Richard Marsden

1 week ago | msn.com | Richard Marsden

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1 week ago | thisismoney.co.uk | Richard Marsden

River Island is axing hundreds of jobs as it closes shops in a battle for survival. The fashion firm plans to shut 33 stores as shoppers abandon the High Street and head online. The announcement came as official figures showed retail sales fell 2.7 per cent in May – the biggest slump since 2023. Chief executive Ben Lewis also cited the increasing cost of doing business after Labour piled billions of pounds of extra taxes on retailers.

1 week ago | thisismoney.co.uk | Richard Marsden

Network Rail has struck a lifeline £500million deal with British Steel to help save the Scunthorpe blast furnaces – but the industry is still facing punitive 25 per cent US tariffs. The agreement, for British Steel to produce 337,000 tonnes of rails over five years, safeguards 2,700 jobs. But the industry remains in peril unless the Government can finalise its trade deal with the Trump administration and have tariffs removed.

1 week ago | dailymail.co.uk | Richard Marsden

Britain set to bask in sizzling heatwave with temperatures set to soar as high as Barbados and MalibuBy RICHARD MARSDEN Published: 19:46 EDT, 15 June 2025 | Updated: 19:46 EDT, 15 June 2025 Britain is poised to bask in a heatwave dubbed the ‘Mediterranean melt’ – but the sizzling conditions could see temperatures as hot as Malibu or Barbados. Sunny weather is set to take hold for the coming week and into next weekend, with temperatures gradually increasing from a high of 26C (79F) today.

1 week ago | msn.com | Richard Marsden

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