6 h. ago Record sales for Debonair Cooling following warmest UK summer

London-based air conditioning specialists, Debonair Cooling, have announced unprecedented sales growth in 2025, marking a milestone year for the company’s heating and cooling solutions.

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3 d. ago Tesla proposes $1tn pay package for Elon Musk; markets brace for US jobs report – business live

Musk would need to hit a series of market value, profit and operational milestones to earn mega-payoutFull story: Retail sales rise but ONS apologises as statistics crisis deepensFull story: Average UK house price reaches record £299,331, says HalifaxBarbara Teixeira Araujo, economist at Moody’s Analytics, says today’s retail sales report shows that the first quarter of the year was not as strong as previously thought:“That U.K. retail sales rose by a strong 0.6% month over month in July—building on a 0.3% increase in June—was definitely good news, especially given the bad vibes coming from the labour market. But we caution against reading too much into the headline.Not only did the underlying pace of growth remain lacklustre, with growth still falling by 0.6% q/q in the three months to July, but there are now significant questions around the reliability of those figures. Issues found with seasonal adjustment led to a thorough overhaul of the methodology this month, resulting in a c...

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3 d. ago National Lottery operator sees sales boosted by record EuroMillions draws

Czech-based Allwyn reported a 14% jump in UK underlying constant currency sales for the three months to the end of June.

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3 d. ago FTSE 100 Live 05 September: House price record lifts builders, retail sales higher

The mood around the UK economy was today lifted by figures showing retail sales and house price growth.

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3 d. ago Business news live: UK house prices hit record level and retail sales data shows concern for autumn

Stock market news and latest business and finance updates from Friday

Economics

5 d. ago Batten down the hatches, Britain: Heavy rain and strong winds to batter parts of the country as warmest summer on record comes to an abrupt end

The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning as the nation braces itself to be buffeted by strong winds, heavy rain, thunder and hail tomorrow.

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6 d. ago Thatchers gives away free cider to mark its earliest ever harvest

The record-breaking harvest comes after the UK saw its warmest summer and spring

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6 d. ago Business news live: Gold price hits record high and Revolut share sale gives $75bn valuation

Stock market news and latest business and finance updates from Tuesday

Economics

6 d. ago Summer 2025 was UK's hottest on record, Met Office experts confirm

As September marks the arrival of autumn and summer 2025 draws to a close, it has been confirmed as the warmest summer on record

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7 d. ago Britain set for battering as barrage of thunderstorms and hail to hit in days

After the warmest summer on record, days of thunderstorms, heavy rain and hail are headed to Britain as autumn approaches us

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9 d. ago 'False autumn' has been triggered by 'stress of extreme summer', warns Met Office

After 'almost certainly' the warmest summer on record, autumn appears to have come early.

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1 week ago Met Office maps show exact areas of UK set to be battered by rain this week

The Met Office has said that this summer is on track to "almost certainly" be the warmest on record, but the end of the season is likely to be dominated by "unsettled and changeable" weather.

Politics

1 week ago Nvidia sets fresh sales record amid fears of an AI bubble and Trump’s trade wars

Despite surpassing Wall Street expectations for its AI chips, company shares drop 2.3% in after hours tradingChipmaker Nvidia set a fresh sales record in the second quarter, surpassing Wall Street expectations for its artificial intelligence chips. But shares of the chip giant still dropped 2.3% in after hours trading, in a sign that investors’ worries of an AI bubble and the repercussions of Donald Trump’s trade wars are not quelled.Nvidia’s financial report was the first test of investor appetite since last week’s mass AI-stock selloff, when several tech stocks saw shares tumble last week amid growing questions over whether AI-driven companies are being overvalued. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Lego sales rise as parents steer children to activities away from smartphones

Record lift for Danish firm comes as sales for UK-based Yoto, creator of screen-free speakers for children, almost doubleLego said it could be benefiting from parents’ desire to keep children – and themselves – away from smartphones as sales rose 12%, helped by strong sales of its Botanicals and Formula One grand prix-themed sets.The Danish toy company said sales increased to a record 34.6bn Danish kroner (£4bn) in the first half of the year, rising well ahead of the recovering global toy market in which sales rose 7%. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Lego builds record sales of £4bn as parents steer children away from smartphones

Danish toymaker’s first-half profits also rise, and sales almost double at UK-based Yoto, creator of screen-free speakers for childrenLego said it could be benefiting from parents’ desire to keep children – and themselves – away from smartphones as sales rose 12%, helped by strong sales of its Botanicals and Formula One grand prix-themed sets.The Danish toy company said sales increased to a record 34.6bn Danish kroner (£4bn) in the first half of the year, rising well ahead of the recovering global toy market in which sales rose 7%. Continue reading...

Economics

1 week ago Summer 2025 set to be UK's warmest on record after four heatwaves

The existing summer record was set in 2018

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1 week ago This summer will 'almost certainly' be warmest on UK record but Scots face bleak stat

Scots have enjoyed a whopping four heatwaves this year but we have seen our fair of rain, too.

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1 week ago Summer 2025 will ‘almost certainly’ be UK’s warmest on record

Figures suggest all of the UK’s top five warmest summers will have occurred since the year 2000.

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1 week ago Summer 2025 will 'almost certainly' be the warmest on record, says Met Office

Mean average temperature for the summer currently stands at 16.13C, based on data up to August 25 - compared with the up-until-now record 15.76C in 2018

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2 w. ago Arsenal: Shamrock Rovers starlet Victor Ozhianvuna agrees Gunners switch in Irish record sale

The Gunners welcome a highly-rated prospect to their ranks

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