After years of grim records, the NHS in England finally has some good news to report. The waiting list for planned hospital care has begun to edge down, and the share of patients treated within the 18-week target has climbed, from 59.8% in March 2025 to around 63% a yearContinue Reading
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A Cambridge start-up has pulled off something British hardware firms are rarely credited with: persuading investors to write a large cheque for a physical device in an age obsessed with software. TidalSense has raised £14.2 million to roll out a handheld test that diagnoses a killer lung disease in fiveContinue Reading
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Destanee Aiava has made a winning return under a new nationality (Image: Getty) A tennis player who previously retired at the age of 25 has won her first title under a new nationality after returning to competition. Destanee Aiava has completed a remarkable turnaround just months after announcing that sheContinue Reading
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British small businesses are being approved for bank loans at less than half the rate they enjoyed before the financial crisis, and one of Donald Trump’s former economic advisers says the fault lies not with the 2008 crash but with the rules written in its aftermath. Tyler Goodspeed, who chairedContinue Reading
As an eCommerce business grows, the platform that once supported its operations may gradually become a limitation rather than an advantage. What worked well during the early stages of growth may struggle to keep pace with increasing traffic, expanding product catalogs, evolving customer expectations, and more complex business operations. Unfortunately,Continue Reading
