By ANGHARAD CARRICK Updated: 11:07 EDT, 29 August 2025 Small businesses are facing crippling charges as Donald Trump ends a little-known exemption for imports to the US. The US President signed an executive order last month ending the tax exemption on low-value parcels, which comes into effect today. The $800 …
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Credit: Royal Mail Following a successful trial earlier this year, Royal Mail has now announced that it will be rolling out 3,500 solar-powered ‘postboxes of the future’ across the UK. In an effort to find ways to make sending, returning and collecting parcels more convenient, this reimagining of the Royal …
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But one of the city’s universities was worse than the other Bristol University Wills Memorial Building(Image: PA Archive/PA Images) University of Bristol students spark far more noise complaints as their University of the West of England counterparts, but are also relatively far more likely to be punished for them. Between …
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Business and Money news live Good morning all, we’ll get rolling today with FTSE 100 news and looking at Nvidia’s results from last night, then we’ve got a roundup of the bidding battle for Costa Coffee – a UK high street staple. Karl Matchett28 August 2025 07:54 FTSE 100 in …
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The future has arrived: we’ve finally got solar-powered postboxes. If you’re thinking ‘I didn’t know postboxes required any energy in the first place’, you’d be right. They didn’t – until now. Royal Mail is officially rolling out brand new versions of the iconic red pillar boxes with solar panels on …
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An often-overlooked provision of U.S. customs law—the de minimis rule—has quietly become a major force in global trade. For nearly one hundred years, low-value imports have been allowed to enter the United States duty-free and with minimal customs documentation. This de minimis treatment, mirrored in some form by most other …
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“I’m hopeful that, as a result of our representations, we can do something to ensure that our products, our great products, continue to get into the United States.” Sydney-based business Mediband is one Australian firm caught up in the turmoil caused by the Trump government. It has been supplying medical …
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The change is initially being rolled out across 3,500 postboxes The new design sees a solar panel, barcode scanner, and drop down drawer added(Image: PA) Royal Mail has given the UK’s iconic red postboxes their biggest redesign in 175 years as their new appearance sees them dubbed “postboxes for the …
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For the Duchess of Edinburgh, the early years of her marriage to Prince Edward were punctuated by incredible highs and equally incredible lows. In 2001, Sophie was hospitalised following an ectopic pregnancy and then two years later the heavily pregnant Duchess was once again rushed to hospital following a sudden placental …
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