Amazon is launching legal action against ‘fake review brokers’ in an effort to curb the tide of online fraudulent reviews. The company said it has launched legal action against fraudsters attempting to mislead Amazon customers and harm Amazon selling partners by facilitating fake reviews. The legal action is against firms Reddit Marketing Pro, MangoCity, Littlesmm […]
Apple has criticised powers in the Online Safety Bill that could be used to force encrypted messaging tools like iMessage, WhatsApp and Signal to scan messages for child abuse material. Its intervention comes as 80 organisations and tech experts have written to Technology Minister Chloe Smith urging a rethink on the powers. Apple has said […]
Fresh calls have been made to reinstate VAT-free shopping for international tourists, after the chief of Mulberry warned its profits have been hit hard by it as they ditch London for Paris and Milan. Pre-tax profit at the British handbag maker fell to £13.2m in the year to April, down from £21.3m the prior year. […]
The government’s plans to hit net zero have been comprehensively criticised in a withering report by its own advisers that says targets are being missed on nearly every front. Fewer homes were insulated last year under the government-backed scheme than the year before, despite soaring energy bills and a cost of living crisis. There is […]
Jeremy Hunt, Chancellor of the Exchequer, has signed an agreement on financial services cooperation with Commissioner Mairead McGuinness, which will help to establish a constructive, mutually beneficial relationship between the UK and the EU in financial services. This comes as the Chancellor is in Brussels for a series of meetings with European Commissioners, in the […]
Supermarket executives are being questioned by MPs over why food prices are still rising as some wholesale costs are falling. The UK’s biggest grocers – Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Asda and Morrisons – are facing a parliamentary committee examining the cost of a weekly shop. The price of goods continues to grow but not as steeply as […]
The sharp fall in the price of oil and gas will lead to a huge drop in revenue from the government’s windfall tax. Announced in November of last year, the energy profits levy hiked an existing tax on oil and gas profits and extended its deadline until 2028. Chancellor Jeremy Hunt estimated that it would […]
A loan provided by the Government to Cardiff-based Celsa Steel which secured 1,800 jobs has now been repaid in full and delivered a significant additional payment for taxpayers, Business and Trade Secretary Kemi Badenoch has confirmed today. In 2020, the Government provided an emergency £30 million loan to Celsa Steel to help them continue trading […]
After losing the argument over Gary Lineker’s employment status, HMRC plans to appeal the ruling at the Upper Tribunal The First Tier Tribunal ruled in favour of Lineker in March this year, after he appealed a tax demand from HMRC for unpaid tax of £4.9m related to earnings between 2013 and 2018 for TV presenter […]
Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney have expanded their sporting portfolio by investing in Oxfordshire-based Formula One team Alpine Racing. The Hollywood stars and co-owners of Wrexham are part of a $200m (approximately £157m) investment, representing a 24% stake in the team, who sit fifth in the constructors’ championship. Reynolds’ Maximum Effort production company has teamed […]