Business

Britons are expected to spend £3.49 billion on bargains over the four days starting with “Black Friday”, with online sales alone predicted to be up 16% on last year.

Small Business Saturday, designed to promote local firms across the country, is taking place once again in December.

The Georgiou family are celebrating a successful first few weeks, following the opening of their new Subway store in the Burghley Centre, Bourne.

A warning has been issued that a change to broadcasting regulations could see football fans paying more to watch televised matched.

Thursday (November 26) will be the first anniversary of M&S’s return to Grantham, the end of a prosperous year for the Simply Food store.

The Alternatives Pregnancy Advice Centre, based at Stamford Hospital was recognised as a user of the disability symbol by the Stamford Job Centre.

Discount supermarkets Aldi and Lidl’s combined share of the UK grocery market has reached 10 per cent for the first time.

Jobs are being created at a well known hostelry at Muston that is undergoing a major revamp.

Members of staff from United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust (ULHT) are attending a countywide careers and recruitment fair to inspire the next generation of nurses, doctors and other healthcare professionals.

Housebuilder Larkfleet of Bourne has agreed a new deal with a property company to provide affordable shared ownership homes across the country.

A team of accountants will turn from calculators to navigators for charity with a 14-mile trek from Market Deeping to Spalding for charity.

A young farmer from Oakham has landed an apprenticeship as part of the launch of Sainsbury’s first farming apprenticeship course.

The Co-operative Food plans to spend £550,000 building a new shop in Elsea Park in Bourne, creating 20 jobs in the community.

The number of people claiming Jobseeker’s Allowance in South Kesteven has fallen.

Major retailers including Sainsbury’s, IKEA, Next, Asda and Aldi have recalled products this week due to health and safety concerns.

Asda has announced it will not be part of Black Friday this year, citing “shopper fatigue” around the one-day sales event.

Popular messaging services such as WhatsApp and iMessage will not be banned after the British government confirmed the upcoming Investigatory Powers Bill will not restrict encryption in the country.

Today is Equal Pay Day and the #equalpayday is trending on twitter, but the upbeat name for November 9 hides an alarming fact, according to charity The Fawcett Society - women, in effect, don’t earn any money for the rest of the year.

New College Stamford lecturers joined a rally in London to back a dispute over pay.

A fast food chain has joined forces with the organisers of an enterprise competition to try to get young people thinking about business.