BUSINESS

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UAE’s shock Opec exit signals a new era of energy market volatility for British business

UAE’s shock Opec exit signals a new era of energy marke...

The United Arab Emirates has announced it is to withdraw from Opec and the wide...

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Blair think tank urges ’emergency handbrake’ on sickness benefits as bill races towards £78bn

Blair think tank urges ’emergency handbrake’ on sicknes...

Tony Blair Institute calls on ministers to slam an 'emergency handbrake' on Bri...

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Claire’s pulls down the shutters: 154 stores shut and 1,300 jobs lost as gen alpha turns its back on the high street

Claire’s pulls down the shutters: 154 stores shut and 1...

Claire's Accessories has shut all 154 standalone stores across the UK and Irela...

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Are You Building a Future-Ready Small Business? Choose Tech That Is Less Visible, Not More Complicated

Are You Building a Future-Ready Small Business? Choose ...

You may have heard the joke: an older fish says to a younger fish, ‘The water’s...

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British deep-tech start-up loc.ai raises £1m to break SMEs free from the cloud’s ‘inference tax’

British deep-tech start-up loc.ai raises £1m to break S...

British deep-tech start-up Loc.ai has raised £1m led by Fuel Ventures to shift ...

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Bubble Robotics surfaces from stealth with $5m to build the ocean’s autonomous workforce

Bubble Robotics surfaces from stealth with $5m to build...

Bubble Robotics has emerged from stealth with $5m in pre-seed funding to deploy...

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British Business Bank backs record-breaking Ineffable Intelligence raise as UK doubles down on superintelligence ambitions

British Business Bank backs record-breaking Ineffable I...

The British Business Bank and the Government's Sovereign AI Fund have backed Da...

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Harpin-backed Flooring Superstore weighs restructure as sales slip

Harpin-backed Flooring Superstore weighs restructure as...

Sir Richard Harpin's £5m-backed flooring chain has called in Begbies Traynor an...

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Grosvenor takes flex workspace model out of London with £40m bet on Manchester’s Northern Quarter

Grosvenor takes flex workspace model out of London with...

Grosvenor begins £40m refurbishment of The Hive in Manchester's Northern Quarte...

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Employers hit with £28bn National Insurance Shock as rate rise bites harder than treasury forecast

Employers hit with £28bn National Insurance Shock as ra...

Employers' National Insurance Contributions have soared by £28bn in a single ye...

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L’Oréal banks on the ‘lipstick effect’ as anxious shoppers reach for affordable luxuries

L’Oréal banks on the ‘lipstick effect’ as anxious shopp...

The world's largest cosmetics group shrugs off the drag from the Iran war, post...

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UK employers saddled with sharpest tax rise in developed world, OECD finds

UK employers saddled with sharpest tax rise in develope...

Britain's tax wedge jumped 2.45 points in a year — 16 times the OECD average — ...

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British Business Bank anchors Northern Gritstone’s £20m rolling close as northern deeptech push gathers pace

British Business Bank anchors Northern Gritstone’s £20m...

British Business Bank commits £10m as cornerstone investor in Northern Gritston...

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Ryan Giggs nurses £100,000 loss as Manchester restaurant venture collapses owing creditors more than £560,000

Ryan Giggs nurses £100,000 loss as Manchester restauran...

Former Manchester United captain Ryan Giggs is £99,925 out of pocket after his ...

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Simply Business becomes first UK broker to put small business cover inside ChatGPT

Simply Business becomes first UK broker to put small bu...

Simply Business has become the first UK broker to launch a small business insur...

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Tesla accelerates European comeback as EV sales surge past one-in-five milestone

Tesla accelerates European comeback as EV sales surge p...

Tesla sales jump 84% in Europe as electric vehicles now account for more than o...