Paint and sofas sell well as Britons are priced out of moving home or undertaking pricey renovations Business live – latest updates Retailers of home improvement products are having a glittering year ...

Boxing Day was a “bumper day” for all UK retail destinations as data shows shopper footfall was up 4.4% on last year, making it the strongest increase in more than a decade, industry analysts said.

Nigel Farage’s Reform UK would offer bumper bonus payments to the best-performing civil servants delivering on government policy and objectives. In a shake-up of how Whitehall works, Reform UK’s Danny ...

The UK is "rapidly developing" plans to prepare the whole country for the possible outbreak of war, the armed forces minister has said. Underlining the role civilians would have to play in a major ...

Boots shoppers can take advantage of a majorly discounted beauty bundle that features a mix of 'high-end' products. The combination of items in a beautifully presented gift box comes at a fraction of ...

The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) said passenger numbers for December are forecast to exceed the record 22 million seen last year. Heathrow, the UK's busiest airport, is preparing for more than seven ...

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Public sector workers are enjoying bumper pay deals at taxpayers' expense even as their private sector counterparts face a tightening squeeze. Official figures published on Tuesday revealed that state ...

Total cereals production surpassed 3.2m tonnes in Scotland this year, according to provisional figures published by the Scottish government. This represents an increase of 8% year on year and puts it ...

As autumn steps up a gear, it is not just leaves carpeting the ground this year. You may have spotted a surplus of acorns littering the woodland paths. This year's bumper crop is mainly due to a ...

The National Trust gardens have reported a "bumper" harvest of apples and pumpkins, despite the record-breaking hot summer. The crops have ripened weeks earlier than usual, with higher yields thanks ...

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