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Kibu secures investment offer from Peter Jones and Jenna Meek after Dragons’ Den pitch

Kibu secures investment offer from Peter Jones and Jenn...

Kibu, the circular children’s headphones brand, secures an investment offer fro...

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Hornby steers sale of near 70-year-old toy brand Scalextric for £20m

Hornby steers sale of near 70-year-old toy brand Scalex...

Hornby has agreed to sell iconic slot car brand Scalextric to Purbeck Capital P...

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OpenAI to make London its largest research hub outside US

OpenAI to make London its largest research hub outside US

OpenAI will expand its London research centre to become its largest hub outside...

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Instagram to alert parents if teens search for suicide and self-harm content

Instagram to alert parents if teens search for suicide ...

Instagram will begin notifying parents if teens repeatedly search for suicide o...

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Nearly one million young people out of work or education as Neet rate edges higher

Nearly one million young people out of work or educatio...

Almost 957,000 16–24 year-olds are not in education, employment or training, wi...

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Ocado to axe 1,000 jobs in cost-cutting drive

Ocado to axe 1,000 jobs in cost-cutting drive

Ocado plans to cut 1,000 jobs – around 5% of its workforce – as it seeks £150m ...

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MPs back Doug Gurr for CMA chair but demand safeguards over conflicts and independence

MPs back Doug Gurr for CMA chair but demand safeguards ...

MPs have approved Doug Gurr as fit to become the next permanent chair of the Co...

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HSBC staff share $3.9bn bonus pot as profits top forecasts

HSBC staff share $3.9bn bonus pot as profits top forecasts

HSBC has lifted its bonus pool to $3.9bn after posting stronger-than-expected p...

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Dwelly secures £69m to accelerate AI-led rental marketplace expansion

Dwelly secures £69m to accelerate AI-led rental marketp...

UK proptech Dwelly has raised £69m to acquire and digitise letting agencies nat...

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Aston Martin to cut 20% of workforce as annual losses widen

Aston Martin to cut 20% of workforce as annual losses w...

Aston Martin will cut around 600 jobs after net losses surged 52% to £493m, as ...

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Heston Blumenthal’s restaurant empire under threat after HMRC winding-up petition

Heston Blumenthal’s restaurant empire under threat afte...

Heston Blumenthal’s parent company SL6 Ltd faces a winding-up petition from HMR...

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John Lewis pulls plug on build-to-rent venture amid retail reset

John Lewis pulls plug on build-to-rent venture amid ret...

John Lewis Partnership has scrapped its build-to-rent housing plans, citing inf...

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Spring Statement 2026: what could Rachel Reeves announce?

Spring Statement 2026: what could Rachel Reeves announce?

Rachel Reeves will deliver her Spring Statement on March 3, with growth and fis...

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ICO fines Reddit £14.47m over children’s data protection failures

ICO fines Reddit £14.47m over children’s data protectio...

The ICO has fined Reddit £14.47m for failing to lawfully process children’s dat...

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Building Sustainable Growth Through a Strategic Portfolio

Building Sustainable Growth Through a Strategic Portfolio

In many organisations, portfolio is still viewed as a list of products and serv...

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Lord Mandelson arrested amid concerns he was ‘flight risk’

Lord Mandelson arrested amid concerns he was ‘flight risk’

Lord Mandelson was arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office, with p...