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The UK’s online casino industry has changed quickly over the past few years. A new generation of operators has entered the market with smarter technology, faster payments, and websites that work perfectly on mobile devices. These modern casinos are setting higher standards for design, usability, and player satisfaction, challenging older brands that are slower to adapt. At the same time, …

Evri has been named the UK’s worst delivery company for the third year in a row, after new Ofcom figures revealed widespread customer dissatisfaction over delays, damaged parcels and poor communication. According to the regulator’s annual delivery market review, more than four in ten people (41%) said they were dissatisfied with Evri’s service — the highest level of any major …

Forbes has unveiled its first-ever Most Powerful Women in Sports list, spotlighting 25 women who are transforming one of the world’s most influential industries — from athletes and owners to investors, executives and innovators. Presented in partnership with Ally Financial, the new annual ranking celebrates the female leaders driving growth, innovation and equality across the global sports economy. Among those …

The House of Lords Appointments Commission has announced two new non-party-political appointments to the Upper Chamber, recognising leading figures in healthcare and social policy for their national contribution to public life. Professor Dame Clare Gerada (pictured) and Polly Neate CBE have been recommended as crossbench peers, joining the House of Lords as independent members unaligned with any political party. Professor …

QUETTA: In a significant blow to narcotics smuggling networks, the Customs Enforcement team from Quetta has intercepted a massive consignment of crystal methamphetamine, commonly known as ‘Ice,’ with an estimated international value of a staggering $130 million, officials confirmed on Tuesday. The intelligence-based operation was conducted in the Noshki district, leading to the seizure of 300 kilograms of the highly …

It’s not often you see a supermarket make national news for not letting someone work for free. Usually the outrage runs in the other direction—“greedy corporations exploiting unpaid labour” and so on. But today’s piece in The Telegraph about Waitrose and Tom Boyd, a 27-year-old man with severe autism, has managed to flip that script entirely. And in doing so, …

JCB has announced plans to invest £100 million in a major overhaul of its flagship Rocester plant in Staffordshire, in a move set to safeguard 8,000 UK jobs and bolster confidence in the nation’s struggling manufacturing sector. The project will transform the company’s historic UK headquarters — originally converted from a cheese factory in 1950 — into a state-of-the-art production …

KARACHI: A business delegation from German Emirati Joint Council for Industry and Commerce, German Chambers (AHK UAE), led by Florian Walther, Delegation leader & Country Representative for Pakistan, visited SITE Association of Industry for B2B meeting with industry representatives, to explore avenues for business development between the two countries. The delegation included representatives of different sectors including Retail & Supply …

The cyber attack that crippled Jaguar Land Rover’s operations has been confirmed as the most expensive in British history, with losses estimated at £1.9 billion, according to new analysis from the Cyber Monitoring Centre (CMC). The incident, which halted JLR production for five weeks from the start of September, disrupted around 5,000 organisations — including parts manufacturers, logistics providers, showrooms …

UK inflation held steady at 3.8 per cent in September, confounding expectations of a rise and increasing the likelihood that the Bank of England could cut interest rates before the end of the year. The latest Office for National Statistics (ONS) data showed consumer price inflation (CPI) unchanged from August, and below the 4 per cent forecast by the Bank …