Businesses call to be included in any pub rates backtrack
Shops, pharmacies and music venues want any climbdown on business rates for pubs to apply to them too.
Month: January 2026
Ofcom urged to use ‘banning’ powers over X AI deepfakes
It follows an ongoing backlash against the use of X’s AI Grok to digitally remove clothing from images.
Excel: The software that’s hard to quit
Companies are trying to wean staff off Excel spreadsheets to centralise control of their data.
How tariff disruption will continue reshaping the global economy in 2026
Trump’s import levies are still changing the patterns of international trade.
Unions accuse McDonald’s of ‘repeated harassment’ against ‘mostly teenage’ staff
It follows a BBC investigation three years ago which exposed a toxic culture at the fast-food chain.
Trump plans to meet with Venezuela opposition leader Maria Corina Machado next week
President Donald Trump said on Thursday that he plans to meet with Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado in Washington…
FLASHBACK: Jill Biden visited Minnesota to tout billions in childcare spending during husband’s administration
Former first lady Jill Biden went to Minnesota in 2022 to highlight the billions of dollars in investments for childcare…
Blue state’s billionaire exodus about to get much worse in 2026, insider warns
As Google co-founder Larry Page and Oracle founder Larry Ellison become some of the latest high-profile Californians to flee, an…
Day-to-day: A tragic death further stretches the GOP’s razor-thin House majority
It was 1991. The Chicago Cubs were in Chavez Ravine for a three-game series against the Los Angeles Dodgers. Legendary…
Newsom lashes out at Trump over ‘carnival of chaos’ amid Minnesota ICE shooting furor
With the national spotlight firmly on a fatal shooting in Minnesota involving an ICE agent, Gov. Gavin Newsom of California…