Leading London interior designers share their predictions for 2026 home styling, highlighting sculptural furniture, deep greens, and smart lighting as key trends while bidding farewell to over-curated Instagram aesthetics.
A professional cleaner terminated her contract after discovering a client had hidden 100 toy ducks around their home with instructions to find them all to 'ensure a job well done'.
Birds Bakery launches search for official taste tester to sample products and provide feedback. Applicants must love bakery items and live near stores.
Independent readers reveal why Liverpool's culture, affordability, and community spirit are drawing people away from London's high costs and pressures.
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Amazon Web Services employees received a mistakenly sent email detailing fresh global job cuts, referred to internally as 'Project Dawn', affecting workers in the US, Canada and Costa Rica.
Financial expert Martin Lewis has voiced strong support for beginning pension contributions at age 18 and advocated for expanding auto-enrolment rules to cover younger employees and lower earners.
United Parcel Service announces plans to eliminate 30,000 operational roles in 2026 through attrition and voluntary separation programs, following 48,000 cuts in 2025, as automation and tariff changes reshape the logistics industry.
Urban explorers uncover a grade-II listed Wigan home abandoned since 2017, preserved exactly as it was in the 1970s with vintage decor and personal artefacts.
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A new study by Bamboo HR identifies Rhode Island as the US state with the happiest employees, scoring 46% above the national average. Labour-market dynamics, not geography, drive this trend.
Rhode Island has been identified as having the happiest employees in America, with a happiness score 46% above the national average, according to a new Bamboo HR study.
Muriel Connick, a 92-year-old from Pompano Beach, Florida, works daily at Burlington to pay bills. A shopper's GoFundMe raised nearly $60,000 to help her retire and fix her home.
The Department for Work and Pensions offers multiple winter schemes providing up to £775 in financial assistance for energy bills and living costs before April 2026.
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UPS plans to eliminate up to 30,000 operational roles by 2026, adding to previous reductions, as it shifts from low-margin Amazon deliveries to boost profitability and revenue.
Over four in five self-employed workers in the UK aren't paying into a pension, risking retirement poverty. Experts reveal practical strategies to secure your financial future.
Millions of low-paid UK workers will benefit from a 4% wage increase in April 2026, with full-time employees potentially gaining up to £900 annually as part of a broader cost-of-living package.
University of Michigan research reveals used electric vehicles provide greater lifetime savings than petrol counterparts, driven by faster depreciation rates and lower operational costs.
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A Chilean court has ruled that an employee who received 330 times his salary due to a payroll error can keep the £180,000 windfall, dismissing theft charges after a three-year legal battle.
An employment tribunal has ruled that deliberately not inviting a socially anxious employee to a work Christmas party was justified discrimination under UK law, despite being linked to her mental health condition.
Saudi Arabia's ambitious Neom megacity project, including the 125-mile Line development, is being significantly scaled back due to spiralling costs and delays, with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ordering a major reevaluation.
Saudi Arabia's ambitious Neom megacity project, including the 125-mile Line development, is being dramatically scaled back due to spiralling costs and construction delays, with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ordering a major reevaluation.
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A Morgan Stanley study shows UK job losses from AI are twice the international average, with an 8% net loss. Sadiq Khan warns AI could become a 'weapon of mass destruction of jobs'.
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Prime Minister Keir Starmer announces ground rent cap of £250 annually for leaseholders in England and Wales, with plans to ban new leasehold flats.
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Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer announces sweeping leasehold reforms including a £250 annual ground rent cap and ban on new leasehold flats in England and Wales.
