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Pension funds urged to back UK tech scale-ups as billions in returns flow overseas

Pension funds urged to back UK tech scale-ups as billio...

Veteran investor Saul Klein has called on UK pension funds to invest more in do...

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HMRC chasing £90m in unpaid taxes after staffing firm Challenge rescued from insolvency

HMRC chasing £90m in unpaid taxes after staffing firm C...

The UK tax authority is pursuing £90m in unpaid VAT and PAYE after Challenge Re...

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Tories pledge to scrap net zero rules and extract “all oil and gas” from North Sea

Tories pledge to scrap net zero rules and extract “all ...

Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has vowed to remove all net zero requirements...

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UK seen as top destination for tech growth ahead of US, Europe and APAC, says Barclays

UK seen as top destination for tech growth ahead of US,...

New research from Barclays shows 62% of tech leaders view the UK as a more attr...

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Helix Law uses AI to take on Metro Bank in $20m copyright case

Helix Law uses AI to take on Metro Bank in $20m copyrig...

Brighton-based Helix Law is representing US software firm Arkeyo in a $20m High...

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Small Business Saturday UK roadshow to tour 23 towns and cities this autumn

Small Business Saturday UK roadshow to tour 23 towns an...

Small Business Saturday’s UK roadshow will visit 23 locations across the countr...

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Clarkson’s Farm credited with surge in agricultural college applications

Clarkson’s Farm credited with surge in agricultural col...

Amazon’s hit series Clarkson’s Farm is inspiring more young people to pursue fa...

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Octopus Energy founder Greg Jackson appointed to UK government advisory board

Octopus Energy founder Greg Jackson appointed to UK gov...

Greg Jackson, founder of Octopus Energy, has been appointed as a non-executive ...

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UK space industry boosted by reforms as government merges UK Space Agency with DSIT

UK space industry boosted by reforms as government merg...

The UK Space Agency will merge with the Department for Science, Innovation and ...

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OnlyFans pays record £520m to Ukrainian-born owner as $8bn sale looms

OnlyFans pays record £520m to Ukrainian-born owner as $...

OnlyFans has paid out a record £520m dividend to its Ukrainian-born owner Leoni...

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Government takes control of Sanjeev Gupta’s Rotherham steel plant to save 1,500 jobs

Government takes control of Sanjeev Gupta’s Rotherham s...

The UK government has stepped in to run Sanjeev Gupta’s Rotherham steelworks af...

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Government to appeal High Court ruling forcing closure of Epping migrant hotel

Government to appeal High Court ruling forcing closure ...

The Home Office will challenge a High Court ruling that ordered the closure of ...

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Starmer accused of betraying farmers as British food pledge stalls

Starmer accused of betraying farmers as British food pl...

Keir Starmer faces backlash after Labour fails to deliver pledge that half of p...

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Fed rate cut looms after Powell’s Jackson Hole speech

Fed rate cut looms after Powell’s Jackson Hole speech

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell signalled caution at Jackson Hole, but inve...

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Shein’s UK sales hit £2bn as fast-fashion giant eyes Sports Direct’s top-five spot

Shein’s UK sales hit £2bn as fast-fashion giant eyes Sp...

Shein’s UK sales jumped 32% to £2bn in 2024, boosting profits by 57% and cement...

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UK bioethanol industry on brink as government rejects rescue deals

UK bioethanol industry on brink as government rejects r...

The UK’s bioethanol sector faces collapse after ministers refused a rescue pack...

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