BUSINESS

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HMRC chasing £90m in unpaid taxes after staffing firm Challenge rescued from insolvency

HMRC chasing £90m in unpaid taxes after staffing firm C...

The UK tax authority is pursuing £90m in unpaid VAT and PAYE after Challenge Re...

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Tories pledge to scrap net zero rules and extract “all oil and gas” from North Sea

Tories pledge to scrap net zero rules and extract “all ...

Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has vowed to remove all net zero requirements...

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Helix Law uses AI to take on Metro Bank in $20m copyright case

Helix Law uses AI to take on Metro Bank in $20m copyrig...

Brighton-based Helix Law is representing US software firm Arkeyo in a $20m High...

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Small Business Saturday UK roadshow to tour 23 towns and cities this autumn

Small Business Saturday UK roadshow to tour 23 towns an...

Small Business Saturday’s UK roadshow will visit 23 locations across the countr...

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Clarkson’s Farm credited with surge in agricultural college applications

Clarkson’s Farm credited with surge in agricultural col...

Amazon’s hit series Clarkson’s Farm is inspiring more young people to pursue fa...

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Octopus Energy founder Greg Jackson appointed to UK government advisory board

Octopus Energy founder Greg Jackson appointed to UK gov...

Greg Jackson, founder of Octopus Energy, has been appointed as a non-executive ...

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UK creative industries secure record £2.4bn in tax reliefs

UK creative industries secure record £2.4bn in tax reliefs

HMRC data shows the UK’s creative industries received £2.4bn in tax reliefs in ...

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Asda boss tells Rachel Reeves to stop ‘taxing everything’ and start investing in Britain

Asda boss tells Rachel Reeves to stop ‘taxing everythin...

Asda chairman Allan Leighton has urged Chancellor Rachel Reeves to halt further...

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Clarkson’s Hawkstone crowned England’s best at 2025 World Beer and Cider Awards

Clarkson’s Hawkstone crowned England’s best at 2025 Wor...

Jeremy Clarkson’s Hawkstone has scooped multiple medals at the 2025 World Beer ...

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Lotus to cut 40% of UK workforce but pledges to keep Norfolk factory open

Lotus to cut 40% of UK workforce but pledges to keep No...

Sports carmaker Lotus will cut up to 550 UK jobs — around 40% of its workforce ...

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UK seen as top destination for tech growth ahead of US, Europe and APAC, says Barclays

UK seen as top destination for tech growth ahead of US,...

New research from Barclays shows 62% of tech leaders view the UK as a more attr...

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Tom Hartley Jnr completes sale of Mansour Ojjeh’s extraordinary McLaren collection

Tom Hartley Jnr completes sale of Mansour Ojjeh’s extra...

Classic car specialist Tom Hartley Jnr has finalised the sale of Mansour Ojjeh’...

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Trump administration to review 55m US visa holders in sweeping immigration crackdown

Trump administration to review 55m US visa holders in s...

The Trump administration has announced that all 55 million current US visa hold...

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AI profiling of social media will boost HMRC’s tax compliance, say advisers

AI profiling of social media will boost HMRC’s tax comp...

Blick Rothenberg says HMRC’s use of AI through its CONNECT system, which has al...

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Seven keys to a successful AI strategy for corporate enabling functions

Seven keys to a successful AI strategy for corporate en...

Corporations are spending big on AI. According to IDC, total business investmen...

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Virgin StartUp launches Momentum accelerator to back dyslexic entrepreneurs

Virgin StartUp launches Momentum accelerator to back dy...

Virgin StartUp has unveiled Momentum, a free eight-week accelerator for dyslexi...