BUSINESS

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Accenture rebadges 800,000 employees as ‘reinventors’ as consultancy pivots to AI

Accenture rebadges 800,000 employees as ‘reinventors’ a...

Accenture has started calling its 800,000 employees “reinventors” as it restruc...

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Cannumo secures record €1m Shark Tank investment to accelerate UK expansion

Cannumo secures record €1m Shark Tank investment to acc...

Cannumo, maker of the live-bacteria drink Goodie, has secured a record €1m inve...

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Starmer rejects claims government misled public as tensions with OBR escalate

Starmer rejects claims government misled public as tens...

PM Keir Starmer denies claims that Rachel Reeves misled the public over a suppo...

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FCA to regulate ESG ratings providers amid transparency and conflict-of-interest concerns

FCA to regulate ESG ratings providers amid transparency...

The FCA plans to regulate ESG ratings providers for the first time, citing tran...

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Steven Bartlett to launch new tech news website as media ambitions grow

Steven Bartlett to launch new tech news website as medi...

Steven Bartlett is set to launch a new tech news website, Founded, hiring 10 jo...

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Reeves’ “lowest tax rates since 1991” claim challenged as analysis shows most high-street premises will pay far more

Reeves’ “lowest tax rates since 1991” claim challenged ...

New analysis shows Rachel Reeves’ “lowest tax rates since 1991” claim misleads,...

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One in four computing students is now female, new research shows – but gender gap remains wide across the UK tech pipeline

One in four computing students is now female, new resea...

New HESA analysis shows women now make up 25% of UK computing students, though ...

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Reeves and Kendall summon telecoms chiefs, warning firms must do more to protect consumers from unexpected price hikes

Reeves and Kendall summon telecoms chiefs, warning firm...

Rachel Reeves and Peter Kyle have summoned telecoms CEOs, urging them to protec...

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Revolut surpasses Barclays in value after Nvidia-backed deal puts fintech at $75bn

Revolut surpasses Barclays in value after Nvidia-backed...

Revolut has surpassed Barclays after a $75bn Nvidia-backed share sale, cementin...

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HMRC to scrap homeworking tax relief from 2026, hitting 300,000 employees

HMRC to scrap homeworking tax relief from 2026, hitting...

HMRC will scrap homeworking tax relief from April 2026, costing 300,000 employe...

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Employers want to hire disabled staff – but many don’t know where to start

Employers want to hire disabled staff – but many don’t ...

Ahead of the UN’s Disability Day, new research shows employers want to hire dis...

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Christmas crisp shortage feared as Hula Hoops and McCoy’s workers vote to strike

Christmas crisp shortage feared as Hula Hoops and McCoy...

Workers producing Hula Hoops, McCoy’s, Pom-Bears and Discos have voted to strik...

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Budget ‘tone deaf’ and ‘a bit pathetic’, says AO World boss as Reeves refuses to rule out further tax rises

Budget ‘tone deaf’ and ‘a bit pathetic’, says AO World ...

AO World CEO John Roberts calls Rachel Reeves’ Budget “tone deaf” and “pathetic...

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Betting chief warns thousands of UK jobs at risk as online gaming tax doubles

Betting chief warns thousands of UK jobs at risk as onl...

Evoke, owner of William Hill, warns thousands of jobs could be lost after Rache...

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EV drivers to face new pay-per-mile tax from 2028, Reeves confirms in Budget

EV drivers to face new pay-per-mile tax from 2028, Reev...

Rachel Reeves has confirmed a new 3p-per-mile tax on EVs from 2028, prompting c...

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£4.7bn ‘salary sacrifice raid’ could see pension benefit scrapped by thousands of employers, experts warn

£4.7bn ‘salary sacrifice raid’ could see pension benefi...

Experts say Reeves’ £4.7bn salary sacrifice cap will make pension schemes far l...