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From the Montreux Jazz Festival to Primavera: the 12 best music festivals in Europe for 2025
Sign up to Roisin O’Connor’s free weekly newsletter Now Hear This for the inside track on all things music Get our Now Hear This email for free Get our Now Hear This email for free With the weather turning warmer, our minds naturally start drifting towards thoughts of those hazyContinue Reading
Paula and Bridgette Powers went viral for twin telepathy. Here’s why some twins talk and think in unison
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 An interview with Paula and Bridgette Powers – identical twins who witnessed their mother’s carjacking – recently went viral. The wayContinue Reading
FTSE 100 lags behind Europe in stock markets’ response to US-China trade deal announcement
For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Global stock markets have reacted positively to the news that the US and China haveContinue Reading
Everything we know about Starmer’s immigration crackdown
Sign up to our free Brexit and beyond email for the latest headlines on what Brexit is meaning for the UK Sign up to our Brexit email for the latest insight Sign up to our Brexit email for the latest insight Sir Keir Starmer unveiled drastic plans to slash migrationContinue Reading
New snail species with shell shaped like Picasso’s art discovered
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UK hiring confidence hits 10-year low amid wage pressures and economic uncertainty
Employers across the UK are scaling back hiring plans as rising labour costs and economic volatility take their toll, with new data showing workforce expansion expectations at their weakest level in a decade outside the pandemic. The latest Labour Market Outlook from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD)Continue Reading
Employers slash hiring plans as wage costs rise and economic uncertainty deepens
UK businesses are cutting back on hiring plans amid a surge in labour costs and growing economic uncertainty, with employment confidence falling to its lowest level in over a decade outside of the pandemic, new research reveals. According to the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD), the net hiringContinue Reading
Barriers faced by disabled entrepreneurs cost UK economy £230bn, report warns
Disabled entrepreneurs are being held back by widespread financial, operational, and accessibility barriers — at a staggering cost to the UK economy of up to £230 billion, according to the final report of the Lilac review, published on Monday. The government-backed, independent review highlights the systemic disadvantages faced by theContinue Reading
Kim Kardashian’s $4bn Skims brand set to open first UK store on London’s Regent Street
Skims, the $4 billion shapewear and swimwear brand co-founded by Kim Kardashian, is set to open its first standalone UK store next summer on London’s Regent Street — one of the capital’s most prestigious shopping destinations. The Los Angeles-based label will take over 245–247 Regent Street, the former home ofContinue Reading
Tax changes trigger wave of early business exits among UK entrepreneurs, survey finds
More British entrepreneurs are eyeing early exits from their businesses in response to tax policy shifts and economic uncertainty, according to new research commissioned by Brown Shipley, the UK wealth manager and subsidiary of Quintet Private Bank. The nationwide survey of 4,000 adults found that 38 per cent of UKContinue Reading