Burnham pledges extra £210m towards regenerating boarded-up high streets
The UK government has pledged £210m to regenerate high streets by taking boarded-up shops, pubs and clubs and turning them into shared workspaces, cafes and community hubs.
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We Manchester City fans fear relegation and losing trophies … but club are bang to rights
It couldn’t have been more prophetic. In 2008, 15 years before Manchester City were charged with financial fraud, fans started singing “City’s going down with a billion in the bank” to the tune of Yellow Submarine. This…
‘Major milestone’: TfL to launch new public bus operator in London
A publicly owned company, Buses for London, will start running services in the capital next year, Transport for London has announced.
The Guardian view on Trump and Xi: a show of friendship, but no real attempt to address the tensions | Editorial
Within days, two high-profile Chinese visitors will arrive in the US – envoys of friendship, as Xi Jinping described them when he met Donald Trump at the White House this week. The giant pandas, Ping Ping and Fu Shuang,…
ITI Capital Ltd enters special administration
On 25 September 2026, ITI Capital Ltd (ITI Capital) entered special administration. Duncan Perring and David Soden, both of Teneo Financial Advisory Ltd (Teneo), were appointed as special administrators.
Euractiv: EU countries to discuss tightening the migration pact
On September 26, the interior ministers of 18 European countries will gather in Munich to discuss amendments to the EU’s new migration and asylum pact. According to Euractiv, the parties, in particular, want to establis…
TalkTalk races to sell consumer and broadband arms as administration looms
TalkTalk is scrambling to secure its future amid the threat of administration, closing in on deals to sell its consumer and broadband arms as it seeks to save 900 jobs.
David Beckham takes £39m dividend as World Cup deals drive record profits
David Beckham has taken a $51m (£39m) dividend from his business empire after a series of deals with brands for the Fifa World Cup.
Twenty-four CFD firms closing in crackdown on misuse of UK authorisation
Twenty-one Contracts for Differences (CFD) firms have closed since 2025, following a FCA crackdown.
‘Devastating’: council rejects Frome residents’ bid for regeneration project
Locals raised £1m for Mayday Saxonvale scheme involving homes and park but Somerset officials agreed deal with London-based real estate company
NI's economic output rises, but businesses warn of rising costs
Economic activity in Northern Ireland in the second quarter of this year grew faster than the UK and Republic of Ireland, according to official figures.
UK food and drink trade deficit largest since 2000 at £21bn
The gap between Britain’s food and drink exports and imports has neared its highest this century, as a combination of Brexit, war in the Middle East and US tariffs dented deliveries overseas while imports soared.
Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes reportedly to be transferred to halfway home next year
Holmes was sentenced to 11 years in prison in 2022 but has seen her sentenced reduced several times
Launch of UK’s ‘largest AI supercomputer’ delayed by power supply problems
A huge datacentre project hailed by the UK government will miss its launch date next year and could be delayed into the mid-2030s.
Firms fined £1.3m after man killed by falling window from luxury property in London
Two companies have been fined a total of £1.3m over health and safety breaches after a coach driver was killed by a falling window pane.
BBC ‘risks entering inescapable doom spiral’ as further cuts hit TV and radio
Warning from union comes as corporation cuts local specialist correspondent roles as part of plan to save £500m
TikTok drops appeal against £12.7m fine for not keeping under-13s off platform
TikTok will pay a £12.7m fine to the UK’s data watchdog after dropping an appeal against a ruling that it did not do enough to keep children below the age of 13 off the platform.
Reported assaults on Great Britain’s railways rise by fifth in a year
Unions say record high of nearly 25,000, including assaults on rail workers and public, shows need for more staff and policing
Federal Reserve Board requests public comment on two proposals related to establishing a regulatory framework for Board-supervised payment stablecoin issuers under the GENIUS Act
The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday requested public comment on two proposals related to establishing a regulatory framework for Board-supervised payment stablecoin issuers under the GENIUS Act.
France says EU’s ‘Made in Europe’ law should not include the UK
‘If you’re not in the internal market, you don’t get the same protection,’ says French minister of policy designed to curb Chinese competition
EU says Trump plan to ban US diesel exports would ‘negatively impact both sides’
US president’s suggested 90-day export ban before midterm elections could bring even higher fuel prices across EuropeBusiness live – latest updatesThe EU has warned Donald Trump against plans to ban US diesel exports to…
ECB Executive Board member Isabel Schnabel to resign to take senior role at IMF
Isabel Schnabel, member of the Executive Board and the Governing Council of the European Central Bank (ECB), has informed President Christine Lagarde that she will step down from her position on 3 January 2027.
Flash sale: AO snaps up camera seller Jessops from Dragons’ Den star Peter Jones
The troubled camera retailer Jessops has changed hands after AO World acquired the business from the Dragons’ Den star Peter Jones.
Housebuilder Vistry slashes profit forecasts as losses balloon
Vistry Group, one of Britain’s biggest housebuilders, has cut its annual profit expectations after half-year losses ballooned as it grappled with a £600m pile of unsold homes.