Panmure Liberum says Starmer and Reeves left the UK economy no better off than in 2024, warning SMEs of higher energy…
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Dragons’ Den star bags £900m as Vitabiotics falls to US buyer
Vitabiotics, Britain’s biggest vitamin maker, is sold to US firm Bain Capital for £900m, ending 50 years of family ownership. What…
A wish list for Andy Burnham: stop funding failure, fund prevention
As Andy Burnham arrives in Downing Street, City Year UK chief executive Victoria Head sets out five changes the new Prime…
Harry Potter publisher lands £14m in Anthropic AI payout
Bloomsbury will bank about £14m from Anthropic’s $1.5bn AI copyright settlement. What the landmark payout means for UK SMEs that own…
Lineker leads millionaires urging Burnham: ‘tax our wealth’
Gary Lineker and 100-plus UK millionaires urge Andy Burnham for a wealth tax. What a 2% levy on the super-rich could…
Cabinet on sun loungers? Andy Burnham’s Love Island premiership
There is a particular kind of Monday that is supposed to be boring, and thank God for it. Kettle on, radio…
Heathrow to central London in 8 minutes as Virgin signs air taxi deal
An eight-minute hop from Heathrow to central London and a quarter of an hour from Manchester Airport to Leeds. …
Small firms stop hiring as private sector pay growth hits six-year low
Private sector pay growth fell below 3% for the first time since 2020 as smaller firms froze hiring. What the latest…
£11.8bn in 10 days: Streeting says defence is ‘up and flying again’
Wes Streeting says the Defence Investment Plan delivered £11.8bn of contracts in 10 days. What the £298bn programme means for UK…
Scrap the tourist tax and we’ll make more in Britain, says Mulberry
Mulberry boss Andrea Baldo urges Burnham to scrap the tourist tax as losses narrow to £8.9m. Why VAT-free shopping now matters…