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The Mitie Group OCS acquisition is a recommended £3.1bn cash takeover, not a completed deal. Announced on 21 July 2026, it would give eligible Mitie…

McGill’s electric bus grant rejection has escalated into a formal legal challenge over the Scottish Government’s £45 million ScotZEB3 funding round. McGill’s Bus Service Limited…

The Asda Hale Barns store is set to close, with Waitrose preparing to take over the Hale Barns Square supermarket site after a full refit.…

Anglian Water hosepipe ban exemptions do exist, but they are not blanket permissions for unrestricted hosepipe use. Some exceptions depend on a person’s health or…

HMRC has acknowledged a long-running State Pension tax calculation error that affected some PAYE, Self Assessment and Simple Assessment records. The issue concerns how taxable…

Last checked: 9 July 2026 The Tesco, Aldi and M&S Stonehaven planning issue is about competing supermarket proposals around Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire. Aldi and M&S are…

Ulster University cost saving measures have become an important business and education story in Northern Ireland after reports that the university is considering a wider…

Last checked: 1 July 2026 Editorial Note: This article distinguishes between Magnet’s proposed closure programme and a completed store shutdown. The Stirling showroom has been…

Ascend Airways liquidation marks the end of the UK airline's operations after it ceased all flights and entered voluntary liquidation. The carrier has stopped flying,…

The closure of the M&S in Newport, Wales, has now been confirmed, marking the end of trading for the Marks & Spencer Foodhall at Friars…