Unexpected collabs, Behringer surprises and more: The biggest music tech stories of NAMM 2025 We round up NAMM 2025's best new synths, controllers, studio gear and more MusicRadar · Jan 28, 2025
How disabled adults are sidelined by social care Letters: Charging people on benefits for care in their homes causes real financial hardship, writes Claire Bolderson, while Jill Souter worries for the future of the charity that cares for her daughter. Plus, letters from Ray Downing and John Beer The Guardian - UK · Jan 26, 2025
NiSource Earnings Preview: What to Expect NiSource is expected to release its fiscal fourth-quarter earnings next month, and analysts project a double-digit profit decline. Barchart · Jan 24, 2025
NAMM 2025: "This is the beginning of a really long journey": Native Instruments teams up with Akai, Korg, Novation and more to "empower millions of music creators" Native Instruments is expanding NKS integration to its competitors' controllers and making its software and sounds available on the Akai MPC platform MusicRadar · Jan 22, 2025
Benn ‘wrong to reject brake request’ but Government now acting – Little-Pengelly The deputy First Minister said the move on the Stormont Brake had forced a change of view in the Government. Evening Standard · Jan 21, 2025
Entry-level jobs could become scarce due to National Insurance bill, warns Next boss A rise in minimum wage as well as National Insurance has put retailers on alert to lift prices this year The Independent UK · Jan 17, 2025
Next boss issues warning on the impact on jobs of NI changes the Next boss said the Government should stagger the introduction of the NI changes rather than introduce them in one hit in April Evening Standard · Jan 17, 2025
OPINION - Unshackle London and the capital will drag Britain out of stagflation We may not be in recession...yet but the markets have made up their own minds about prospects for the UK Evening Standard · Jan 15, 2025
Angela Rayner warned new workers’ rights plan could prompt ‘ugly rush’ to sack staff Labour chancellor Rachel Reeves also accused of undermining business confidence and trust with surprise national insurance hike in the Budget The Independent UK · Jan 13, 2025
Food prices to rise by 4.2% this year amid increased costs, industry warns The BRC said there was ‘little hope of prices going anywhere but up’ amid higher national insurance, National Living Wage and packaging costs. Evening Standard · Jan 9, 2025
Much-loved restaurant closes warning 'it won't be the last' to shut amid rising costs A MUCH-LOVED cafe and restaurant next to a busy dual carriageway has closed, with its owners warning that it “won’t be the last” venue to shut… The National (Scotland) · Jan 8, 2025
Guess the Premier League season from the nationality of the managers – quiz The flags signal the nationality of each club’s manager on the final day of the season in the order the teams finished. Good luck! The Guardian - UK · Jan 1, 2025
Hundreds of theatres and museums face closure as crisis in sectors laid bare Alarm in sector as four in 10 of Britain’s theatres as well as many regional museums containing local and national archives are on the brink of closure The Independent UK · Dec 26, 2024
Is NiSource Stock Underperforming the Nasdaq? Despite NiSource’s recent underperformance relative to Nasdaq, Wall Street analysts remain strongly optimistic about the stock’s prospects. Barchart · Dec 23, 2024
The Independent UK · Dec 20, 2024 Voices: Readers name their priorities for Keir Starmer’s Labour government in 2025 – from NHS to economy THE INDEPENDENT DEBATE: The new year brings growing debate over Britain’s future, with concerns from readers focused on the economy, public services, and leadership
Evening Standard · Dec 12, 2024 Currys warns of "inevitable" price rises after £32 million Budget hit Chief executive criticises “new and unwelcome headwinds from UK government policy.”
The Guardian - UK · Dec 10, 2024 Northern Ireland votes to continue Brexit arrangements for another four years Assembly votes to keep special trading arrangements despite long-held division with unionist opposition
The Independent UK · Dec 10, 2024 £75m expansion fund for extra childcare places ahead of full rollout But early years providers have warned that they could be forced to close as a result of national insurance and minimum wage rises in the Budget.
The Guardian - UK · Nov 29, 2024 Rachel Reeves is wrong to say there was no alternative to her tax-raising budget Letters: Wealth taxes would be more worker-friendly than raising employers’ NI contributions, write Anne Gray and Clive Needle, while John Digney advocates taxing land values
The Independent UK · Nov 29, 2024 Pharmacies could cut hours or close as a result of Budget measures, leaders warn A number of organisations representing pharmacists have joined forces to urge Health Secretary Wes Streeting to intervene.
The National (Scotland) · Nov 27, 2024 Labour's National Insurance changes will cost us more than £5m, Scottish council says THE Labour Government’s changes to employers’ National Insurance (NI) contributions will cost one Scottish council more than £5 million, it…
The Guardian - UK · Nov 25, 2024 ‘Business cash cow has been milked,’ CBI chair tells ministers Rupert Soames urged government to water down workers’ rights plans after a budget ‘tough on business’
Evening Standard · Nov 25, 2024 The £5bn-a-year tax timebomb that’s set to devastate London hospitality A survey of 400 business owners across all sectors found that almost 60 per cent have put hiring plans on hold as a result of the National Insurance rise
Evening Standard · Nov 25, 2024 B&Q owner Kingfisher warns of £31 million hit from National Insurance changes next year Blow revealed as CBI boss says NI reforms will hit profits, investment and growth
Evening Standard · Nov 15, 2024 Reeves under fire for Budget 'c**k up' with NI hike on employers hitting London hospices, charities and GPs Minister defended the huge tax raid to better fund the NHS