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Chippie owner hit with ‘devastating’ £40,000 fine for alleged illegal hire amid crackdown

Chippie owner hit with ‘devastating’ £40,000 fine for a...

A Surrey fish and chip shop has been fined £40,000 for hiring a worker who alle...

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Alibaba.com and Kickstarter join forces for $1M CoCreate Pitch to back global entrepreneurs

Alibaba.com and Kickstarter join forces for $1M CoCreat...

Alibaba.com and Kickstarter partner for CoCreate Pitch 2025, a $1M global compe...

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London Stock Exchange considers 24-hour trading to boost global competitiveness

London Stock Exchange considers 24-hour trading to boos...

The London Stock Exchange is exploring 24-hour or extended trading to attract g...

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Colbert gets cancelled – and with him, satire itself

Colbert gets cancelled – and with him, satire itself

The cancellation of Stephen Colbert’s Late Show has little to do with money — a...

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OpenAI launches ChatGPT personal assistant capable of browsing, shopping, and managing files

OpenAI launches ChatGPT personal assistant capable of b...

OpenAI unveils ChatGPT agent—an AI-powered personal assistant that can browse t...

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Uber to buy 20,000 self-driving taxis in $300m Lucid partnership

Uber to buy 20,000 self-driving taxis in $300m Lucid pa...

Uber will roll out 20,000 self-driving Lucid Gravity SUVs from 2025 in a $300m ...

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Ocado chief blames Reeves’s Budget for rising food prices as inflation climbs

Ocado chief blames Reeves’s Budget for rising food pric...

Ocado CEO Tim Steiner says Rachel Reeves’s Budget, including higher NI and mini...

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Netflix turns to generative AI for visual effects in original series The Eternauts

Netflix turns to generative AI for visual effects in or...

Netflix has used generative AI to create visual effects in an original series f...

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Company insolvencies fall in England and Wales, but experts warn challenges remain

Company insolvencies fall in England and Wales, but exp...

UK company insolvencies fell 16% in June 2025, offering cautious optimism, but ...

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Mike Ashley’s Frasers Group warns of ‘dark clouds’ ahead amid flat profit forecast

Mike Ashley’s Frasers Group warns of ‘dark clouds’ ahea...

Frasers Group warns of “dark clouds” ahead as it forecasts flat profits for 202...

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UK small business confidence holds firm despite cost challenges, SumUp report reveals

UK small business confidence holds firm despite cost ch...

SumUp’s 2025 report shows UK small business confidence remains high, despite ri...

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UK unemployment reaches 4.7% as labour market cools, raising pressure for Bank of England rate cut

UK unemployment reaches 4.7% as labour market cools, ra...

UK unemployment rose to 4.7% in May 2025, its highest in four years, as wage gr...

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Government ditches plan to stop businesses ‘greenwashing’ by scrapping green taxonomy

Government ditches plan to stop businesses ‘greenwashin...

The UK government has abandoned plans for a green taxonomy that would have stan...

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The remote work property boom ends as London and commuter towns see house prices soar

The remote work property boom ends as London and commut...

House prices are rising in London and commuter towns while pandemic-era WFH hot...

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My Expert Midwife raises £1.6m to fuel next stage of growth and retail expansion

My Expert Midwife raises £1.6m to fuel next stage of gr...

Maternal health brand My Expert Midwife raises £1.6m in follow-on funding led b...

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How a £400,000 fund in Oxfordshire shows the future of community investment

How a £400,000 fund in Oxfordshire shows the future of ...

In just three years, a medium-sized market town has cracked a code that's elude...