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US President Donald Trump has announced a 75-day extension to the deadline for TikTok’s sale or divestment, postponing a potential ban of the social media platform in the United States. The move, confirmed via a statement on Truth Social, marks the second time the president has delayed enforcement of legislation passed by Congress last year that mandates TikTok’s Chinese owner ByteDance to sell its US operations or face a ban. “The TikTok deal requires more...

Marks & Spencer’s beloved Percy Pig sweets have just landed in Target stores across the US, but their American adventure may be cut short amid concerns over President Trump’s new 10% import tariffs on UK goods. Archie Norman, chair of M&S, told the Retail Technology Show in London this week that the retailer was reassessing the impact of the new trade barriers on its ambitious US expansion. “We might have to change our minds,” he...

Leeds has been confirmed as the host city for UKREiiF 2026, marking the fifth consecutive year the city will welcome the UK’s leading Real Estate Investment and Infrastructure Forum. UKREiiF – which launched in 2022 – has rapidly grown into a major fixture on the national property and regeneration calendar, attracting global investors, developers, housebuilders, local authorities and policy makers. The 2025 event is set to attract 16,000 delegates and inject over £20 million into...

Trade tariffs imposed by the Trump administration on some of the world’s most remote and sparsely populated territories — including Australia’s Norfolk Island and the uninhabited Heard Island and McDonald Islands — appear to have been based on flawed shipping data and misclassified trade records. Norfolk Island, which lies over 1,600km north-east of Sydney and has a population of just over 2,000, was this week hit with a 29% US tariff on its goods. That’s...

From rugged mountains to urban streets, Land Rovers are a familiar sight across the world. But for decades, many of those iconic vehicles bore the name of Solihull, the West Midlands town that has long been central to the UK’s car manufacturing heritage. Now, Jaguar Land Rover’s flagship Solihull plant, which employs more than 9,000 workers, finds itself at the centre of a global trade dispute after US President Donald Trump imposed a 25% tariff...