Hamas
Mohammed Alfatih, former bodyguard to Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, obtained British asylum in 2015 and citizenship in 2021 before conviction for wounding a bailiff with knives while under counter-terrorism surveillance.
interest rates
The Bank of England plans repeated rate rises that will raise mortgage costs while construction and manufacturing already contract.
Aldi
Aldi eliminates up to 150 technology roles, 103 finance and administration posts and nearly 20 buying director positions in the UK, outsourcing work to Genpact in India while sales growth falls to 0.4 percent.
ITV
ITV anticipates 2-3% ad revenue drop yearly and 10% in Q4, leading to £30m cost cuts with £25m from content. It is selling TV ops to Sky for £1.6bn under regulatory review.
Civil Service
The UK's top civil servant admits institutional risk aversion while launching another internal review with no external accountability attached.
job satisfaction
Britain's job satisfaction has fallen from 81 percent in 2015 to 74 percent, with willingness to exert extra effort dropping from 69 to 55 percent. The decline spans pay bands and coincides with productivity slowdowns.
Ibstock
Ibstock has reduced brick production by a fifth after third-quarter sales fell 22% short of forecasts, issuing its second profit warning and projecting lower earnings as UK housing demand weakens.
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