WH Davis, the UK’s last surviving independent railway wagon manufacturer, is set to expand its workforce by a quarter after securing a €44 million export contract with Ireland. The Derbyshire-based company, part of Buckland Rail, will supply 150 freight wagons ...
Britain’s retailers are losing more than £146 million each year by failing to modernise their estates in line with net zero targets, new research has warned. Analysis by Mitsubishi Electric found that outdated heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) systems ...
A majority of Britain’s millionaires believe they would enjoy a better quality of life overseas, as higher taxes and the rising cost of living fuel unease among the wealthy. A survey of 1,000 people with a net worth of at ...
The UK is rejecting record numbers of visa applications, raising fears that tightening immigration rules could choke off the flow of international talent needed by British businesses. Fresh analysis of Home Office data by immigration consultancy Immpact shows that more ...
Britain is heading towards a demographic tipping point, with pensioners set to make up more than a quarter of the adult population by 2075, according to an official review into the state pension age. Suzy Morrissey, the independent reviewer appointed ...
Maven Capital Partners has invested £2.6 million in PowerPhotonic, the precision optics specialist whose technology underpins high-power laser systems used in aerospace, defence, healthcare and semiconductor manufacturing. The deal, which includes backing from the Maven Income and Growth VCTs and ...
Savills estimates extra storage space the size of 400 football pitches will be needed by 2032 as defence spending surge strains logistics capacity Britain will need to build hundreds of new warehouses over the next seven years to cope with ...
Traders brace for inflation data and public finance update as long-term government debt hits levels last seen in 1998 Government borrowing costs climbed sharply on Monday, with the interest rate on 30-year UK gilts rising to levels not seen in ...
Reports suggest stamp duty may be replaced with a levy on homes worth more than £500,000, with London and South East owners hit hardest Homeowners could face an annual property tax on homes worth more than £500,000 under radical Treasury ...
Soho House, the exclusive members’ club chain that has become synonymous with celebrity culture and creative-class networking, is to return to private ownership in a $2.7bn (£2bn) deal, just four years after its high-profile listing on the New York Stock ...