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Retail sales growth to slow across US and Europe in 2026, Bain forecasts

Retail sales growth to slow across US and Europe in 202...

Retail sales growth in the US, UK, France and Germany is set to slow in 2026 as...

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Anti-snoring innovators secure £1.48m NIHR funding to tackle sleep apnoea at its source

Anti-snoring innovators secure £1.48m NIHR funding to t...

UK sleep tech company Zeus Sleep has secured £1.48m in NIHR funding to run a ma...

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Lords warn pensions inheritance tax changes risk overwhelming personal representatives

Lords warn pensions inheritance tax changes risk overwh...

A House of Lords committee has warned that proposed inheritance tax changes on ...

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Transport Committee urges action to secure skills pipeline for UK transport manufacturing

Transport Committee urges action to secure skills pipel...

MPs have urged the Government to act urgently to address skills shortages in tr...

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Small defence firms to get easier access to MoD contracts under new growth unit

Small defence firms to get easier access to MoD contrac...

The Ministry of Defence has launched a new office to help small defence compani...

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BGF posts strong deal flow and landmark exits in 2025, returning £600m to investors

BGF posts strong deal flow and landmark exits in 2025, ...

BGF reported a standout year in 2025, returning more than £600m to investors th...

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Barbour pays £30m dividend to founding family as profits jump by £10m

Barbour pays £30m dividend to founding family as profit...

Heritage fashion brand Barbour has paid a £30m dividend to its founding family ...

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Revolution Bars owner set for administration with 2,200 jobs at risk

Revolution Bars owner set for administration with 2,200...

Revel Collective, owner of Revolution Bars and Revolucion de Cuba, is preparing...

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University of Salford innovation centre secures £2.5m and supports 330 local businesses

University of Salford innovation centre secures £2.5m a...

The University of Salford’s Centre for Sustainable Innovation has secured more ...

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High Court fast-tracks judicial review into inheritance tax relief reforms

High Court fast-tracks judicial review into inheritance...

The High Court has granted an urgent rolled-up hearing for a judicial review ch...

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Trump’s new tariff threat risks chaos for companies and higher inflation in the US

Trump’s new tariff threat risks chaos for companies and...

Donald Trump announces new 10% tariffs on UK and European exports, risking trad...

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ChatGPT to carry adverts for some users as OpenAI searches for new revenue

ChatGPT to carry adverts for some users as OpenAI searc...

OpenAI will trial adverts in ChatGPT for free users and a new $8-a-month tier, ...

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Starmer condemns Trump’s Greenland tariff threat as ‘completely wrong’

Starmer condemns Trump’s Greenland tariff threat as ‘co...

Keir Starmer says Donald Trump’s plan to impose tariffs over Greenland is compl...

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Amazon tests Coventry warehouse staff for tuberculosis after outbreak

Amazon tests Coventry warehouse staff for tuberculosis ...

Amazon is carrying out tuberculosis (TB) testing at its Coventry fulfilment cen...

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Ex-Dyson engineers plot electric boiler to rival heat pumps — but admit high energy costs remain a hurdle

Ex-Dyson engineers plot electric boiler to rival heat p...

A pair of former Dyson engineers have raised millions of pounds to bring a batt...

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Net zero reliance on China ‘puts 90,000 UK jobs at risk’, think tank warns

Net zero reliance on China ‘puts 90,000 UK jobs at risk...

Britain’s heavy reliance on China for net zero technologies such as batteries c...

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