‘I’m left with a year of nothing’: UK gap year students lose thousands of pounds as tour operator closes
GVI shuts down without refunds for students booked on volunteer programmes with overseas conservation projects
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Teatime in Tbilisi: Georgia’s Soviet-era plantations brew up a renaissance
Georgia’s tea industry collapsed alongside the Soviet Union but is now reaching a luxury market
Pet prescriptions could be capped at £21 under proposed vet sector reforms
Ministers also considering licence requirement and regulator to try to cut bills and increase choice
All lobbying should be publicly declared in transparency laws shake-up, watchdog says
Ethics and integrity commission chief says overhaul is crucial to help restore trust in standards
Sizewell B nuclear power plant granted a 20-year life extension
Extension comes as government encourages first nuclear power projects in a generation to meet UK’s growing need for electricity
FCA charges individual with insider dealing
Richard Bloomfield has been charged by the FCA with 5 counts of insider dealing.
SEC to Host Virtual Roundtable on Modernizing IPOs and Expanding Access to Public Markets
Washington, D.C.--(Newsfile Corp. - July 8, 2026) - The Securities and Exchange Commission’s Small Business Capital Formation Advisory Committee announced that it will hold a meeting on Tuesday, July 21, 2026 at 10 a.m.…
Millions of pounds and many, many questions: the untold story of why Reform figures face NCA scrutiny
The rise in public support for Reform UK – and Nigel Farage’s own prediction that he expects to be the UK’s next prime minister – has put the party and its leader in unfamiliar territory.
EFL examines Sheffield United over claim owners trying to avoid paying full purchase price
The English Football League is investigating allegations that Sheffield United’s owner, the American investment group COH Sports, has formed a new parent company for the club to avoid paying £35m owed to the previous ow…
UK has ‘no future’ if it fails to act on ecosystem collapse threatening national security
MPs demand publication of full report that outlines catastrophic consequences amid concerns for food security
UK Treasury yet to do due diligence on finding extra money for defence
How to hit the 3.5% of GDP spending promise made to Nato would be a matter for the next prime minister, MPs told
City watchdog attacks consumer group in £9.1bn car loan payout battle
FCA clashes with Consumer Voice, alleging lack of transparency and conflict of interest
Britain’s markets attracting generation of highly educated entrepreneurs
Nearly a quarter of market traders now hold master’s degree, PhD or medical doctorate, research shows
Datacentres are a ticking timebomb. We must make sure AI’s benefits outweigh the costs | Nicki Hutley
They suck up energy and water, and blast out heat. Just who is better off from all this investment – aside from tech bros?
Minutes of the UK Money Markets Code Sub-Committee – June 2026
The Co-Chair welcomed members of the Committee to this hybrid meeting (the first of 2026) and noted that the minutes of the last UK Money Market Code Sub-Committee (Code Sub-Committee) meeting (held on 3 December 2025) …
IMF upgrades UK growth forecast as fears over impact of Iran war diminish
July update projects GDP growth of 1% this year, making UK the third fastest-growing economy in the G7
Farage told me he would quit politics after Brexit. Now, mired in scandal, he should do it and mean it | Simon Jenkins
His byelection stunt shows he is clearly rattled by a perilous position. Wildcards rarely endure: his future is behind him
Showing our workings: solving for growth, risk and trust
Speech by Sarah Pritchard, deputy chief executive, at a Breakfast Briefing at The Whitehall Industry Group.
SEC Small Business Advisory Committee to Explore Modernizing Market Access
Over the past several months, and most recently in a series of statements delivered at the April 2026 Small Business Capital Formation Advisory Committee Meeting (the SBCAFC Meeting), SEC leaders have articulated a cons…
Letter from the Governor to Joe Powell MP
The Justice Department's second attempt to indict former FBI Director James Comey is the latest salvo in what critics call a campaign of retribution on the part of the Trump administration since Donald Trump returned to…
The great carbon capture con: behold the wasted billions Burnham could claw back | George Monbiot
There are far better ways to tackle climate breakdown, but successive governments have chosen to listen to the fossil fuel companies instead
Statistical Notice 2026/07 - Bank of England Levy: Notification Document Levy Year 2026/27
Today the Bank has published the Bank of England Levy Notification Document - Levy Year 2026/27 on its website.
The rapid rise of housefishing: are AI-enhanced property listings helpful – or sinister?
From repainted walls to imaginary lawns, estate agents say modified photos help buyers ‘visualise the potential of a property’. But how much AI enhancement is too much? Agents, viewers and trading standards experts tell…
‘More public control’: what will Burnham do about water and energy?
In the fifth of a series on nationalisation, we look at utilities – including the cost of ending private ownership