish Government's CivTech programme has awarded up to £9 million to 14 companies developing AI products to tackle challenges faced by charities and public sector organisations.
Most successful January in over half a decade for Home Office Immigration Enforcement teams tackling illegal working. A record-breaking January for illegal working enforcement activity has been revealed by Home Secretary Yvette Cooper as the government's landmark Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill returns to Parliament for its second reading, today (Monday 10 February 2025)..
Japan hosted a virtual seminar for British women entrepreneurs, investors, and business owners seeking to increase trade and investment with Japan. On 6 February 2025, with the support of the Department for Business and Trade, the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs hosted a virtual seminar for UK women entrepreneurs, investors, and business owners seeking to increase trade and investment with Japan.
In a world awash with enticing promises of quick riches and thrilling wins, gambling advertisements have practically become inescapable. These meticulously crafted promotions aim to tap into the hearts and minds of consumers persuading them to gamble - whether that means starting or keeping going.
Before January 27 2025, it's fair to say that Chinese tech company DeepSeek was flying under the radar. And then it came dramatically into view.
Visit a supermarket in 2025 and you'll see that a tub of Lurpak butter can cost £5.70. It may strike you that this represents a staggering increase from £3.65 just three years ago, so instead of paying the premium, you reach for the supermarket's own brand at £3.80.
The meeting of Highland council on Thursday 13 February 2025 will discuss a motion that tries to make a change to the increase in council rents agreed at an earlier meeting of the Housing and Property Committee agreed narrowly to increase the council rents by 8%. Part of the issue is that the council are trying to raise money for more new houses by increasing the rents for existing tenants.
A push to hike the income tax personal allowance from £12,570 up to a £20,000 has just cleared a crucial milestone. The call to action on the Parliament.uk website has seen a wave of support, blasting through the 10,000 signatures mark and mandating a formal governmental comeback.
Women-led businesses will receive more help to sell overseas after a study found Scotland could benefit from billions of pounds in extra trade. The Gender Export Gap report estimates that Scotland's trade could increase by between £3.4 billion to £10.3 billion over two years if women-led businesses exported at the same rate as those led by men.
Farmers and crofters will benefit from £20 million additional capital support this year and £26 million next year, First Minister John Swinney has confirmed. Speaking at the NFU Scotland annual conference he outlined how at least £14 million of the funding will deliver a Future Farming Investment Scheme, providing flexible capital grants.
GAD's inaugural Investment Conference attracted a packed house of professionals across investment, pensions and government. The role of the Government Actuary's Department (GAD) in investment issues in the public sector were among the topics discussed in our inaugural Investment Conference.
In collaboration with Government of Ukraine, UNICEF and the World Bank, £25m of UK funding will support an inclusive and sustainable social recovery in Ukraine. The SPIRIT programme (Social Protection for Inclusion, Resilience, Innovation and Transformation) will support Ukraine to strengthen more inclusive and efficient social protection systems and revitalise community and family-based services.
In recent years, British farmers have faced growing pressures, from Brexit to COVID and the Ukraine war. For some of them you can now add planned inheritance tax (IHT) reforms - announced in the budget last autumn - to that list.
The latest Halifax report shows tyhe UK housing market started the year on a positive note, with average prices rising by +0.7% in January, more than recovering the slight dip of -0.2% in December. This increase pushed the average property price to a new record high of £299,138.
Netflix has announced a range of price increases in the UK coming shortly. Is it time to take action.
