
Frasers to close Harvey Nichols Birmingham with at least 60 jobs lost
Harvey Nichols Birmingham is to close in January with at least 60 jobs lost, as owner Frasers Group rebrands the Leeds and Bristol stores as Flannels.
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Harvey Nichols Birmingham is to close in January with at least 60 jobs lost, as owner Frasers Group rebrands the Leeds and Bristol stores as Flannels.

Virgin cross-Channel trains will run 20 daily return services from London to Paris, Brussels and Amsterdam from 2030, the group says, using 12 Alstom sets.

Carlsberg Britvic has proposed a Burton brewery closure that would end production at Marston's Brewery in summer 2027 and put about 310 jobs at risk.

The Tesco profit forecast for the full year has been raised to between £3.15bn and £3.3bn, with the share buyback lifted to £950m and shares up…

The SFO Canary Wharf move will see staff reimbursed for extra commuting costs for three years, with no cap on claims, documents obtained by Bloomberg show.

Imagination Technologies has warned of material uncertainty over its future after 2025 revenue fell 39.7 per cent to $65.1m, with debt covenants at risk.

The Christian Horner payout from two Red Bull Racing companies totalled £67m, recorded as compensation for loss of office in 2025 accounts.

The UK reaches 17 million mental health sick days for 2026 today, Simplyhealth analysis finds, two days before World Mental Health Day on Saturday.

The Badenoch inheritance tax pledge would exempt family homes and let couples pass on an extra £1m, as the Tory leader set out welfare and deficit…

The IoD says a reported Milburn Review delay should prompt ministers to slow the Employment Rights Act and pause plans to equalise youth minimum wage.

The Jaguar Type 01, an all-electric grand tourer priced from £130,000 in the UK, has been unveiled by JLR two years after a rebrand that drew…

Royal Mail job cuts will remove up to 2,500 head office and support roles by the end of 2027, with frontline delivery staff unaffected, the company…

AEG and Virgin Media O2 have extended the O2 naming rights partnership to 2038, with more priority tickets and first-time access to Indigo at the O2.