Labour’s plans to upgrade workers’ rights will cost businesses up to £5bn a year to implement, according to the government’s own analysis. The new measures would have a disproportionate impact on smaller businesses, responsible for employing 13 million workers, the impact assessment report found. However, the £5bn represented a “modest” amount, less than 1.5% of…
Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg has described the decision to prosecute a police marksman over the fatal shooting of Chris Kaba as a “disgrace”. Martyn Blake, 40, was cleared of murder at the Old Bailey today after shooting the 24-year-old during a police vehicle stop in south-east London in 2022. Former Tory minister Sir Jacob described the…
Suella Braverman forwarded government documents to her private email accounts at least 127 times while she was attorney general in a potential breach of the ministerial code, it has emerged. The revelation came after a Freedom of Information campaign by the Times newspaper. The Conservative, who was in the Cabinet role under Boris Johnson, and…
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Across industries, there’s a lot talk about the importance of a “growth mindset” for entrepreneurs and managers of established businesses. There are countless studies out there — such as this one presented by Harvard — that highlight how companies focusing on growth through innovation and investment often…
Google has announced an expansion of its Travel Feeds feature for Search Ads. This update allows hotel advertisers to directly include more detailed information from their feeds in search results. A Google support page reads: “When you link your Hotel Center to Google Ads, Google will automatically enrich existing Search ad formats with prices, images,…
YouLend, a global embedded financing platform, announced today the establishment of a new three-year financing facility with funds managed by Castlelake, a global alternative investment firm specializing in asset-based private credit. This agreement enables YouLend to significantly expand its lending capacity in the U.S., with the potential to extend over $1 billion in revenue-based financings…
The United Nation’s Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has said it is “deeply concerned” by news that four refugees were returned to Turkey from Kenya. The refugees were repatriated at the request of the Turkish government, Kenya’s foreign ministry says. The statement comes after reports of several people being abducted in the capital city, Nairobi, on Friday….
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. As an entrepreneur, it can be difficult to navigate the responsibilities of running a business while still leaving room for creativity. The everyday responsibilities of running a business can overwhelm your bandwidth and hold you back from innovation. Here are two strategies to help you snip the…
A month after Salesforce announced its AI agent technology and its CEO Marc Benioff criticized Microsoft’s AI efforts, Microsoft announced 10 new AI agents that can take care of tasks like sales, finance, and customer service. AI agents are different from chatbots in one key way: they can act on an organization’s behalf instead of…
Viasat has partnered with Connectbase to bring its high-quality satellite-based business internet services to small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) across the United States, particularly in unserved and underserved regions. This collaboration aims to provide new sales opportunities for channel partners, driving growth and optimizing business operations. Viasat’s business internet offers reliable, high-speed connectivity to SMBs…
