BUSINESS

bg
From Desert to Downtown: Choosing the Right Car for Your Dubai Adventure

From Desert to Downtown: Choosing the Right Car for You...

Embark on seamless Dubai explorations with premier car rentals, designed for op...

bg
Wireless Logic valued at £3.5bn as founder sells minority stake to General Atlantic

Wireless Logic valued at £3.5bn as founder sells minori...

Wireless Logic sells a minority stake to General Atlantic, valuing the IoT comm...

bg
UK business investment surges at fastest pace in two years, defying tax hike fears

UK business investment surges at fastest pace in two ye...

UK business investment rose 5.9% in Q1 2025—the strongest growth since 2023—off...

bg
NatWest nears full reprivatisation as taxpayer stake falls below 1%

NatWest nears full reprivatisation as taxpayer stake fa...

The government’s stake in NatWest has dropped below 1%, marking a near-complete...

bg
Gold set for steepest weekly drop in six months as trade fears ease and dollar strengthens

Gold set for steepest weekly drop in six months as trad...

Gold prices are on track for their worst week since November 2024, falling 3.3%...

bg
Aviva warns against forcing UK pension funds to buy domestic assets

Aviva warns against forcing UK pension funds to buy dom...

Aviva CEO Dame Amanda Blanc says mandating pension funds to invest in UK assets...

bg
University of Hull launches Railwhere to drive innovation in rail freight efficiency

University of Hull launches Railwhere to drive innovati...

Railwhere, a new spinout from the University of Hull, will deploy award-winning...

bg
Bank of London under investigation by PRA amid financial uncertainty and governance overhaul

Bank of London under investigation by PRA amid financia...

The Bank of London is under investigation by the Bank of England’s PRA over his...

bg
Living Wage employers rise 19% as more businesses commit to higher pay

Living Wage employers rise 19% as more businesses commi...

Despite a cooling labour market, the number of UK employers voluntarily paying ...

bg
MP launches bill to make polluters pay for climate damage and resilience

MP launches bill to make polluters pay for climate dama...

A new climate finance bill aims to tax fossil fuel firms, superyachts, and priv...

bg
HMRC issues first individual tax avoidance Stop Notices to former solicitor Paul Baxendale-Walker

HMRC issues first individual tax avoidance Stop Notices...

HMRC has issued its first-ever tax avoidance Stop Notices to an individual, tar...

bg
Microsoft to cut nearly 3% of global workforce amid AI investment pressures

Microsoft to cut nearly 3% of global workforce amid AI ...

Microsoft is laying off around 6,000 employees—nearly 3% of its global workforc...

bg
Rachel Reeves won’t rule out pension fund mandates as tensions rise over Mansion House accord

Rachel Reeves won’t rule out pension fund mandates as t...

Chancellor Rachel Reeves refuses to rule out mandating pension fund investments...

bg
Fuel Ventures backs Community Wolf with £340k to scale WhatsApp-based public safety platform

Fuel Ventures backs Community Wolf with £340k to scale ...

Fuel Ventures leads £340k investment in South African startup Community Wolf, e...

bg
Jaguar Land Rover celebrates decade-high profits as EV plans gather pace

Jaguar Land Rover celebrates decade-high profits as EV ...

Jaguar Land Rover posts its highest profit in a decade, with £2.5bn for the yea...

bg
Burberry to cut 1,700 jobs in global savings drive amid luxury slowdown

Burberry to cut 1,700 jobs in global savings drive amid...

Burberry plans to cut nearly 18% of its global workforce, with 1,700 jobs at ri...