For most investors, private equity and venture capital appear similar at first glance: both operate in private markets, both target high-return opportunities, and both demand long-term commitment. In 2025, however, the distinction between these two strategies has become more important ...
Britain could face a Christmas crisp shortage after workers at KP Snacks’ Billingham factory — home to Hula Hoops, McCoy’s, Pom-Bears and Discos — voted overwhelmingly to take strike action. Eighty-five per cent of GMB union members employed as process ...
Scotland’s digital infrastructure is growing fast. From data centres powering businesses to labs and offices driving innovation, demand for resilient, modern systems has never been higher. But growth without skills creates fragility. Resilience is not just about buildings or technology ...
A satirical essay from a 1978 classroom, speculating about what it would cost to become Santa. ...
Warren Harding provides a case for how lies and myths—in the name of the truth—can be centralized and become the dominant narrative for generations, shaping views on policy. ...
A long-standing tax relief that helps home-based workers cover household expenses will be scrapped from April 2026, in a move that will affect an estimated 300,000 employees and raise tens of millions for the Treasury. The relief — originally introduced ...
With the UN’s International Day of Persons with Disabilities approaching on 3 December, new findings suggest that while UK employers overwhelmingly want to hire more disabled staff, many lack the confidence, tools or understanding to do so. Almost one in ...
The government has dropped its flagship plan to give workers the right to claim unfair dismissal from day one, abandoning a key Labour manifesto pledge after an intense backlash from employers and a parliamentary standoff in the House of Lords. ...
The Isle of Man is issuing an international call to tech entrepreneurs, startups and established digital health companies as it launches its 2026 Innovation Challenge, this year focused entirely on transforming the Island’s health and social care system. After three ...
JP Morgan Chase has announced plans to build a new £3 billion, 3 million sq ft tower in Canary Wharf — one of the largest office developments in Europe — in a move hailed by Chancellor Rachel Reeves as a ...