4+ day, 55+ min ago   (426+ words) Swindon is becoming a UK hub for drone technology(Image: Swindon Borough Council) More than 1,000 jobs are set to be created in Swindon following a surge of investment in drone manufacturing in the town. It comes a year after the…...

5+ day, 19+ hour ago   (470+ words) James Oates, director at Advanced Healthcare Group (left) and Michael Williams, investment executive at NEL Fund Managers.(Image: Simon Williams) A Newcastle-based healthcare and mobility investor has acquired two Scottish businesses using a six-figure backing from the Northern Powerhouse Investment…...

6+ day, 21+ hour ago   (477+ words) Chancellor of the Exchequer John Healey delivering his speech on economic growth at at the Manufacturing Technology Centre in Coventry(Image: Betty Laura Zapata/PA Wire) Chancellor John Healey said the UK economy was "turning a corner" as he pledged…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (378+ words) The owners of Poundland are scrambling to secure a buyer for the discount retailer ahead of the crucial Christmas trading period, having already fielded interest from potential suitors. Gordon Brothers, which acquired Poundland just a year ago, has appointed advisors…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (1434+ words) Banking chains have shut thousands of bank branches but NatWest among groups now investing in its remaining network Given how often we hear about bank branch closures, you’d be forgiven for thinking branches were going the way of the dodo....

2+ week, 44+ min ago   (436+ words) He said that a softening in the labour market has been evident for some time. Artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics will be a “critical source” of faster growth that is needed in the UK economy, the boss of the Bank…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (388+ words) Morrisons has promised customers that it will not be undercut on price by its key supermarket competitors across hundreds of everyday items. The commitment signals a potential further escalation in the price war amongst the UK's leading grocers as they…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (673+ words) The refurbished waiting room at Castle Cary railway station(Image: Local Democracy Reporting Service) One of Somerset's busiest railway stations has had its ticket office lovingly restored following an £835,000 investment. Castle Cary railway station currently attracts more than 370,000 passengers every…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (433+ words) The Radio City Tower will soon lose the station's branding(Image: Andrew Teebay/Liverpool ECHO) The iconic Radio City signage atop St John's Beacon is to be taken down after more than 25 years. Since 2024, the top of the tower has…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (190+ words) L-R: Phil Brown (MD at Naturewall), Becky Young (Relationship Manager at HSBC UK), Maisie Callow (Commercial Manager at Naturewall), Jed Foster (Head of Operations at Naturewall)(Image: HSBC) A Yorkshire firm that has graced the screens of both Grand Designs…...