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Reeves unveils 25% electricity bill cut for 10,000 manufacturers as energy costs bite

Reeves unveils 25% electricity bill cut for 10,000 manu...

Chancellor Rachel Reeves expands the British Industrial Competitiveness Scheme ...

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Rolls-Royce targets collectors with £3m electric Nightingale as coach-building strategy accelerates

Rolls-Royce targets collectors with £3m electric Nighti...

Rolls-Royce unveils the £3m all-electric Nightingale, a coach-built hypercar li...

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Morrisons to axe up to 200 head office jobs as AI drive accelerates

Morrisons to axe up to 200 head office jobs as AI drive...

Morrisons is putting up to 200 Bradford head office roles at risk as the debt-l...

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HSBC warns Iran war is shaking global confidence as UK business leaders count the cost

HSBC warns Iran war is shaking global confidence as UK ...

HSBC chiefs warn the Iran conflict is denting global confidence, as UK bosses f...

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Holidays abroad take a hit as cost of living fears and Iran conflict weigh on British consumers

Holidays abroad take a hit as cost of living fears and ...

UK travel spending has dropped for the first time since 2021 as households brac...

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UK firms risk being left behind as AI adoption gap widens, warns PwC

UK firms risk being left behind as AI adoption gap wide...

British companies are spending less on AI and seeing weaker returns than global...

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Virgin StartUp opens second round of free accelerator for dyslexic entrepreneurs

Virgin StartUp opens second round of free accelerator f...

Virgin StartUp has opened applications for Momentum 2.0, its free accelerator p...

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Rising energy costs from Middle East conflict set to leave UK households £480 worse off this year

Rising energy costs from Middle East conflict set to le...

Resolution Foundation warns typical working-age household faces 0.6% income dec...

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Government doubles down on gaming with £30m funding package as sector eyes global growth

Government doubles down on gaming with £30m funding pac...

The UK government has unveiled a £30m funding package for video game developers...

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Founders push for ‘repeat entrepreneur relief’ to keep exit capital flowing back into UK start-ups

Founders push for ‘repeat entrepreneur relief’ to keep ...

Entrepreneurs are urging the Treasury to introduce a capital gains tax deferral...

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OpenAI doubles down on London with first permanent office despite Stargate U-turn

OpenAI doubles down on London with first permanent offi...

OpenAI has signed a lease on an 88,500 sq ft King's Cross office with capacity ...

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UK business confidence crashes to Covid-era lows as Iran conflict forces firms into survival mode

UK business confidence crashes to Covid-era lows as Ira...

British business confidence has plunged to its lowest since the first Covid loc...

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OpenAI pulls plug on Stargate UK, leaving Starmer’s AI superpower pitch in tatters

OpenAI pulls plug on Stargate UK, leaving Starmer’s AI ...

OpenAI has paused its Stargate UK data centre investment, citing sky-high Briti...

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Retail backers of SEIT face wiping out half their money as green trust raises the white flag

Retail backers of SEIT face wiping out half their money...

SDCL Efficiency Income Trust (SEIT) has abandoned its rescue plan and opted for...

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Easter lifts footfall but retailers brace for April cost squeeze

Easter lifts footfall but retailers brace for April cos...

UK retail footfall rose 2.4% in March as Easter drew shoppers back, but the BRC...

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Google takes on Opentable with AI that books your dinner in seconds

Google takes on Opentable with AI that books your dinne...

Google has launched an AI-powered restaurant booking tool in the UK, pulling re...