5 d. ago How OnlyFans killed off the strip club: Number of venues falls to lowest level in over a decade

'People are now tipping sex workers and strippers using their phones, rather than slipping a 10 pound note in a thong,' a pop culture expert told MailOnline.

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8 d. ago Almost one in five NHS operations now carried out in private hospitals

The waiting list for routine hospital treatment in England has fallen to its lowest level for two years

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2 w. ago Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey warns Trump trade wars are creating unpredictability; UK restricts steel imports – business live

Oil has fallen to its lowest level since June’s conflict began, while stock markets have jumped across Asia and EuropeOil prices sink after Iranian strike on US airbase reduces fears of market disruptionTravel and leisure stocks across Europe are rallying too.This has pushed up the STOXX Europe travel and leisure index by 4.1% in early trading, which Reuters reports it the biggest one-day jump since 10 April. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Fed chair Powell insists there’s no rush to cut US interest rates, despite Trump criticism – business live

Oil has fallen to its lowest level since June’s conflict began, while stock markets have jumped across Asia and EuropeOil prices sink after Iranian strike on US airbase reduces fears of market disruptionTravel and leisure stocks across Europe are rallying too.This has pushed up the STOXX Europe travel and leisure index by 4.1% in early trading, which Reuters reports it the biggest one-day jump since 10 April. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Recruiter Hays warns global slump in hirings will halve its profits

Shares fall by as much as 20% at one point to lowest level in 13 years before easing back to more than 10% down• Business live – latest updatesA slump in hiring activity at businesses around the world means profits will more than halve at Hays, the global recruitment company has warned, sending its shares down more than 10%.Demand for new permanent staff has fallen sharply, reflecting “low levels of client and candidate confidence as a result of macroeconomic uncertainty”, Hays told investors in an unscheduled update. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Number of Scottish SME home builders falls to lowest level in 20 years as Scotland remains in housing emergency

New report highlights red tape and rising costs as key issues

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4 w. ago NHS waiting lists fall to lowest level in two years...but number of patients waiting over a year on the rise

The news comes after Chancellor Rachel Reeves gave the NHS a cash injection of an extra £29 billion per year.

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4 w. ago NHS waiting list for planned treatment falls to lowest level in two years

Health and Social Care Secretary Wes Streeting said the Government was ‘putting the NHS on the road to recovery’.

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