If you’ve ever spent your morning commute daydreaming about starting afresh with your career, this feature is for you. Each Monday, we speak to someone from a different profession to discover what it’s really like. This week we chat to plumber and gas engineer Leah Carney. Apprentice plumbers typically earn… between £18-19k, but this goes […]
Norway’s sovereign wealth fund has embarked on a major selloff of its holdings in London-listed companies, even as Rachel Reeves hailed “a new golden age” for the City. Sky News has learnt that Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM), the $2 trillion fund which invests revenues generated from the country’s oil and gas resources, has begun
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“A trade war is in no one’s interest”. These were Sir Keir Starmer’s words on Monday as he ruled out imposing retaliatory tariffs on the United States since Donald Trump raised the stakes in his battle with Europe for control of Greenland. The US president has threatened further trade charges against his NATO allies unless
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A trade war is “not the right way to resolve differences” within an alliance, Sir Keir Starmer has said. At a Downing Street press conference to address the Greenland crisis, the prime minister appeared to rule out slapping the US with retaliatory tariffs. Politics live: What does the UK do next on Greenland? It comes
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The sports technology group behind Fantasy Football Hub has scored a multimillion pound funding boost from a syndicate of investors. Sky News understands that Scoreline, which counts the Sky Sports football pundit and former Manchester City defender Micah Richards among its investors, will announce a $6m (£4.5m) fundraising later this week. The funding round has
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Higher levels of tariffs and increased geopolitical threats are a “major risk” to the global economy, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said. It comes as US President Donald Trump is once again threatening to raise taxes imposed on imports, this time against eight European countries for not supporting his plan to take over the
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The private equity firm which owns a controlling stake in Asda is closing in on a £275m deal to buy a division of the listed cybersecurity company NCC Group. Sky News has learnt that TDR Capital is in late-stage talks to buy Escode, which has been the subject of acquisition talks since last summer. Banking
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The government will this week unveil plans for a radical overhaul of the way mergers are scrutinised in Britain including reforms that observers say will entrench the power of the competition regulator’s boss. Sky News has learnt that the Department for Business and Trade (DBT) is to announce the abolition of the Competition and Markets
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It’s hardly a Love Actually moment of brave UK defiance in the face of a domineering US president – but Sir Keir Starmer has clearly decided it’s time to start pushing back. Donald Trump, he has said, is “completely wrong” to slap tariffs on the UK and other European countries “for pursuing the collective security
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The Greens are calling for people under the age of 22 to have free bus travel in England. Party leader Zack Polanski said such a proposal could help young people shut out of work and training because of the cost of living. Those aged five to 22 have had free bus travel in Scotland since
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