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Tories pledge to halve employer national insurance for young people
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 Tories have pledged to halve employer national insurance on jobs worked by young people if they win the next election. The flat rate forContinue Reading
Metal detectorist Mariusz Stepien finds two Bronze Age hoards in two years in Scottish Borders
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 A metal detectorist has described it as “quite extraordinary” to have unearthed a second Bronze Age hoard within two years in the Scottish Borders. MariuszContinue Reading
Labour donor Dale Vince calls for private funding ban for UK political parties after Reform row
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 A prominent Labour donor has backed a report advocating a ban on private funding for UK political parties. Environmental tycoon Dale Vince said British democracyContinue Reading
Eva Marie Saint, star of North by Northwest and On the Waterfront, dies at 102
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 Eva Marie Saint, who won an Oscar for her performance in On the Waterfront and starred in Alfred Hitchcock’s North by Northwest, has died. SheContinue Reading
Proposed £12bn cut to disability benefits for children called ‘shockingly cruel’
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 Labour should cut billions in disability benefits for children by restricting mental health awards, a new report has urged, prompting negative reaction from the disabilityContinue Reading
How SMEs Can Take Advantage of Compliance to Boost the Bottom Line
Yet many established, trusted brands operate in the most tightly regulated industries, among them banking, aviation and pharmaceuticals. Far from treating regulation as a hindrance, they use it to their advantage. This piece looks at what heavily regulated companies do differently, and which of those habits an SME can adopt,Continue Reading
New European player plans to back the data centres British businesses will rely on for AI
Ask most British business owners where their AI tools actually run and you will get a shrug. The honest answer is in data centres, and Europe does not have nearly enough of the kind built for AI. Power hungry, packed with specialist chips and expensive to build, these facilities haveContinue Reading
England are finally flying under Thomas Tuchel – and it’s utterly rage-inducing
OPINION: Battering teams in the Nations League just isn’t enough.Continue Reading
Jeremy Clarkson business comments backed by entrepreneurs
Entrepreneurs have backed Jeremy Clarkson after the broadcaster and publican asked the Conservative Party conference this week why anybody would set up a business in Britain, three weeks before the Budget on 28 October. The former Top Gear presenter, who now runs a farm and a pub, criticised Labour’s treatmentContinue Reading
How to Open a Company in Poland in 2026
If you are planning to open a company in Poland this year, the difference between a smooth launch and a slow one usually comes down to choosing the right legal form, preparing documents early, and understanding what banks and tax offices will ask for after registration. This guide walks throughContinue Reading