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This spring, 2025, Sends is offering free account opening for individuals. New users who activated their accounts from 01/04/2025 to 31/05/2025 get a Sends personal account for free. How it works: Successfully register a personal account and complete the onboarding verification process between 1 April and 31 May 2025. Get a free personal account with Sends for international transfers, currency exchange, etc. “Spring is a time for fresh beginnings, and there’s no better moment to...
Drones could soon be deployed for NHS deliveries, offshore wind turbine inspections and supply missions to oil rigs under sweeping changes to the UK’s drone regulations planned for 2026. The government is preparing to allow drones to fly beyond the operator’s visual line of sight (BVLOS), a major step that would unlock long-distance missions across remote or hard-to-reach areas. Currently, drones in the UK must remain within direct sight of their pilots, limiting their use...
Charity shops across the UK are increasingly turning to online platforms in a bid to keep pace with the meteoric rise of second-hand fashion apps such as Vinted and Depop, as in-store sales come under pressure from rising costs and shifting consumer habits. New analysis from the Charity Retail Association (CRA) reveals that while physical shop income declined throughout 2024, online sales rose by more than 10 per cent in every quarter. As a result,...
London Gatwick has once again been named the UK’s most delay-prone airport, according to official figures from the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA). Flights from the West Sussex airport departed an average of 23 minutes late in 2024 — the worst performance among Britain’s major airports for the second consecutive year. The delay figure marks a slight improvement on 2023, when average departure delays reached 27 minutes. Nonetheless, Gatwick remained bottom of the punctuality table, narrowly...
The UK is set to ramp up its weapons manufacturing capabilities in a strategic move to reduce reliance on imports from the United States and France, amid growing concerns over the reliability of international defence partners. BAE Systems, Europe’s largest defence contractor, is spearheading the effort with plans to establish new domestic facilities for the production of critical munitions, including the RDX explosives used in 155mm artillery rounds employed by the British Army. The initiative...
Mortgage completions soared by 50 per cent in March — the sharpest monthly rise in more than three years — as homebuyers raced to complete purchases ahead of changes to stamp duty thresholds. According to an analysis of Barclays lending data, first-time buyer activity surged even more dramatically, with completions jumping by 70 per cent compared to February. The rush came ahead of the April 1 deadline, after which the stamp duty exemption for first-time...
The founder of logistics firm Shift is attempting to block Polish delivery giant InPost’s £106 million acquisition of Yodel, escalating a bitter dispute over the struggling British courier’s ownership. Jacob Corlett, 31-year-old chief executive of Shift, is seeking a court injunction that could temporarily prevent InPost from making material changes to Yodel, though it would not stop the acquisition from proceeding. Corlett and his legal team argue that the deal, announced last week, amounts to...
China has been cautioned against retaliating to President Trump’s aggressive new tariff regime by offloading its massive holdings of US government bonds — a move that analysts warn could damage its own economy more than it harms Washington. Earlier this month, Trump imposed sweeping tariffs of up to 145 per cent on Chinese exports to the US, sparking fears of a renewed economic confrontation between the world’s two largest economies. The drastic escalation has led...
The head of Zopa has suggested that London’s political and regulatory stability could become a competitive advantage for the capital’s financial markets, as businesses increasingly look to escape growing uncertainty in the United States. Jaidev Janardana, chief executive of the digital bank, said concerns around a volatile tax and tariff regime in the US had prompted his company to reconsider the appeal of listing in New York. “I would be surprised if that’s not the...
