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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
Sir David Attenborough, 99, becomes oldest daytime Emmy winner
Blow to Chancellor’s tax take as 1,800 non-doms quit the UK
Betfred warns of 1,300 betting shop closures and 7,000 job losses if gambling taxes rise
Brexit impact will be negative ‘for the foreseeable future,’ Bank of England governor warns
Veteran VC resigns from Salesforce Foundation board over CEO’s political comments

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VRFY Solutions Group UK, an AI-driven transcription and data intelligence platform founded by two veteran police officers, has secured £200,000 in pre-seed investment led by Fuel Ventures.

VRFY Solutions raises £200,000 to transform policing with secure AI transcription that cuts admin time by 80%

13 October 202513 October 2025 Get Funded Amy Ingham 0 Comments

Leading AI and tax specialists have warned that the government’s failure to reform the UK’s tax system for the age of automation could trigger what one expert calls a “fiscal collapse engineered by the Treasury itself.”

November Budget: “Get AI wrong and the Treasury will engineer its own fiscal collapse”

13 October 2025 Opinion Amy Ingham 0 Comments

The Chancellor, Rachel Reeves, risks fuelling inflation and damaging small business growth if she reduces the VAT registration threshold in the Autumn Budget, according to leading audit, tax and business advisory firm Blick Rothenberg.

Cutting the VAT threshold would fuel inflation, warns Blick Rothenberg

13 October 2025 Opinion Amy Ingham 0 Comments

The UK economy defied expectations by posting 0.1% growth in the final quarter of 2024, according to new Office for National Statistics (ONS) data.

Experts warn Chancellor against expanding VAT coverage in Autumn Budget

13 October 2025 In Business Amy Ingham 0 Comments

Royal Mail and TikTok Shop have announced a new partnership aimed at powering the next wave of growth for British small businesses and online sellers.

Royal Mail and TikTok Shop join forces to boost small British businesses

10 October 2025 In Business Amy Ingham 0 Comments

The Royal Borough of Greenwich has secured £5.8 million in government funding to help residents who face barriers to employment find and sustain meaningful work.

Royal Borough of Greenwich secures £5.8m to help residents facing barriers into work

10 October 2025 In Business Amy Ingham 0 Comments

Pub landlords and hospitality chiefs have dismissed Sir Keir Starmer’s plan to allow pubs to stay open later, branding the idea “a complete waste of time” amid warnings that extended trading hours will only increase costs and staffing pressures.

Landlords brand Starmer’s late-night pub plan a ‘waste of time’

10 October 202510 October 2025 News Amy Ingham 0 Comments

Jack Dorsey, co-founder of Twitter and chief executive of payments firm Block, has unveiled a new product designed to help small businesses accept and hold bitcoin as an alternative to traditional card payments.

Jack Dorsey launches bitcoin payment wallet to rival credit cards

9 October 2025 News Amy Ingham 0 Comments

Gemini Trains, the Uber-backed start-up challenging Eurostar’s Channel Tunnel monopoly, has ordered its first fleet of high-speed Siemens trains as it prepares for routes to Paris, Brussels and Cologne.

Gemini orders new Siemens trains as Uber-backed start-up takes aim at Eurostar

9 October 20259 October 2025 News Amy Ingham 0 Comments

Britain’s first female fast-jet pilot Dr Jo Salter has been named the UK’s most inspirational business speaker, topping a major new ranking by the Motivational Speakers Agency.

The UK’s top inspirational business speakers revealed in new poll

8 October 2025 In Business Amy Ingham 0 Comments

Nik Storonsky, the billionaire co-founder and chief executive of Revolut, has moved his official residency from the UK to the United Arab Emirates, according to filings made to Companies House.

Revolut co-founder Nik Storonsky shifts residency from UK to Dubai

8 October 2025 Entrepreneurs, News Amy Ingham 0 Comments

Furniturebox, the fast-growing UK-based online furniture retailer, has secured £1 million in new funding from Barclays to support continued innovation, product development, and international growth.

Furniturebox secures £1m Barclays backing to fuel innovation and international growth

8 October 20257 October 2025 Get Funded Amy Ingham 0 Comments

Artificial intelligence is emerging as a key driver of growth in the UK’s climate tech start-up ecosystem, with AI-related ventures attracting record levels of funding even as broader climate investment stalls, according to new research by Sustainable Ventures.

AI accelerating growth in UK climate tech start-ups as adoption rate doubles national average

7 October 20257 October 2025 Get Funded, In Business Amy Ingham 0 Comments

Asahi Group, Japan’s largest brewer, has partially restarted beer production at all six of its breweries after a cyber-attack last week forced a temporary shutdown across its domestic operations.

Asahi restarts beer production after cyber-attack disrupts Japanese breweries

7 October 2025 News, Technology Amy Ingham 0 Comments

Delivery company DPD is facing potential disruption after hundreds of drivers began three days of action in protest at cuts to their pay for delivering small parcels.

DPD faces disruption as drivers take action over pay cuts to small parcel deliveries

7 October 2025 News Amy Ingham 0 Comments

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Pizza Hut’s UK dine-in business has entered administration, placing hundreds of jobs at risk and marking another blow to the increasingly fragile casual dining sector.

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