After spending a year interviewing some of the UK’s top business leaders, a number of themes have emerged which paint a concerning picture of their confidence in this country’s future …
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On-pitch glory will always be the ultimate prize, but ambitious sports investors are now looking beyond traditional matchday revenues and exploring ways to diversify income, enabling reinvestment into areas that …
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Britain’s Christian-inspired identity – its heritage and traditions – should be promoted and celebrated, not cast aside by those who preach inclusivity but fail to practice it. Indeed, it could …
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On paper, British high streets have seen worse. Footfall has survived recessions, pandemics and price shocks before, and tills were just about still ringing. But this year it flickered, stalled …
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As I write this, I am in the final days of the longest reading marathon of my life. In January last year, I set a challenge to read 52 books …
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UK watchdogs sharpened their sword in 2025 and slapped a handful of financial services firms with hefty fines and a thorough dressing down. In just under a week alone in …
For more than a decade, Silicon Valley’s most powerful companies have stayed private for longer than ever before, buoyed by deep pools of capital and …
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Liquid Reply Joins the Agentic AI Foundation (AAIF) to Advance Open, Trusted Agentic AI
Liquid Reply, specialising in platform engineering and cloud-native technologies within the Reply Group, today announced that it has joined the Agentic AI Foundation (AAIF). The …
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Champ clubs demand divorce payment from RFU over Prem franchise plan
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Gold notches new high as Trump escalates Venezuela threats
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Property slump hits half of London as prime boroughs lead the decline
London has a “two-speed” market, as house prices are falling in about half of London’s boroughs, with the most expensive boroughs hit the hardest. The …
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HARMAN to Acquire ZF’s ADAS Business
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Pressure mounts as Ellison stakes $40bn for Warner Bros
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Tears, scandal, c*ck-ups and conspiracy: Westminster’s worst moments of 2025
Westminster never disappoints. When Keir Starmer came into Downing Street, he promised that politics would “tread more lightly” on the lives of everyday people. He …
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All I want for Christmas is economic growth
Keir Starmer has quietly abandoned his “five missions”, now he should dispense with all policies that are standing in the way of growth, starting with …
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Why are people pooping on the pavements of the Square Mile?
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The year in law: Scale, survival, and the surge of the transatlantic titans
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