The Co-operative Bank has ranked Bradford as the UK city where charity shops face the greatest challenges in 2026, with a high street vacancy rate of 18 per cent, the highest of the 10 cities in its table. The bank’s analysis, published on 23 September, scored cities on retail rents,Continue Reading
Andy Haldane, the president of the British Chambers of Commerce and an informal economic adviser to Andy Burnham, has warned that the government is fiscally “skating on pretty thin ice” and cautioned against further tax rises in the Budget on 28 October. In an interview with CNBC, the former BankContinue Reading
John Healey, the chancellor, told the chief executives of Britain’s biggest banks today that the UK faces a tough fiscal position but that he has yet to decide whether to raise taxes on the industry, according to people with knowledge of the meeting. The talks took place in Downing StreetContinue Reading
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Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Membership today. Join today Already a member? Log in Nobody wants to be the first out of The Traitors – something University Challenge host Amol Rajan discovered after he was “murdered” by Richard EContinue Reading
Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Membership today. Join today Already a member? Log in Thousands of Asos customers have been sent a phone alert saying the retailer has been hacked. Customers received a mobile app notification on Tuesday, titledContinue Reading
Novak Djokovic will face Alex de Minaur in the Beijing Open final after a controversy-filled semi against Daniil Medvedev and there’s a big Jannik Sinner updateContinue Reading
Kemi Badenoch said Jeffrey Archer complimented her on her opening speech at the Conservative Party conference in his final message to her before his death at age 86. The former politician turned bestselling writer died suddenly on Monday (5 October), his publisher said. Speaking to BBC Breakfast on Tuesday, theContinue Reading
Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Membership today. Join today Already a member? Log in There have been conflicting reports about the death of an employee at the Irkutsk Research Anti-Plague Institute in Russia, including the claim that she contractedContinue Reading
Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Membership today. Join today Already a member? Log in The long-awaited sequel to The Batman is being hit with another production delay. Warner Bros and DC Studios announced Monday that production on the sequelContinue Reading
