Ashley Armstrong

1 week ago | thesun.ie | Ashley Armstrong |Summer Raemason |Emily Davies

AN ICONIC British car brand has announced it will axe hundreds of jobs in "volatile" times amid US President Donald Trump's tariffs. The manufacturer said it will cut up to 270 jobs, but promised it is "committed to the UK". Rising online car sales and the soaring cost to physically run the sites to sell the vehicles has contributed to the struggles of the industry. But Trump's introduction of 25 per cent tariffs on car imports into the US has heaped even more pressure on brands.

2 months ago | the-sun.com | Ashley Armstrong |Ashley Armstrong |Jack Elsom

RACHEL Reeves has suffered a new setback after a surplus in government finances came in more than £5billion below forecasts. It has left experts warning the Chancellor is on a “knife edge” of missing borrowing targets and having to raise taxes or cut spending to stay within her fiscal rules. Figures showed a record £15.4billion surplus in January — driven by tax receipts from self-assessments. But that was well below the £20.5billion sum that the Office for Budget Responsibility had planned for.

2 months ago | thesun.ie | Tom Bryden |Ashley Armstrong

A CHEAP AI-powered chatbot from China has sent shockwaves around the world, causing panic for Western tech firms who thought they were leaps ahead in the artificial intelligence race. The DeepSeek model rivals OpenAI’s ChatGPT — but is said to have been created for just £4.8million compared to the latter’s cost of upwards of £80million.

Jan 17, 2025 | thesun.ie | Ashley Armstrong |Jonathan Rose

ENERGY company BT has scrapped its scheme to install electric vehicle (EV) charging points in street cabinets across the UK. Only one EV charging point was installed in East Lothian in May last year with no further points having been installed since. They initially proposed to install 60,000 charging points across the UK. But now the company has decided instead to focus on the Wi-Fi connectivity issues that many charging points suffer from.

Jan 14, 2025 | thescottishsun.co.uk | Ashley Armstrong

MILLIONS are being ripped off during the UK Grid’s growing reliance on energy use rationing. Households have been asked by suppliers to reduce their power usage at peak times. The idea is to prevent blackouts when demand is high and supplies are low. firms are being handsomely rewarded by the Grid to promote this flexibility service, but some don’t pass on the full benefit via lower customer billsOn January 8, firms were demanding £120,382 for just half an hour of reduced household consumption.