Brits are being urged to support this weekend’s Small Business Saturday bonanza as a whole host of local events boost and celebrate small firms nationwide. As small businesses face fresh uncertainty and challenges heading into the crucial festive trading period, organisers are calling for a significant show of support in …

Meghan Markle wins privacy case appeal against Mail on Sunday Meghan issued a triumphant statement on Thursday morning after the Court of Appeal ruled in her favour upholding the High Court judge’s decision over her privacy case. However, the defendant in the case and publisher of the MailOnline and Mail on …

We all know that Christmas seems to come around quicker every year – especially when shops and high streets are determined to conjure up a sea of lights and snowmen the instant the last Halloween pumpkin has been sold. There’s even a name for this phenomenon: it’s called ‘Christmas Creep.’ …

3 December 2021 Transport / Logistics Services US convenience store chain 7-Eleven is trialling the use of Nuro delivery robots in Mountain View, in Silicon Valley, California. From the 1st December, users of the 7-Eleven 7NOW app will have their goods delivered by Nuro’s fleet of self-driving Toyota Priuses. Eventually they …

The UK blue chip index goes into reverse again but US markets move ahead despite the country’s first Omicron case FTSE 100 loses 39 points Royal Mail lower as it goes ex-div Oil companies in demand 4.50pm: FTSE falls flat as pandemic pressures weigh on global mining …

Meghan Markle on Thursday won her latest court victory over the publication of a letter she penned to her estranged dad — hailing it as a victory “for anyone who has ever felt scared to stand up for what’s right.” The Court of Appeal in London upheld a High Court …

Royal Mail is recruiting temporary workers for its busiest time of year – Christmas. Once again this year, postal staff will work tirelessly, sorting mountains of parcels and letters in warehouse centres and driving red vans around the country. You can apply to work as a seasonal mail sorter or …

SOME extra festive cheer is being spread in North Berwick after post boxes were given a Christmas makeover. Two red Royal Mail post boxes are sporting Christmas-themed ‘bonnets’ thanks to the painstaking efforts of two town residents. Community council chairman Judy Lockhart-Hunter and friend Linda Digney spent many hours making …

London’s FTSE 100 was down 0.4% at 7,138.52 in afternoon trade on Thursday. Cybersecurity firm Darktrace tumbled as it emerged it will be relegated to the FTSE 250 in the next quarterly reshuffle. Royal Mail was under the cosh as it traded without entitlement to the dividend. Asset manager Abrdn …

On Thursday, the Court of Appeal ruled the privacy case does not need to go to a full trial, rejecting Associated Newspapers’ attempt. It concludes the latest stage of the legal battle between Meghan and Associated Newspapers, the publisher of the Mail on Sunday and Mail Online, over extracts of …