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Retail sales rise modestly in February as Valentine’s Day boosts spending

Retail sales rise modestly in February as Valentine’s D...

Retail sales edged up 1.1% in February despite cautious shoppers, with Valentin...

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UK’s 110 most prolific under-40 entrepreneurs revealed

UK’s 110 most prolific under-40 entrepreneurs revealed

Discover the 110 under-40 British entrepreneurs named in the inaugural Hurun UK...

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Disabled employees under strain as PIP cut rumours grow

Disabled employees under strain as PIP cut rumours grow

Rumoured PIP cuts could push more disabled workers into underprepared workplace...

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UK doesn’t rule out retaliation as Trump’s 25% metal tariffs fuel trade tensions

UK doesn’t rule out retaliation as Trump’s 25% metal ta...

Britain debates retaliatory tariffs after the US imposes a 25% duty on steel an...

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UK mid-sized firms lag in boosting ethnic diversity on boards

UK mid-sized firms lag in boosting ethnic diversity on ...

Nearly a fifth of mid-sized UK businesses have made no progress on ethnic diver...

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Trump pledges to buy a Tesla in show of support for Musk amid share slump

Trump pledges to buy a Tesla in show of support for Mus...

Donald Trump says he will purchase a new Tesla to back Elon Musk as the carmake...

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Boohoo to rebrand as Debenhams group in new marketplace drive

Boohoo to rebrand as Debenhams group in new marketplace...

Boohoo is renaming itself as Debenhams group to capitalise on the department st...

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Employer costs for low-paid staff to jump by over £2,100 per employee from April 2025

Employer costs for low-paid staff to jump by over £2,10...

Businesses face higher expenses for low-paid workers when the National Living W...

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Elon Musk blames ‘massive’ cyberattack for X outage

Elon Musk blames ‘massive’ cyberattack for X outage

Elon Musk claims social network X, formerly Twitter, was hit by a huge cyberatt...

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Government to shake up AI funding rules to drive innovation and cut waste

Government to shake up AI funding rules to drive innova...

The UK government is overhauling how it funds AI and digital projects to reduce...

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Manchester’s legal sector: How the city rose to challenge London’s dominance

Manchester’s legal sector: How the city rose to challen...

Discover how Manchester’s thriving business environment, top universities, and ...

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Made in Britain teams up with Carrington to drive UK manufacturing growth

Made in Britain teams up with Carrington to drive UK ma...

Made in Britain, the official trademark for UK manufacturers, has appointed dig...

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Number of registered UK companies shrinks for the first time since 2012

Number of registered UK companies shrinks for the first...

Companies House reports the first-ever quarterly decline in the UK’s company re...

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Thank goodness for Mark Carney: The quiet genius poised to lead Canada

Thank goodness for Mark Carney: The quiet genius poised...

Mark Carney’s measured leadership, global economic savvy, and calm persona make...

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Second-hand Teslas flood UK market as Elon Musk’s politics take toll

Second-hand Teslas flood UK market as Elon Musk’s polit...

British drivers are offloading Teslas in record numbers. Discover why Elon Musk...

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Business secretary signals major shift on electric car policy to safeguard Nissan’s UK future

Business secretary signals major shift on electric car ...

Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds announces a significant overhaul of the UK...