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Tate & Lyle weighs £2.7bn approach from US rival Ingredion

Tate & Lyle weighs £2.7bn approach from US rival Ingredion

Tate & Lyle confirms £2.7bn takeover talks with Illinois-based Ingredion, with ...

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Lidl ropes in Olio and Neighbourly in landmark surplus food trial that could rescue 11.9 million meals a year

Lidl ropes in Olio and Neighbourly in landmark surplus ...

Lidl GB has joined forces with Olio and Neighbourly in a 20-store trial designe...

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Treasury orders review into bank branch closures as small firms count the cost

Treasury orders review into bank branch closures as sma...

The Treasury has ordered an independent review into the impact of 6,700 UK bank...

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JCB chairman Lord Bamford warns ministers face public revolt over £333bn welfare bill

JCB chairman Lord Bamford warns ministers face public r...

JCB chairman Lord Bamford warns ministers risk a public revolt over Britain's £...

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UK business chiefs unite to combat workplace antisemitism as Met chief warns jews ‘not safe’ in London

UK business chiefs unite to combat workplace antisemiti...

Forty UK business organisations led by the BCC and CBI sign a joint letter pled...

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Vauxhall turns to China’s Leapmotor in bid to keep British motoring affordable

Vauxhall turns to China’s Leapmotor in bid to keep Brit...

Vauxhall will fit Chinese-made electric motors and batteries from Leapmotor in ...

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ProcurePro lands $11m to drag construction’s $13 trillion supply chain out of the spreadsheet era

ProcurePro lands $11m to drag construction’s $13 trilli...

Australian construction tech firm ProcurePro raises $11m at an $80m+ valuation,...

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SME funded launches one-stop finance platform to plug funding gap for britain’s builders and manufacturers

SME funded launches one-stop finance platform to plug f...

New specialist lender SME Funded launches with access to 130+ lenders and its o...

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Eon swallows Ovo in £600m deal that crowns Germany’s biggest energy giant as Britain’s largest supplier

Eon swallows Ovo in £600m deal that crowns Germany’s bi...

Germany's Eon has agreed to acquire Ovo's retail arm in a deal valued at up to ...

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OpenAI mints hundreds of overnight millionaires as staff cash out $6.6bn in share sale

OpenAI mints hundreds of overnight millionaires as staf...

Around 600 OpenAI staff have shared a $6.6bn (£4.8bn) payout in a secondary sha...

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Amazon’s drones touch down in Darlington in UK delivery first

Amazon’s drones touch down in Darlington in UK delivery...

Amazon has quietly opened a new front in the battle for ultra-fast delivery, be...

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TGJones owner Modella Capital to shut up to 150 former WHSmith high street shops

TGJones owner Modella Capital to shut up to 150 former ...

Modella Capital is to close up to 150 of the 480 former WHSmith high street sho...

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The retired executives swapping the golf course for the boardroom – and charging next to nothing

The retired executives swapping the golf course for the...

Meet Sapient Foundation, the band of retired British executives offering free o...

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Retailers warn Reeves is creating a ‘jobless generation’ as hiring costs spiral

Retailers warn Reeves is creating a ‘jobless generation...

The British Retail Consortium warns Britain is heading for a jobless generation...

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Fertiliser shortages set to send global food prices soaring, warns Grosvenor chief

Fertiliser shortages set to send global food prices soa...

Grosvenor Group's Mark Preston warns Iran war fertiliser shortages have pushed ...

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Britain’s green start-ups face ‘triple squeeze’ as early-stage funding crashes to five-year low

Britain’s green start-ups face ‘triple squeeze’ as earl...

Early-stage funding for Britain's clean tech start-ups halved in 2025, hitting ...