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Ed Miliband signals potential VAT cut on energy bills as affordability pressures grow
Innovate UK unveils £1m Agentic AI Prize to accelerate breakthroughs in manufacturing, health and creative sectors
Profit warnings surge as weak consumer confidence hits UK-listed firms ahead of Budget
Osborne warns Reform UK ‘not fiscally fit to run the economy’
Government targets 400,000 new green energy jobs in major national skills drive
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Blow to Chancellor’s tax take as 1,800 non-doms quit the UK
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Brexit impact will be negative ‘for the foreseeable future,’ Bank of England governor warns
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Weak consumer confidence has emerged as a growing threat to corporate performance, with a rising number of listed UK companies issuing profit warnings ahead of next month’s autumn Budget.

Profit warnings surge as weak consumer confidence hits UK-listed firms ahead of Budget

20 October 2025 News Amy Ingham 0 Comments

The Government has unveiled a national plan to create 400,000 green energy jobs within the next five years, in what ministers say will be one of the most significant workforce transitions in modern British history.

Government targets 400,000 new green energy jobs in major national skills drive

19 October 2025 News Amy Ingham 0 Comments

Britain’s second-largest bookmaker has warned it will close all its 1,300 betting shops and cut 7,000 jobs if the government presses ahead with plans to double gambling taxes in next month’s budget.

Betfred warns of 1,300 betting shop closures and 7,000 job losses if gambling taxes rise

19 October 202518 October 2025 News Amy Ingham 0 Comments

In online spaces overflowing with formulaic copywriting, posting for the sake of posting, and polished strategy — the perfect Instagram feeds — audiences have grown weary of perfection.

Real storytelling as a business strategy: Marco Robinson on crafting your company’s hero story

17 October 202520 October 2025 Entrepreneurs Amy Ingham 0 Comments

Tottenham’s entrepreneurial scene is thriving. New data reveals that the concentration of small businesses in the North London district has doubled in just four years, coinciding with the transformation of the area into a hub for major international events.

Tottenham’s small business boom doubles as major events transform the area

16 October 2025 In Business Amy Ingham 0 Comments

Having seen the estimates from the ONS that the UK’s GDP fell by 0.2% in the three months to November 2023, combined with the news that the IMF has downgraded the UK’s growth forecast from 2% to 1.6% for the coming year, businesses may be wondering how to finally break the run of negligible growth and tap into the potential that many businesses are struggling to unlock.

UK mid-market demonstrates resilience as growth holds steady in Q3

16 October 2025 Get Funded, In Business Amy Ingham 0 Comments

The UK Government has unveiled new evidence of how its home-grown artificial intelligence technology is improving efficiency and cutting costs, after it was used to help process tens of thousands of public consultation responses.

Groundbreaking use of AI delivers major efficiency gains across UK government

16 October 202516 October 2025 In Business, Technology Amy Ingham 0 Comments

Harrogate and London-based fintech Grateful has raised £1.5 million ($2m) in seed funding from Calculus Capital to accelerate development of its automated tip pooling and tronc platform for frontline workers.

Grateful secures £1.5m to transform tipping for frontline workers

15 October 2025 Get Funded Amy Ingham 0 Comments

Andy Haldane

Ex-Bank economist Andy Haldane to lead British Chambers of Commerce

15 October 2025 News Amy Ingham 0 Comments

Thousands of Microsoft employees across the United States will be given unlimited days off in an overhaul of its holiday policy.

£2bn UK lawsuit accuses Microsoft of overcharging cloud customers

15 October 202515 October 2025 Legal, News Amy Ingham 0 Comments

Britain has recorded the steepest decline in hiring intentions of any major European economy, as employers struggle with the fallout from last autumn’s £26bn payroll tax raid and brace for another squeeze in the Chancellor’s November Budget.

Reeves confirms tax rises and spending cuts on the table as budget black hole deepens

15 October 202515 October 2025 News Amy Ingham 0 Comments

More than 6 billion people are now online, and social media has officially become a “supermajority” medium, according to the new Digital 2026 report from Meltwater and We Are Social.

Digital 2026: internet users pass 6 Billion as AI and social media reach new milestones

15 October 2025 In Business, Social Media, Technology Amy Ingham 0 Comments

Instagram is introducing a PG-13-style content rating system to give parents greater control over what teenagers see on the platform, Meta has announced.

Instagram to introduce PG-13-style controls to protect teen users, says Meta

14 October 202514 October 2025 News, Social Media, Technology Amy Ingham 0 Comments

Larry Ellison, the billionaire founder of Oracle, is deepening his commitment to Britain’s innovation economy with an additional £890 million investment in the Ellison Institute of Technology (EIT), dramatically expanding its footprint at Oxford Science Park.

Larry Ellison commits extra £890m to Oxford science institute amid leadership turmoil

14 October 2025 News Amy Ingham 0 Comments

UK taxpayers could have to pay as much as £1bn in compensation to former Post Office workers wrongly convicted of theft due to the defective Horizon IT system.

Fujitsu boss gets 50% pay rise despite Horizon scandal fallout

13 October 2025 News Amy Ingham 0 Comments

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