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Rugby Property Assets buys Cavendish Walk Shopping Centre David Humphreys and Local Democracy Reporter 05:00, 24 Feb 2026 Cavendish Walk Shopping Centre, Huyton(Image: Watling Real Estate) A Merseyside shopping centre has been sold to property developers in a deal worth £1.5m. Cavendish Walk Shopping Centre in Huyton has been picked up by Rugby Property Assets, […]

London suffered the steepest monthly decline, followed by the East Midlands and North West Felix Armstrong www.cityam.com 07:38, 23 Feb 2026 A woman reading a CV sat opposite another person in a shirt(Image: No credit) The UK’s employment market suffered another blow as total job openings dropped to the lowest level since 2021, with London […]

The luxury car maker warned earnings will fall below £184m for 2025 as it also sells F1 team naming rights for £50m Henry Saker-Clark PA Deputy Business Editor 10:20, 20 Feb 2026 The Aston Martin logo(Image: PA) Aston Martin has cautioned that it will report lower-than-anticipated profits for the previous year, driven by declining sales […]

The Swindon-based furniture retailer posted an operating loss of £4.2m for the year to June 2025, a two-thirds reduction on the previous year Simon Hunt www.cityam.com 07:47, 16 Feb 2026 Oak Furniture Land has opened a new showroom in Coventry Oak Furnitureland is planning further showroom expansion following an improvement in its profitability. The Swindon-based […]

Topshop and sister brand Topman disappeared from Britain’s high streets in 2021 after Arcadia Group’s collapse Henry Saker-Clark, Press Association Deputy Business Editor 00:01, 17 Feb 2026 An old Topshop store. The fashion brand was previously owned by Arcadia Group which went into administration in 2021(Image: Colin Lane) John Lewis is bringing historic brand Topshop […]

The rate of joblessness edged up to 5.2 per cent between October and December Reeves’ policies have been blamed for poor hiring(Image: WPA Pool/Getty Images) The labour market continued to loosen in the final quarter of last year, official figures show, with wage growth easing and unemployment climbing steadily higher. The rate of joblessness edged […]

Hemerdon is located seven miles north-east of Plymouth and is one of the largest tungsten resources in the world The vast open pit tungsten and tin mine at Hemerdon, Plymouth The company looking to reopen a mine in Devon that holds a rare critical metal has signed two supply agreements which put it on track […]

It fell short of the 0.2 per cent forecast as the services sector registered zero growth Samuel Norman www.cityam.com 07:27, 12 Feb 2026 Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves speaks at a business reception at Lancaster House in central London (Image: PA) The UK economy experienced modest growth in the fourth quarter of 2025, falling […]

A company boss has told MPs the industry is ‘teetering on the brink’ Henry Saker-Clark, Press Association Deputy Business Editor 07:41, 11 Feb 2026 The steel industry has faced a number of challenges in recent years, including a switch to a greener method of production at the huge plant in Port Talbot, South Wales, with […]

Boss Chris Oglesby says ‘rental growth is at levels I haven’t seen in my 35 years working across our city regions’ No. 3 Circle Square in Manchester is one of Bruntwood SciTech’s key Manchester city centre developments(Image: Bruntwood SciTech) Bruntwood has slashed its losses in a “pivotal” year for the North West property group as […]