Budget Back To Work Policies To Cost £70,000 Per Job
The chancellor's schemes will only recruit small numbers at a high cost per job, the OBR forecasts. Read more
John Lewis Axes Staff Bonus And Plans To Cut Jobs
The department store operator and Waitrose owner reports losses in "a very tough year". Read more
UK Ministers Banned From Using Chinese App TikTok On Government Phones
The social media firm has strongly denied passing users' information to the Chinese government. Read more
Credit Suisse Emergency Loan Reassures Investors
Central bank funding calms jitters as FTSE 100, European indices and Credit Suisse shares rise after falls. Read more
Budget: UK Chip Strategy Still Nowhere To Be Seen. Money For Quantum, AI? Sure
Um, folks? All this tech kinda needs semiconductors The UK government is upping investment in quantum by £2.5 billion ... Read more
TikTok Says US Threatens Ban If China Stake Not Sold
TikTok, owned by Chinese firm ByteDance, says it has been contacted about a change in ownership. Read more
The Stonehenge Of PC Design, Xerox Alto, Appeared 50 Years Ago This Month
We all owe three things to this pioneering machine – two more than you might think Feature Although it only gets cr... Read more
Immigration Rules Relaxed For Builders And Carpenters
Construction workers are added to list but hospitality sector not included in government review. Read more
Google Taps Fastly To Make Cookie-free Adtech FLEDGE Fly
Online ad colossus hopes it can still make money when users want privacy Google says it has partnered with Fastly, a co... Read more
Workers Don't Want These Humanoid Robots Telling Them To Be Happy
Shocking! Talking robots designed to interact and help boost employees' moods at work are more effective if they don't ... Read more
Virgin Orbit To Pause All Operations From Thursday
The decision comes after the failure of the first ever satellite mission launched from the UK. Read more
Why Sleeper Trains Are Being Revived Across Europe
A number of rail operators are launching new sleeper train services across the continent. Read more
Cigarette Prices Rise But Draught Beer Duty Is Frozen
Duty for draught pints is frozen but the average price of a pack of 20 cigarettes rises to £14.39. Read more
Biden Wants To Claw Back, Flog Off 1.5GHz Of Spectrum
Good news, unless trees or walls get in the way Wireless spectrum is a finite and tightly regulated resource and that m... Read more
Free Childcare Expanded To Try To Help Parents Back To Work
Once a child is nine-months-old parents in England will be able to access up to 30-hours of free childcare. Read more