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All remaining Bodycare stores are to close with the loss of 444 jobs after the health and beauty chain’s administrators failed to find a buyer for the shops. The business, which fell into administration earlier this month, was “no longer viable to continue” trading because of “the shortage of stock and significant costs” associated with…

The government had hit business too hard when it raised employers’ National Insurance contributions in autumn 2024, followed by bigger than expected rises to minimum wage rates, and new employment rights, which had deterred businesses from hiring, investing and growing, he said.

A joint amicus filing, a filing by parties with a strong interest in a case, also came from several groups, including the Chamber of Progress. The tech advocacy group, funded by and representing Google, Apple, Amazon, Nvidia and many other tech companies, said they shared concerns over the government punishing Anthropic for public speech.

BBC Yazz Gough uses the Re:dish Good Stuff social supermarket in the Reddish area of Stockport A customer of a social supermarket has said she “can afford a few extras for Christmas” thanks to the money she saves there on her weekly groceries. Yazz Gough, who goes to the Re:dish Good Stuff in the Reddish…