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Jaguar Land Rover eyes American tie-up with Stellantis to sidestep Trump tariffs

Jaguar Land Rover eyes American tie-up with Stellantis ...

Jaguar Land Rover signs a memorandum of understanding with Stellantis to explor...

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April borrowing surges to £24.3bn as debt interest bill breaks month record

April borrowing surges to £24.3bn as debt interest bill...

UK public sector borrowing climbed to £24.3bn in April 2026, overshooting the O...

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Morrisons to shut 100 convenience stores as supermarket blames Labour’s ‘policy choices’ for rising costs

Morrisons to shut 100 convenience stores as supermarket...

Morrisons is closing 100 loss-making convenience stores, putting hundreds of jo...

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Standard Chartered to swap 7,800 back-office jobs for AI as UK labour market wobbles

Standard Chartered to swap 7,800 back-office jobs for A...

Standard Chartered will axe almost 7,800 back-office roles by 2030, swapping ‘l...

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ICO Warns SMEs: one month to comply with new Data Complaints Law

ICO Warns SMEs: one month to comply with new Data Compl...

UK businesses have just four weeks to put a statutory data protection complaint...

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Greene King pulls the plug on supermarket strategy with sale of Old Speckled Hen to Spain’s Damm

Greene King pulls the plug on supermarket strategy with...

Greene King has sold Old Speckled Hen to Estrella Damm owner Damm UK as it retr...

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The ’43 club’: why Britain’s typical entrepreneur has barely aged a day in 25 years

The ’43 club’: why Britain’s typical entrepreneur has b...

New analysis of 9.2 million UK director appointments shows the average age of a...

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Rooftop solar pioneers sought as CPRE opens nominations for Centenary Award

Rooftop solar pioneers sought as CPRE opens nominations...

CPRE has opened nominations for its Best Rooftop Solar Solution award, recognis...

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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...