Business & Entrepreneurship
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Profit down by a third at pubs and clubs giant founded by Scottish entrepreneur
A Scottish pubs and clubs company owned by Stefan King has reported a decrease in profit despite a rise in sales
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UK supermarkets warned after hackers turn supermarket freezers into ovens
French supermarket cyber attack heats fridges and freezers by up to 50C, spoiling millions of euros of food and prompting warnings for UK retailers.
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Signs appear at old Middlesbrough Next store as new fashion retailer to move in
Middlesbrough's former Next building could soon welcome shoppers again, after new signs appeared in the windows advertising for staff at Fashion House.
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Padel courts open at popular Sunderland venue with prices from £24 and on-site café
New padel courts have opened at Sunderland's Beacon of Light, with prices from £24 an hour and £2.50 racket hire.
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Green light for £160m programme to create digital and creative hubs in Tees Valley
Tees Valley’s £160m Investment Zone gets digital and creative hubs for Middlesbrough and Hartlepool, supporting local jobs, growth and innovation by 2029.
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What Flock Actually Costs Cities Across the Country
WIRED examined contracts from over two dozen cities and towns that shed light on how Flock’s pricing and business model functions, and how it stacks up against its peers.
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Ahold Delhaize takes systems offline after cyberattack — global retail giant says 'cybersecurity incident' hit systems, but stores remain open
Ahold Delhaize loses its hold on cybersecurity once again
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Darlington charity warns ‘poverty fatigue’ is causing funding shortfall
Darlington charity First Stop warns ‘poverty fatigue’ is hitting donations as rough sleeping persists ahead of the CEO Sleepout at Mowden Park on November 19.
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Great Yorkshire Show figure announces his departure
“It has been a real privilege to lead this incredible organisation and work alongside such a dedicated team”
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Leeds Bradford Airport strikes set to escalate as Unite warns of potential shutdown
Strike action involving almost 130 workers at Leeds Bradford Airport is set to escalate, with further industrial action announced for the October half-term
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Ben Nevis challenge helps North East bereavement service secure defibrillator
Northumbrian Water volunteers raised more than £1,240 climbing Ben Nevis, funding a defibrillator through the Stephen Carey Fund for bereavement support.
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I've found the 21 best tech deals in the Argos Big Red sale that are worth checking out before it ends at midnight tonight
It's the final day of the latest Argos Big Red sale, so I've looked through the offers one last time and picked out the 21 best deals with savings of up to 50% on appliances, toys, tech, and more.
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Microsoft RTX Spark Surface Laptop Ultra pre-orders open to rival MacBook Pro
Nvidia RTX Spark laptop pre-orders are now live, with the Surface Laptop Ultra offering businesses serious local AI processing power.
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Enterprise IT infrastructure isn’t built for AI inference
AI inference requires fundamentally new, distributed enterprise infrastructure
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Grand Theft Auto 6's PC version will reportedly arrive 'in the first quarter of 2027' and fans are convinced Rockstar has moved the date up to avoid a potential PS5 emulator — 'GTA 6 will probably be emulator ready a month after launch'
A new report has claimed the PC version of Grand Theft Auto 6 will launch in early 2027, and fans believe Rockstar Games wants to get ahead of a potential emulator.
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Hostinger cut server response times by 35% – here's how to speed up your website even further
Mario Bañares Colastra, Head of Web Hosting at Hostinger, explains how they've sped up users' websites – and why it won't cost you anything
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Sovereign AI isn't just where your data lives
Sovereign AI requires control over data, infrastructure, governance and decisions
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Kroger announces 3,000 layoffs as it looks to ‘reduce duplicative work’ with AI
It’s the latest shakeup after Kroger named a former Walmart executive as its CEO in February
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'This incident will not define us' - garden centre speaks out after £3,000 theft
The director of a popular County Durham garden centre says staff were left upset and questioning whether they could have done more after thieves stole more than £3,000 worth of stock in just 20 minutes.
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Ex Frankie and Benny's to become award-winning Indian restaurant in Sunderland
Award-winning My Delhi will take over the former Frankie and Benny's site in Sunderland, aiming to open in early 2027.
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JD confirms relocation to new town centre store as opening date revealed
JD has announced the opening date of its new Middlesbrough store - with just days to go until the doors are opened.
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York medical testing firm reports 32 per cent rise in revenue to £11.3 million
Abingdon Health has reported strong financial growth and a return to profitability at the adjusted EBITDA level.
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Why are bedbug outbreaks becoming more common? Expert shares why
A flight was cancelled when passengers in the economy section complained to crew they had been bitten by bedbugs
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Council ‘physically ran out of money’ and borrowed charity cash, report finds
Whitby Town Council ‘physically ran out of money’ to pay its bills and borrowed tens of thousands of pounds from charity reserves without formal approval or public explanation, an independent investigation has concluded.
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CVS agrees to pay $315 million to settle Justice Department case over opioid prescriptions
CVS Pharmacy Inc. and various subsidiaries have agreed to pay $315 million to resolve a Justice Department case alleging it unlawfully dispensed medically unnecessary prescriptions of highly addictive opioids
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First look at exciting new £500,000 Leeds restaurant
We have lots of photos of the new opening
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Aircraft maintenance firm serving UK airports enters liquidation after 11 years
Aircraft maintenance company Luftavia, which operates at Heathrow, Birmingham, and Manchester Airport, has collapsed into liquidation.
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Poundland could go into administration ‘within days’ risking thousands of jobs
Around 12,000 jobs at 600 stores are said to be at risk at the group that was bought for just £1 in summer of 2025
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'York feels like a natural fit' - café founder on new venture ahead of opening
York feels like a natural fit for the home of a new branch of a growing Australia-inspired café chain, its founder has said.
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Leeds Bradford Airport air traffic controller strikes suspended after late pay offer
Leeds Bradford Airport air traffic controller strikes have been suspended following a late offer from the airport, say Unite union.
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CXMT president says company’s first 4F² DRAM will be a server DDR5 RDIMM due by year-end — vertical transistors cut each memory cell’s footprint by a third on paper, but no speeds or capacities yet
CXMT expects to sell a memory cell that Samsung and SK hynix have only shown in research papers so far.
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New managers reopen historic York pub four years after its closure
Trafalgar Bay in York has reopened under new management four years after closing.
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Hacker claims ‘123456’ password let them breach the Danish national registry, accessing 8.8 million records — IT and data services company with weak passwords linked source of the hack
8.8 million Danes have reportedly been affected by this hack.
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Second arrest made as probe into North East waste sites continues
Second man arrested over illegal waste dumps is questioned over illegal activity at a site in Callerton, near Newcastle Airport
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York biotech firm's revenues rise 28 per cent to £1.5m as deals are struck
A year of strong growth has seen revenue rise and key commercial milestones reached.
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North East care home earns recognition for support of Armed Forces veterans
A care home in Stockton has been recognised for its continuing commitment to supporting Armed Forces veterans, becoming the first in the borough to achieve a prestigious accreditation.
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Kimberly Guilfoyle steps down as US ambassador to Greece after alleged misconduct
White House asked Guilfoyle, who is alleged to have sought a bill payment from a Trump donor, to resign from post
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Can the RAM crisis get any worse? Quite possibly, as Intel CEO reportedly predicts another 2 to 3 years of pain, and DDR4 price has shot up 24% over the last 3 months
Intel's CEO reckons the RAM shortage will last for pretty much the rest of the decade.
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Names of 2 Bradford men charged with Class A drug offences
Both men have been charged with being concerned in the supply of Class A drugs, specifically crack cocaine and heroin.
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Over 8.7 million karaoke fans at risk after major data breach — Japanese giant Nippon Columbia says malware infection was to blame for exposing records
Karaoke maker had its files exposed after third-party malware incident
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The era of passwords is coming to an end
Passkeys are quickly replacing passwords
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Leeds Bradford Airport air traffic controller strikes suspended after late pay offer
Leeds Bradford Airport air traffic controller strikes have been suspended following a late offer from the airport, say Unite union.
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North East McDonald’s closes for major refurbishment with reopening date confirmed
A North East McDonald's has closed for almost two months as it undergoes a major refurbishment which will give the restaurant a “fresh new look”.
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Government announces regulation - but no price cap on heating oil
The government has promised heating oil customers better regulation of the sector after prices doubled in a year – but not a price cap.
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Takeaway that has 'weekly turnover of around £3,000' put up for sale
The family’s plans included delivering curries to customers and building a larger takeaway operation.
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Governance is driving the UK's next wave of jobs
Why responsible AI is expanding opportunity across Britain’s workforce
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Bumble bought for $1.3bn in 'bet on the future of humanity'
The dating app which recently ditched its "women-first" chat rule has been bought by an investment firm.
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Hackers claim to have hit thousands of Trump Phone customers as the bad news for golden smartphone fans continues
Thousands of Trump Mobile prospective customers have data leaked