Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email The education secretary has laid out plans to change the GCSE resit system as she pledged to end the “treadmillContinue Reading
Oxfam is reviewing the operations of its three UK warehouses and has said it “cannot give guarantees” on the future of its high street shops, citing a “difficult economic climate”. The charity said it has no plans to close either warehouses or shops. But insiders fear the Batley site inContinue Reading
Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email Some trees emit potentially toxic vapours that could increase urban ozone pollution, according to a new study that could change theContinue Reading
Stay on top of the latest political news with our View from Westminster newsletter Get the latest political headlines with our free email Get the latest political headlines with our free email Sir Keir Starmer’s former chief of staff has described working inside Downing Street as “definitely unbearable” in herContinue Reading
TOSS, the plant-based dressing brand founded by sisters Grace and Sophie Devlin, has completed a £660,500 funding round, bringing in venture capital, angel syndicates and a number of food and drink founders as investors. Backers include SFC Capital, the early-stage investor; FIGR, the family office behind olive oil brand CitizensContinue Reading
Hayden Panettiere speaking about being ‘fired’ from Neutrogena Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent email Get the latest entertainment news with our free newsletter Get the latest entertainment news with our free newsletter Hayden Panettiere, who became a household name as a teenager forContinue Reading
It is half past four on the last Friday of the month, and in the back office of a kitchen fittings supplier in Leeds the office manager is doing what she does every month. She exports the sales ledger from the accounts package. She downloads a takings summary from theContinue Reading
Almost as soon as your products or services set foot on EU soil, you should apply for a VAT status and pay VAT in Europe. You generally still have to pay or file VAT in your home country for any sales made to domestic customers, but you don´t need toContinue Reading
A new business can look established from its first day, even when it has only recently started trading. Customers rarely know how long a company has existed when they first discover it, so they judge what they can see. Presentation, communication, reliability, and consistency shape that first impression. Looking establishedContinue Reading
Starting a business in the UK used to mean choosing an office address before choosing anything else, largely because a proper phone number depended on it. That’s no longer true. A UK virtual number lets an entrepreneur present a genuine local presence to customers, suppliers, and partners without a physicalContinue Reading
