Business & Economy

Published: 17 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online A cross-party House of Lords committee has called for a comprehensive ban on gambling advertising in Great Britain, arguing that much stronger action is needed to reduce gambling-related harm and respond to the rapid expansion of digital marketing. The recommendation is contained in a new 173-page follow-up report from the House of Lords Liaison Committee, which examined developments...

Published: 17 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Thousands of people with advanced breast cancer in England are set to gain access to the targeted cancer medicine Enhertu after a new agreement cleared the way for its routine use on the National Health Service. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, known as NICE, has recommended trastuzumab deruxtecan, sold under the brand name Enhertu, for...

Published: 16 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Entain, the owner of Ladbrokes, Coral and BetMGM, is preparing to cut around 400 customer-care jobs in the UK, just weeks after the gambling group reported stronger-than-expected financial performance for the first half of 2026. The company has begun a consultation process that could affect roughly one in five of its 2,000 customer-care positions. The proposed reductions come...

Published: 16 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Young people across Britain face sharply different employment prospects depending on where they live, with a new analysis highlighting a sixfold gap in the number of online job vacancies available relative to the local youth population. The research, produced by the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR), places Rotherham at the bottom of its Local Youth Opportunity Index,...

Published: 16 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online A long-running attempt to develop an oilfield at Horse Hill in Surrey has entered a new phase after the company that spent years pursuing the project sold its interests for £1m, while the new owners have renewed efforts to secure planning permission for oil extraction. The sale marks a sharp change in the fortunes of the Horse Hill...

Published: 16 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online The European Union has opened discussions on a potentially new form of partnership with Canada, with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen proposing that the country become the bloc’s first associate member. The proposal was made during von der Leyen’s annual State of the Union address in Strasbourg on Wednesday, with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney attending...

Published: 16 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online The New South Wales Independent Commission Against Corruption has continued examining financial and political relationships surrounding property developer Jean Nassif, with Liberal factional figure Jeremy Greenwood facing detailed questions about payments, consultancy work and his dealings with the collapsed Toplace development company. Greenwood returned to the ICAC inquiry on Wednesday as counsel assisting the commission, Peggy Dwyer SC,...

Published: 16 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Anthropic, the artificial intelligence company behind the Claude AI model, has signed an agreement to use a major proposed data centre project in western Queensland, marking the company’s first major data-centre commitment in Australia. The proposed Western Downs Digital Park, near Dalby in Queensland’s Western Downs region, has an estimated value of about A$31.9 billion and is planned...

Published: 16 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online A Michelin-starred restaurant in Seoul has been fined after serving customers a dessert topped with ants that had not been approved for use as a food ingredient under South Korean regulations. The Seoul Western District Court on Wednesday fined the company operating the restaurant 10 million won and its chief executive 15 million won after finding them guilty...

Published: 16 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online The company that spent more than a decade pursuing oil production at Horse Hill in Surrey has sold its interests in the controversial site for £1m, after the project became the subject of a landmark Supreme Court ruling on climate impacts. The sale marks a major change in direction for the former UK Oil & Gas, which has...