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Boxing Day footfall down on UK high streets despite discounts
Fewer consumers have made the journey to high streets and shopping centres in search of Boxing Day discounts.
Footfall across UK retailers was down 9.4% as of midday, compared with Boxing Day in 2023, according to data from the retail tech experts MRI Software.
“The decline in Boxing Day activity …
The first quarter of 21st century wasn’t great for investors. The next needs an AI boost | Nils Pratley
The first quarter of the 21st century is almost up, assuming one regards 31 December 1999 to have been the last day of the last millennium (non-partying pedants insist the date actually fell on the final day of 2000). It is the cue for analysts at Deutsche Bank to remind …
Katt Williams, crypto and cat ladies: 2024 was the year of unexpected second chances
If 2024 was defined by anything, it was a distinct feeling of deja vu. Donald Trump ran and won, Death Cab and Janet Jackson
, and aesthetes on social medialusted after
Windows Vista design language circa 2007. Same old, same old – almost. …UK gambling with climate targets over carbon capture, say campaigners
The UK government is gambling with its own climate targets on claims that the Drax power plant will create “negative emissions” because new rules could hand the carbon savings to the US, campaigners say.
The owners of the North Yorkshire power plant have promised ministers that a key project to …
‘It’s absolutely open to abuse’: web awash with weight-loss drug offers
After Andy King was told he was not eligible to receive weight-loss jabs on the NHS, he turned to the internet to order them privately. But before long, he was inundated with promotions.
“Every other advert on my social media feed is an offer to have a Black Friday deal …
Thursday briefing: How football sold its soul and was gobbled up by global capital
Good morning – I hope you had a great Christmas. If you love football, and even if you hate it, one inescapable feature of Boxing Day is the festive fixture list – and a look at today’s matches in the Premier League tells a familiar story of a game that …
Bouncing back: UK soft play centres recover after Covid closures
“It will go all the way up there, with four floors, and a net maze,” says Jonathan Laznik, the owner of Gambado, pointing to the 10-metre-high ceiling in Forest Hill’s Capitol theatre, which is the venue for the company’s newest soft play venture.
Built as a silent cinema in 1929, …
UK shoppers expected to spend £3.7bn on Boxing Day
Shoppers are expected to spend £3.7bn, this Boxing Day, up only 1.3% on 2023, with high streets less busy as shoppers snap up beauty and technology bargains online.
The ability to click for bargains from the sofa means post-Christmas discounts actually begin before most families have touched a sprout or …
Body discovered in wheel well of United Airlines plane in Hawaii
A body was discovered in the wheel well of a United Airlines plane that had landed in Hawaii after taking off from Chicago, local news reported.
The flight left Chicago’s O’Hare airport on the morning of Christmas Eve and the body was discovered after the plane touched down at Hawaii’s …
US business leaders set to break record on donations to Trump inaugural fund
US business leaders are spending big on Donald Trump’s second inaugural fund, which is predicted to exceed even the record-setting $107m raised in 2017.
The donations, which are not restricted by campaign finance laws, come as industries and business leaders seek to curry favor with the incoming administration after the …