9+ hour, 54+ min ago  (629+ words) Shoppers on Buchanan Street in Glasgow(Image: PA) UK retail sales rose in May, as shoppers returned to the high street during the heatwave and demonstrated a continued appetite for new electronic goods. Retail sales volumes are estimated to have…...

9+ hour, 54+ min ago  (375+ words) Inside the Raytec factory(Image: Raytec) Industrial lighting maker Raytec says the outlook looks "extremely positive" amid an increase in turnover. Operating profits fell slightly from "2. 8m to "2. 6m as pre-tax profits grew from "3. 05m to "3. 2m. Ordinary dividends of "1. 89m were paid during the…...

9+ hour, 54+ min ago  (181+ words) The company behind plans to draw valuable lithium deposits from underneath the County Durham countryside has partnered with a college to create the skills necessary for the vision. Weardale Lithium hopes to use lithium carbonate-rich geothermal waters in the North…...

15+ hour, 11+ min ago  (899+ words) Andy Burnham is heading back to Parliament after winning the Makerfield by-election. The newly elected Labour MP came out on top in the race against a strong challenge from Reform UK candidate Robert Kenyon. But overnight Mr Burnham secured a…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago  (404+ words) View of Gympanzees new facility from above(Image: Gympanzees) Construction work to build the UK's first play centre and exercise facility for disabled children and young people is under way at a site near Bristol. Local charity Gympanzees is behind…...

2+ day, 7+ hour ago  (770+ words) The opening of a "50m 'dead-end' motorway junction near Bristol that was built seven years ago and has never been used could face further delays, it has been announced. National Highways completed the bulk of the work on the two-bridge junction…...

2+ day, 8+ hour ago  (333+ words) One of the world's largest private equity firms has completed its acquisition of a 42% stake in Yorkshire Water. Swedish firm EQT has acquired the share in Kelda Holdings, the parent company of Yorkshire Water, joining two other overseas firms in…...

2+ day, 11+ hour ago  (406+ words) Smiths News distributes newspapers and magazines to retailers(Image: Digital Buggu / Pexels) A Swindon-headquartered newspaper and magazine wholesaler has signed a 10-year delivery deal with the publisher of the Sunday Times and the Sun. Smiths News said the "transformational" long-term…...

2+ day, 11+ hour ago  (566+ words) A Range Rover on the production line at the Jaguar Land Rover plant in Solihull(Image: Adam Vaughan/EPA/Bloomberg via Getty Images) Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has announced plans to focus on wealthy North American buyers as it bids…...

2+ day, 13+ hour ago  (585+ words) John Roberts, founder and CEO of AO World(Image: AO World) AO World has reported profits more than doubling as it defended its acquisition of online trade-in platform Music Magpie, which had been weighing on growth. The electrical retailer posted…...