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The EUDR: A Challenge and an Opportunity for Small Sustainable Businesses

The EUDR: A Challenge and an Opportunity for Small Sust...

As a sustainable business owner, I’ve always believed that every choice we make...

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Octopus Energy to spin out Kraken in $8.65bn valuation deal

Octopus Energy to spin out Kraken in $8.65bn valuation ...

Octopus Energy Group is spinning out its technology arm Kraken at an $8.65bn va...

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UK business leaders and innovators honoured in 2026 New Year honours list

UK business leaders and innovators honoured in 2026 New...

A detailed look at the UK business executives, entrepreneurs and industry innov...

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Top UK business honourees of the past decade

Top UK business honourees of the past decade

Over the past ten years, the New Year and Birthday Honours have increasingly re...

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UK electricity demand rises for second year running as EVs, heat pumps and AI drive surge

UK electricity demand rises for second year running as ...

UK electricity demand has risen for a second consecutive year for the first tim...

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£10m in late payments recovered for small firms by Small Business Commissioner

£10m in late payments recovered for small firms by Smal...

The Office of the Small Business Commissioner has helped recover £10m in late p...

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Leonardo warns it could exit UK helicopter manufacturing without £1bn defence contract

Leonardo warns it could exit UK helicopter manufacturin...

Leonardo has warned it could withdraw from UK helicopter manufacturing if it fa...

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Edinburgh startup secures £750k to build robots that clean ships’ hulls

Edinburgh startup secures £750k to build robots that cl...

A UK maritime robotics startup led by a 22-year-old founder has raised more tha...

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Jacket potatoes are back as TikTok star SpudBros plots UK forecourt expansion

Jacket potatoes are back as TikTok star SpudBros plots ...

Family-run SpudBros, the TikTok-famous jacket potato brand, is planning a UK ex...

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Firms hit by sharp slowdown in activity as confidence weakens, CBI finds

Firms hit by sharp slowdown in activity as confidence w...

UK businesses have suffered a sharp fall in activity and expect the downturn to...

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UK job vacancies fall for fifth month as employers rein in hiring

UK job vacancies fall for fifth month as employers rein...

UK job vacancies fell again in November, marking a fifth consecutive monthly de...

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£100 contactless card limit to be lifted as banks gain freedom to set higher caps

£100 contactless card limit to be lifted as banks gain ...

The FCA will allow banks to lift or remove the £100 contactless card limit from...

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TikTok owner signs landmark deal to avert US ban

TikTok owner signs landmark deal to avert US ban

TikTok has avoided a US ban after owner ByteDance signed a binding deal with Am...

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UK appoints career diplomat Christian Turner as new ambassador to Washington

UK appoints career diplomat Christian Turner as new amb...

The UK has appointed veteran diplomat Christian Turner as its new ambassador to...

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Apprentice winner Tom Pellereau buys out Lord Sugar to regain full control of Styl Pro

Apprentice winner Tom Pellereau buys out Lord Sugar to ...

The Apprentice winner Tom Pellereau has bought out Lord Sugar’s 50% stake in St...

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