Moving furniture on your own can be quite risky for both you and the furniture. In order to avoid injury or premature damage to your prized possessions when moving from one home to another, you need to be familiar with the main safety guidelines. The best way to move this heavy furniture is to […]Read More

The insurer Hiscox has agreed a settlement with a group of about 400 companies over business interruption losses suffered as a result of lockdowns during the Covid-19 crisis. Thousands of businesses tried to make claims with insurance companies at the start of the pandemic in 2020 but many refused to pay out. However, a […]Read More

The UK and Singapore have today begun negotiations on a new ambitious digital trade agreement that could remove barriers to digital trade and enable UK exporters to expand into high-tech markets. International Trade Secretary Liz Truss and the Singaporean Minister in charge of Trade Relations Mr S. Iswaran will meet by video call to […]Read More

The number of new solar farms planned for the east of England has more than doubled in recent months as farmers decide to swap crops for clean energy. New solar farm applications for sites across Hertfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Essex in the last five months have climbed to 840 megawatts, or the same as 2m […]Read More

The clamour to push remote working as some sort of post Covid future is sending business leaders into a tizzy. With the ‘work from home if you can’ ruling due to be potentially binned along with other Covid restrictions from 19 July, there’s a lot of work still to be done to […]Read More

Greggs shrugged off the increased competition from cafés and restaurants since the middle of May to report better-than-expected trading. The group, which is known for its sausage rolls and steak bakes, said that it had seen a “sustained sales recovery” that was “stronger than we had anticipated”. It said that, if the level of […]Read More

The strength of the UK jobs market and rates of pay has been overstated, according to new research, just as the government prepares to cut back its wage support scheme for furloughed workers this week. There is a risk of “dangerous complacency”, the Resolution Foundation warned, as people are still working fewer hours than […]Read More

The timber industry is seeking to increase its political clout and green credentials in the face of stiff competition from the lobbying efforts of other parts of the building trade. It is calling on the small and medium-sized businesses that make up the large majority of the £10 billion sector to push their local […]Read More

BT has signed an agreement with OneWeb, the taxpayer-backed satellite operator, aimed at improving rural broadband in a deal that pitches the venture against Elon Musk’s Starlink. Britain’s largest telecoms group will explore how satellite technology can improve services in remote areas. The partnership will also aim to develop new opportunities overseas for BT’s […]Read More

Britain’s financial regulator has blacklisted one of the world’s biggest cryptocurrency marketplaces over its failure to meet money-laundering controls. The Financial Conduct Authority told Binance at the weekend to stop regulated activities in the UK in one of the biggest clampdowns yet by the watchdog on the fast-growing industry. Binance Markets Limited, the UK […]Read More