London’s black cab industry has received its biggest ever investment as Sherbet, The Electric Taxi Co, secures up to £40 million in backing to scale its zero-emissions fleet and prepare for global expansion. The funding…
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Britain’s biggest trade unions have warned Labour not to water down its Employment Rights Bill following a cabinet reshuffle that removed some of the legislation’s strongest supporters from government. The bill, expected to become law…
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Britain’s ambition to deliver nationwide 5G coverage risks being derailed as farmers and rural landowners revolt over deep cuts to the rents paid for hosting mobile masts. Rents that once ran into thousands of pounds…
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Meta, the social media giant led by Mark Zuckerberg, is preparing to open its first physical store in London as part of a push to drive sales of its virtual and augmented reality devices. Property…
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Barclays Bank has been hit with a formal complaint alleging anti-Semitism after a customer claimed staff at its Leicester business team unfairly froze his account because of his Israeli residency. In a letter addressed directly…
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Jaguar Land Rover cyberattack to take ‘weeks not days’ to fix as West Midlands suppliers hit
Britain’s biggest carmaker Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) is bracing for weeks of disruption after a devastating cyberattack forced it to shut down factories, suspend deliveries and send thousands of staff home. The attack, claimed by…
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Marks & Spencer has called on the government to reconsider proposed reforms to inheritance tax relief for farms, warning of damaging consequences for rural communities and Britain’s food security. Alex Freudmann, managing director of M&S…
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Labour weighs human rights reform as Mahmood shifts right on migration to counter Reform UK
Labour ministers are weighing reforms to the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) as part of a rightward shift on migration aimed at halting Reform UK’s advance, with polls showing Nigel Farage’s party opening up…
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Spending short periods of time shopping or browsing online during work hours is not a sackable offence, a UK judge has ruled in a case that awarded an employee more than £14,000 in compensation. The…
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Coventry-based Maeving, the British electric motorbike manufacturer, has raised £8 million in new funding to expand production, accelerate overseas sales and develop new models aimed at commuters and women riders. The company, founded in 2018…