UK to be hit by drawn-out recession and 13 per cent inflation, Bank warns Britons face two years of tumbling household incomes with inflation set to soar to more than 13 per cent and the economy plunging into the longest recession since the financial crisis, the Bank of England has …

A man has denied beating a student and leaving him in the street with severe head injuries. Paul Martin David Roberts pleaded not guilty at Plymouth Crown Court to the charge of causing grievous bodily harm to the then 19-year-old Callum Turner in North Hill. Roberts, of Wordsworth Crescent, is …

Businesses in Alsager say they have always wondered why the town has a Stoke-on-Trent postcode despite being in Cheshire. Alsager is covered by Cheshire East Council, Cheshire Police, Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service and has a Crewe telephone code. But its postal address has the Stoke-on-Trent code of ST7. It …

Plumlife, the North West based housing company specialising in shared ownership and property management, is rebranding to Plumlife Homes. Under the new overarching banner of Plumlife Homes will be three specialist brands which will sell aspects of the organisation’s full-service offer; Plumlife Sales (Shared Ownership & New Homes Sales), Plumlife …

  Logistics and supply chain solutions provider PML has appointed Iain Bruce (pictured) as its new finance director. Bruce has held a number of senior financial positions within high profile companies including McLaren, Johnson & Johnson and PepsiCo. Not from a traditional logistics background, the former law graduate and chartered …

People are being warned to use up old-style stamps before a new system makes them worthless. Royal Mail is overhauling stamps in the coming months with a new barcode. The idea is that it will make sending letters easier and more secure. However, existing stamps without barcodes featuring an image …

Fleet World’s five-minute industry briefing: This week’s top stories This week’s top fleet industry stories… No cliff edge in sight for used car values, affirms Cox Automotive  by Natalie Middleton – Despite signs of an end to significant rises in used vehicle values, an imminent drop in pricing is unlikely …

The Charities Act 2022 applies to England and Wales, with changes coming into force in autumn 2022, spring 2023 and autumn 2023. The government has now published more detail on the key changes planned for this autumn. These cover: Paying trustees for providing goods to the charity Making moral or …

Thousands of Royal Mail stamps are set to be unusable within months as the new system is set to be brought in. The postal company will be rolling out a new barcode system to replace the traditional stamp system. The barcode system is said to be safer and will allow …

Atmospheric images of all 42 English cathedrals are on display in a new exhibition that runs throughout this month. The photographs, taken by the late Peter Marlow, are being exhibited at Southwell Minster. Peter, who died in 2016, was commissioned in 2008 by Royal Mail to photograph six Anglican cathedrals …