Amy Ingham

Amy is a newly qualified journalist specialising in business journalism at Business Matters with responsibility for news content for what is now the UK’s largest print and online source of current business news.

Maven Capital Partners has invested £2.6 million in PowerPhotonic, the precision optics specialist whose technology underpins high-power laser systems used in aerospace, defence, healthcare and semiconductor manufacturing.

Maven backs laser optics pioneer PowerPhotonic with £2.6m investment

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Savills estimates extra storage space the size of 400 football pitches will be needed by 2032 as defence spending surge strains logistics capacity

Britain warned it must build hundreds of new warehouses to meet defence pledge

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Reeves forced to correct parliamentary record after misquoting key figures

Reeves forced to correct parliamentary record after misquoting key figures

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John Lewis has been forced to supply months’ worth of bottled water to residents in a Hampshire village after fertiliser pollution made the local supply unsafe to drink.

John Lewis estate supplies bottled water after pollution contaminates village supply

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Network Central, the new home of 4Networking, the national business networking organisation with groups in across the UK founded by motivational speaker and entrepreneur Brad Burton back in 2006, has won the Champions in Crisis Award of the Business Champion Awards.

UK small firms that celebrate success see faster growth, Xero study finds

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More than a third of manufacturers fear their businesses could be in peril from a piling up of pressures including debt, rising costs and multiple hurdles to doing business as usual.

UK bioethanol industry on brink as government rejects rescue deals

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Novo Nordisk has slashed its full-year revenue and profit forecasts for the first time since launching its blockbuster weight-loss drug Wegovy, as unauthorised compounded versions of its GLP-1 drugs eat into sales — particularly in the United States, its largest market.

UK prices for Mounjaro weight-loss jab to rise by up to 170% after Trump pressure on drugmakers

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Scotland’s salmon sector – the UK’s biggest food export – has expressed frustration over ongoing red tape which has now cost an estimated £12 million extra since Brexit.

Scottish salmon exports on track to hit £1bn as global demand surges

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NIGEL Farage has been treated with “grotesque disrespect” by NatWest bank, according to former Chief Secretary to the Treasury David Mellor.

GB News passes 2 billion YouTube views as subscriber growth surges

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More than 2,000 jobs are at risk after Claire’s UK entered administration, a week after its American parent company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

2,000 jobs at risk as Claire’s UK enters administration after US parent’s bankruptcy

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The UK housing market is seeing a shift as estate agents report the highest number of homes on their books in over a decade, helping to stabilise house prices.

Housing market slows as buyers await autumn budget tax decisions

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The US is pushing for Britain to open up its agricultural markets to US traders as part of a new economic agreement that would fall just short of a free trade agreement.

Dairy farmers warn worker shortages are putting UK food security at risk

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Immigrants in Europe and North America earn nearly 18% less than natives, study reveals

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Independent restaurants are being forced to offer hefty sign-on bonuses of £1,000 or more for chefs and other kitchen staff as the shortage of skilled workers tightens in the busy festive season.

Virgin Media O2 launches £1m apprenticeship talent fund to boost diversity in stem

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The Conservative Party has announced a bold initiative to scrap certain university courses in England, which they label as "rip-offs," in order to fund 100,000 apprenticeships per year if they secure victory in the upcoming July election.

CIPD urges apprenticeship guarantee for young people as UK labour market cools

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