3 d. ago Monsoon boss: Rates reform is the key to unlocking high street investment

Christmas is coming - but so is the Budget and retailers are feeling tense

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4 d. ago Stockport station evacuation sparks huge delays over 'suspicious' empty suitcase

Train passengers and locals told of 'chaos' after emergency services descended on Greek Street in Stockport following reports of an item police investigated as a potential 'device'

Politics

5 d. ago Bonfire Night 2025: Police investigating after firework put through letterbox on residential Fife street

Fire crews also attended the incident.

Events

9 d. ago Murder investigation as man, 79, dies after attack in street with teen arrested

A teenager has been arrested

Events

2 w. ago Neighbours speak of horror as murder investigation launched on their street

A 19-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder and remains in police custody for questioning

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2 w. ago Quick polish to slow craft, Nails.INC and Chuckle Soaps founders take different paths to growth

ScaleUp Standard covers Nails.INC’s $39 million turnover beauty business, as its founder candidly discusses how High Street turmoil and a US investment push transformed its fortunes. And amid much celebration of superlatives in entrepreneurialism, entrepreneur Anna-Louise Stewart celebrates the power of going slow.

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2 w. ago ‘Significant exposure’: Amazon Web Services outage exposed UK state’s £1.7bn reliance on tech giant

Cloud computing disruption highlights risk of deepening ties despite warnings from UK’s own regulators, including the TreasuryAmazon chief executive Andy Jassy beamed as he met Keir Starmer in Downing Street’s garden to announce £40bn of UK investments in June. Starmer was equally effusive, gushing: “This deal shows that our plan for change is working –bringing in investment, driving growth, and putting more money in people’s pockets.”Four months later, and the tech company was left scrambling to fix a devastating global outage on Monday that left thousands of businesses in limbo – and shed light on the UK government’s reliance on its cloud computing business, Amazon Web Services (AWS). Continue reading...

Economics

3 w. ago Investigation after pickup truck explodes on busy street in Ecuador

One person was killed and two others injured

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