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 ruling followed the dismissal of Ms A Lanuszka, an accountancy administrator,

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 a double-digit lead. According to The Sunday Times, new home secretary

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 Food, urged new environment secretary Emma Reynolds to back Britain’s farmers

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 a group called Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters linked to the collective behind

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 by university friends Seb Inglis-Jones and Will Stirrup, attracted backing from

Newly appointed business and trade secretary Peter Kyle has pledged to pursue an “ambitious” growth agenda, telling senior executives that the government should play an active role in creating the UK’s first trillion-dollar company. Business Matters understands Kyle held a hastily arranged call with corporate leaders