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Diageo’s new CEO announces plans to nearly double Guinness production while cutting a significant portion of its 30,000-person workforce as part of a major turnaround strategy.
Coffee prices have surged globally due to climate disruptions in Vietnam and Brazil, tariffs, and shipping chaos, pushing UK café prices toward £5 while demand remains resilient despite higher costs.
A BBC investigation reveals brazen organised crime operating openly on British High Streets, with over 3,600 shops seized with illegal goods in 2024-25, reflecting broader economic decline and political instability.
Chinese robotics company Geek+ has become a major supplier of autonomous mobile robots to major UK retailers like Tesco and Asda, helping address productivity and labour challenges in British warehouses.
Chancellor John Healey warns retailers that the government is monitoring for profiteering on food and fuel prices as the Iran conflict drives up costs, though he says no significant price gouging has been detected so far.
A judge approved a rescue plan for TG Jones, the renamed WH Smith high street business, but expressed significant doubts about its turnaround prospects, calling it an “adventurous equity play” with “very considerable” execution risks.
