1. OTSI Annual Review – First Year of Operation The UK government has published an annual overview of OTSI’s first year (covering 10 Oct…
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Burger King names Liverpool the ‘Hamburger Capital of the UK
What’s the story — “Liverpool: Hamburger Heartland of the UK” In 2025, Burger King UK published a report summarising ordering trends for its customers…
Intact launches its first commercial lines products under its UK brand
What Intact Has Done — The New Commercial‑Lines Launch Intact has unveiled three enhanced commercial‑lines products in the UK, its first to hit the…
UK health officials issue warning as a pandemic-era rule returns
What’s Happening — Return of a “Pandemic-Era Rule” Across the UK, health officials are again urging people with symptoms of respiratory illness (flu, cold,…
AB InBev expands UK production of 0.0% alcohol beer
What AB InBev Is Doing — Recent Moves & Investments AB InBev (through its UK arm Budweiser Brewing Group, BBG) has opened a new…
UK imposes travel restrictions on the ‘world’s richest island’ due to border security risks
What we do know about Bermuda and recent border/immigration policy changes Bermuda — which has among the world’s highest GDP per capita, thanks to…
Energy costs remain a top concern for UK retailers, yet efficiency efforts lag, survey finds
What Recent Surveys & Studies Found — Key Data A 2025 study by Mitsubishi Electric (surveying 500 facilities managers in UK retail) estimates that…
What’s behind the growing surge in investor confidence in UK tech?
What’s fueling the surge • So much money flowing in (funding rebound & mega-rounds) In Q3 2025 alone, UK tech startups and scaleups raised…
£20m UK–Germany EV partnership set to create more than 150 jobs
What the deal is — the new UK–Germany EV project The project is a joint UK–Germany initiative led by Mercedes‑AMG High Performance Powertrains (the…
St Helens residents scoop prizes in recent Postcode Lottery draw
What is confirmed: recent St Helens winner postcode According to a recent PPL result‑list for 28 July 2025, the postcode WA9 4TA (St Helens) was listed…
Ellesmere Port street lands £1,000 per ticket in latest Postcode Lottery draw
What the public records show about PPL and daily wins According to PPL’s official prize information, every day there are “£1,000 per ticket” prizes…
New funding launched to end the ‘postcode lottery’ in access to physical activit
. What is the “postcode‑lottery” for physical activity — and what’s the problem When people say there is a “postcode lottery” for physical activity, they…
How People’s Postcode Lottery players are helping to locate missing children
How Postcode Lottery players support missing‑children efforts Through PPL, a portion of ticket‑sales proceeds goes to charity funding: over the years, players have contributed…
Lancashire revealed as the UK’s luckiest hotspot for Postcode Lottery wins
What the data shows — why Lancashire is “luckiest” A recent analysis of Postcode Lottery wins (from 2011 to June 2025) found that Preston,…
Lake District residents celebrate £1,000 win in the People’s Postcode Lottery
What we know about People’s Postcode Lottery (PPL) PPL does offer a daily “£1,000 prize” for winning postcodes. (postcodelotterygroup.com) Winners often receive small‑prize cheques…
Peaches announces spring UK and European tour alongside new album release date
What’s announced — Album + Tour Details Peaches has revealed her first full album in over a decade, titled No Lube So Rude. It…
Google-backed TAE Technologies forms joint venture with UK nuclear agency
What’s changed — the JV details & technical context The two parties have created a new company: TAE Beam UK. Under the agreement, UKAEA…
Brexit’s impact on EU touring continues to worsen, says UK Music report
What the report says — key findings & worsening trends In its 2025/2024 survey of music creators, UK Music found that 32% of respondents…
UK fintech ClearBank appoints former FCA advisor as Group General Counsel
What happened — the appointment details ClearBank announced on 1 December 2025 that Angela Roberts has been appointed Group General Counsel (GC), replacing former…
New UK Laws: Key highlights you need to know
1) Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 — Royal Assent 19 June 2025 What it does — wide-ranging reforms to unlock safe data use…
