Tim Ashour

China’s race to dominate global technology is running into a structural problem of its own making, one that a robot vacuum maker has helped bring sharply into focus. Within hours of each

Almost half of the UK’s retail workforce is considering leaving the sector entirely due to worsening mental health and wellbeing concerns, new data shows. Research from employment support firm Sonder reveals that

London’s FTSE 100 has recently faced downward pressure, driven in part by weaker trade data emerging from China that underscored global market interdependencies. Against this backdrop, investors are increasingly turning to penny

The UK economy shrank by 0.1% in April, according to official figures published on Friday, as the ongoing Iran conflict continues to weigh on output. A 0.2% contraction in services activity was

Pope Leo XIV has become an unlikely figurehead for young people disillusioned with organised religion, drawing in a generation that once turned its back on the Catholic Church. Maria Ward-Brennan, an Irish

Legal & General (LSE: LGEN) continues to top the most-bought lists on UK investment platforms, making it the country’s most popular dividend stock by that measure. The insurer’s forecast dividend yield of

As London Tech Week moves beyond its main stage programme at Olympia, dozens of events across the city continue the conversations that have defined the week. Founders, investors, policymakers, educators and technology

London’s blue-chip index defied geopolitical uncertainty and a European interest rate hike to close firmly in positive territory on Thursday. The FTSE 100 ended the session up 49.07 points, or 0.5%, at