The FTSE 250 continues to attract income-focused investors seeking reliable dividend yields in a market shaped by persistent economic uncertainty and shifting interest rate expectations. Among the index’s constituents, dividend yields of
The Treasury has confirmed it still needs to spend a further £5bn on Covid-19 measures, more than four years after the final lockdown restrictions were lifted. The additional spending brings the total
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The number of young people not in education, employment or training has surpassed one million for the first time, according to official data published this week. The Office for National Statistics recorded
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New research from Information Services Group reveals European enterprises are increasingly turning to midsize digital engineering service providers to modernise operations using artificial intelligence. The 2026 ISG Provider Lens Digital Engineering Services
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SSE has reported a record year of investment as it pushes to reduce the UK’s reliance on volatile global energy markets. The electricity infrastructure company invested £3.6bn in the 2025/26 financial year,
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Crystal Palace’s journey to the Conference League Final in Leipzig has sparked a broader conversation about whether European football has simply become too much. The so-called Swiss system, introduced across the Champions
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City law firms are rushing to adopt artificial intelligence, but a high-profile court case has exposed the dangerous gap between ambition and proper oversight. A junior lawyer at Pinsent Masons used AI
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Downing Street invited bereaved parents this week to discuss social media regulation, with families holding up pictures of their deceased children before heading inside. The message from Number 10 was deliberate and
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A Google software engineer has been arrested and charged with insider trading after allegedly using confidential company information to place bets on the prediction platform Polymarket. Michele Spagnuolo, an Italian citizen living
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Auto China 2026, the world’s largest car show, has exposed how deeply Chinese manufacturers have outpaced their global rivals in electric vehicles, batteries, design and software. The BBC visited factory floors in
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Minneapolis Federal Reserve President Neel Kashkari has declared that tackling inflation remains his primary focus, even as the labour market holds relatively steady. Kashkari made the comments while speaking to CNBC’s Kaori
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