Chancellor Rachel Reeves has appointed three high-profile business figures to the Treasury’s Board of Directors – but the move has drawn criticism from SME leaders who say the government is failing to include voices with first-hand small business experience. From September, Sir Charlie Mayfield, former chairman

The GMB union has called on the government to commit to using UK-made pottery and tableware in all British embassies and High Commissions around the world, as part of a push to back the country’s struggling ceramics sector. In a letter to Foreign Secretary David Lammy,

The UK’s dairy industry has warned that chronic worker shortages – worsened by Brexit and the pandemic – are threatening the country’s food security and driving up the risk of reduced production and higher prices. A survey by Arla, the UK’s largest dairy co-operative and owner

Immigrants across Europe and North America earn almost 18 per cent less than native-born citizens on average, with the gap driven largely by unequal access to higher-paying jobs, according to new research published in Nature. The study, led by Professor Halil Sabanci of the Frankfurt School

The Treasury is examining reforms to inheritance tax (IHT) and capital gains tax (CGT) as part of efforts to raise billions of pounds ahead of the autumn budget, with officials tasked with finding ways to address a deficit estimated at more than £40bn. According to Whitehall

The UK labour market continued to cool over the summer, with job vacancies falling 5.8% to 718,000 between May and July, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS). It marks the 37th consecutive monthly decline in vacancies, taking openings well below pre-pandemic levels. The ONS

The Government has put electric vehicles and batteries at the sharp end of its Modern Industrial Strategy, targeting more than 1.3 million cars and commercial vehicles a year by 2035 and a home‑grown supply chain from raw materials to recycling. A new £2.5 billion package for the