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Entertainment9 hours ago
ITV’s £1.6 billion break with broadcasting orthodoxy
ITV’s decision to sell its media and entertainment business to Sky for £1.6 billion is the sort of corporate move that looks, at first glance, like an admission of defeat.
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Government10 hours ago
A Glut, a Pause, and a Bargaining Chip: How Cheaper Oil is Blunting Tehran’s Hormuz Threat
Only months ago, the oil market was braced for a familiar kind of panic: a geopolitical shock that chokes supply, spikes prices and forces governments into hurried, expensive choices. The
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China10 hours ago
Jim Ratcliffe warns Chinese ‘dumping’ will ruin EU chemicals
Sir Jim Ratcliffe has never been shy of a fight, but his latest broadside is aimed less at rivals than at Brussels itself. In an open letter to Ursula von
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Electric Vehicles10 hours ago
Electric and plug-in hybrid car sales overtake petrol-only motors
A quiet threshold has been crossed in Britain’s car market, one that tells its own story about price, policy and a shifting global balance of industrial power. In June, registrations
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Biotech10 hours ago
Novartis buys Myricx Bio for up to $1.5 billion, and Britain is left to weigh what “success” means
When a Swiss pharmaceutical giant agrees to pay up to $1.5 billion for a British biotech that is not yet selling a single medicine, the first instinct in London is
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Financial10 hours ago
Monumental failure of government’ cost Britain nearly £11bn in Covid PPE
In the spring of 2020, with hospitals bracing for a virus that was still poorly understood and supply chains collapsing in real time, Whitehall found itself in a dilemma that
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SpaceX10 hours ago
SpaceX gives shares to 2m children via Trump accounts programme
In the week of American Independence Day, the language of national destiny was repurposed for personal finance. From the Oval Office on July 4, President Trump formally launched a new
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Financial11 hours ago
Why easyJet’s board yielded to Castlelake’s bid
When a board has spent weeks insisting that an approach is “highly opportunistic”, that it “significantly undervalues” the business and that it raises “significant questions of deliverability”, investors are entitled
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Financial11 hours ago
Billionaire Issa brother snaps up Prax forecourts as Britain’s petrol station market consolidates
Zuber Issa has agreed to buy 85 petrol stations from the collapsed Prax Group, a deal that underlines two stubborn truths about modern Britain: fuel retail remains a cash-generating business
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Economy11 hours ago
Burnham adviser calls for radical tax overhaul
When Lord O’Neill of Gatley chooses his words carefully, it is usually because he wants policy to move, not merely to make a point. As one of Andy Burnham’s most
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IPOYesterday
SpaceX Receives Outperform Rating from Wedbush with 190 Dollar Price Target
Wedbush has commenced coverage of SpaceX Corp with an outperform rating and a price target of 190 dollars per share, representing a potential upside of approximately 16 per cent from
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Defence IndustryYesterday
Ministers accused of risking aerospace jobs with steel tariff reset
Few arguments in British industrial policy are as familiar, or as politically charged, as the one now raging over steel. Ministers insist they are defending a strategic domestic capability from
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AIYesterday
Insolvency Service will use AI to identify rogue directors
The government has decided that the old tools are no longer enough for a problem that has grown both larger and harder to see. From next year, the Insolvency Service
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GovernmentYesterday
The £50m “Ghost Town” That Tests Andy Burnham’s High Street Gospel
On a first encounter, Farnworth Green presents the sort of municipal optimism that looks persuasive from a train window. Step off at the bus station and you are met by
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TaxYesterday
The taxes Andy Burnham could raise to bankroll a spending surge
Andy Burnham is learning, quickly, that manifestos are not contracts so much as starting positions. In the heat of an election, they are drafted to reassure voters and to box
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BankingYesterday
Close Brothers Group Attracts Buy Upgrade from Shore Capital Amid Motor Finance Uncertainty
Shore Capital has revised its rating on Close Brothers Group PLC to buy from hold, suggesting that the specialist lender and asset manager now presents an attractive risk-reward profile for

Business11 hours ago
Billionaire Issa brother snaps up Prax forecourts as Britain’s petrol station market consolidates
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Economy5 days ago
Million-pound partners and the new economics of the City law boom
For years, the most eye-catching numbers in the upper reaches of the legal profession belonged to the magic circle, those London-headquartered firms whose global scale and premium client rosters placed
Economy1 week ago
Businesses warn Burnham that ambition on devolution needs a delivery plan
Andy Burnham’s first major economic intervention since becoming the effective prime minister in waiting has been greeted with a wary mixture of interest and scepticism by business leaders, who welcomed
Economy1 week ago
South Korea’s Skincare Success Tells a Bigger Story About a Country Remaking Its Economy
South Korea’s rise has long been measured in the hard currencies of industrial might: semiconductors, shipbuilding, steel and, more recently, electric vehicles and batteries. Yet some of the country’s most
Economy1 week ago
Trump’s fossil-fuel revival and the climate politics Europe can no longer ignore
Donald Trump’s preference for fossil fuels over green energy has long been plain, but the latest signs from Washington suggest something more than a rhetorical flourish. What was once dismissed

Space XYesterday
SpaceX Receives Outperform Rating from Wedbush with 190 Dollar Price Target
Wedbush has commenced coverage of SpaceX Corp with an outperform rating and a price target of 190 dollars per share, representing a potential upside of approximately 16 per cent from
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3 weeks ago

The Rising Tide of Inflation: Analyzing the Economic Landscape Amid Geopolitical Turmoil

3 weeks ago

The Rise of Personalised Nutrition: Nourished's Ambitious Expansion into the U.S. Market

1 month ago

A Strong Jobs Report Raises Expectations for Interest Rate Hikes in the US

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1 month ago

Trump's Economic Strategies: Disarray Amidst a New Global Order

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1 month ago

GB News Under Scrutiny for Regulatory Breaches Following Trump Interview

2 months ago

The Future of Peace in the Middle East: Economic Implications of a Potential Iran Deal

BusinessYesterday
The £50m “Ghost Town” That Tests Andy Burnham’s High Street Gospel
On a first encounter, Farnworth Green presents the sort of municipal optimism that looks persuasive from a train window. Step off at the bus station and you are met by
FinancialYesterday
The taxes Andy Burnham could raise to bankroll a spending surge
Andy Burnham is learning, quickly, that manifestos are not contracts so much as starting positions. In the heat of an election, they are drafted to reassure voters and to box
BankingYesterday
Close Brothers Group Attracts Buy Upgrade from Shore Capital Amid Motor Finance Uncertainty
Shore Capital has revised its rating on Close Brothers Group PLC to buy from hold, suggesting that the specialist lender and asset manager now presents an attractive risk-reward profile for
Health TechYesterday
MedPal AI raises 5 million pounds despite share price decline following strategic fundraise
Shares in MedPal AI plc declined by 10% to 3.6 pence on Friday following the announcement that the digital health and artificial intelligence company had successfully raised £5 million through
MetaYesterday
Meta Platforms AI Agent Development Falls Short of Internal Expectations
Meta Platforms Inc has confronted internal challenges in its ambitious restructuring programme, with chief executive Mark Zuckerberg admitting to staff that the company’s artificial intelligence agent systems have failed to

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NHS2 days ago
NHS to use AI on its app to direct patients to appropriate services
The NHS’s next attempt to tame demand begins, as so many modern reforms do, with a smartphone. Ministers and NHS England have confirmed that the NHS App will begin using
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Government2 days ago
OpenAI’s apparent failure to visit key site raises questions over UK investment
The story of “Stargate UK” was sold as a landmark in modern industrial strategy: a transatlantic partnership, a flagship datacentre, and a signal that Britain would not merely consume the
Housing2 days ago
‘Buy back shares or we’ll escalate,’ housing giant warned
The revolt gathering pace inside Britain’s biggest housebuilder is not the usual grumble about executive pay or a poor quarter’s trading. It is a more fundamental argument about what a
Investment5 days ago
Lime’s return from the brink points to a harder, more durable future for urban transport
For much of the past decade, the business of electric scooters and hire bikes was treated as a curious blend of technological promise, venture capital bravado and municipal irritation. The
UK Tax1 week ago
Shifting Investment Incentives: A Bold Proposal for British Business Growth
In a landscape characterised by economic challenge and uncertainty, the British Chambers of Commerce has amplified calls for a strategic reorientation of the country’s pension tax relief system. At a
Manufacturing1 week ago
Private Jets: A Controversial Green Investment According to the EU's Second-Highest Court
In a ruling that has sparked considerable debate, the European Union’s second-highest court has deemed private jets as a form of green investment. This unexpected classification challenges conventional wisdom regarding
Investment2 weeks ago
London Property: A Haven for the World's Wealthy Despite Economic Turbulence
In a landscape marked by economic uncertainty and political turmoil, one might expect a significant retreat from the once golden allure of London property. However, the opposite has unfolded. The

Artificial intelligence2 days ago
Starling Bank to cut 130 jobs and boost investment in AI to reduce costs
Starling Bank has told staff it will cut 130 jobs while increasing investment in artificial intelligence, a combination that has become a familiar corporate refrain but lands with particular force
Robotics2 days ago
Co-op’s pavement robots revive an old argument about who the street is for
On an unremarkable afternoon in Milton Keynes, a small white box on six wheels noses its way along the edge of the pavement, keeping a cautious distance from a pram,
Business2 days ago
Prediction markets are booming. But is the party about to stop?
For the devotees of America’s newest obsession, the future is no longer something to be endured, forecast or feared. It is something to be priced, traded and, if you fancy
Airline2 days ago
The £5bn dogfight: why private equity wants easyJet
For a business built on punctuality, easyJet has spent the past few years looking as though it is permanently stuck in a holding pattern. Passenger demand returned after the pandemic;

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Business2 days ago
Fears for Christmas trade as Royal Mail puts cap on collections

Manufacturing3 days ago
Elon Musk puts a weekly ceiling on Tesla’s appetite for external AI
Tesla employees have been told to curb their use of external artificial intelligence tools, after Elon Musk introduced a weekly limit of $200 (about £150) on spending with third-party AI
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