Alarm at 120,000 lost bricks and mortar retailer jobs

Closures were down 38.8% compared with 2022 while redundancies fell 21.3%, the Centre for Retail Research said. But CRR boss Joshua Bamfield highlighted shops’ increasing costs, staff shortages and falling demand. He said: “This ‘improvement’ is probably best viewed as a trend

Tory MPs raise alarm over decline in young farmers

Tory MPs have warned of risks to Britain’s food production because of plummeting numbers of young farmers joining the sector. The number of agriculture workers aged over 50 has since increased by one-third since 2005 while the number below 25-year-old has dropped

US, European Union raise alarm over electoral irregularities in Serbia

The European Union and the United States have jointly called on Serbia to address concerns related to its electoral process. Independent observers identified troubling issues, including vote buying, media bias and improper influence, giving an unfair advantage to the ruling Serbian Progressive

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