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Pub numbers fall to lowest on record
Empics The number of pubs in England and Wales continues to fall, hitting its lowest level on record, according to new research. There were 39,970…
pay hikes, insecure bosses, frolicking cows
Douglas Fraser Business and economy editor, Scotland Getty Images There are strong signs of recovery in firms’ output, orders and recruitment. The jobs market has…
Springtime bounceback lifts High Streets to record growth
PA Media Retail sales enjoyed a springtime bounceback, with growth in High Street sales from April to June making it the best three months on…
Students ‘scared and confused’ as halls lock down
PA Media NHS staff hand out test kits to students at Glasgow University, where there has been a Covid-19 outbreak Students have spoken of their…
Shops prepare for Boxing Day sales bonanza
26 December 2017 BBC The Scotsman reports that tens of thousands of Scottish shoppers are set to brave the Boxing Day sales as high street…
Union anger over plans for big licence fee rises
Getty Images Permits for disposing waste sheep dip to land are among those licences facing big rises Plans for huge fee increases for farmers have…
Tory hopefuls told not to squander UK science progress
Pallab Ghosh Science correspondent, BBC News TEK IMAGE/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY Will the next prime minister support efforts to create a high-skills, high-technology strategy? The Conservative…
The Ugandan love of grasshoppers
BBC During grasshopper season they can be bought by the handful across Uganda It is grasshopper season in Uganda, where they are seen as a…
Cannabidiol safe daily dose limit cut by food regulator
Michelle Roberts Digital health editor Getty Images UK food regulators have lowered the recommended safe daily dose of cannabidiol (CBD), a cannabis extract present in…
Why UK exporters are set for a sugar rush
Dan Macadam Business reporter Sugar gets sweeter for UK farmers The UK’s sugar beet industry is looking to ramp up production, as European Union quotas…