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UK housebuilding sinks to deepest slump since Covid loc...

UK housebuilding fell at its fastest rate since 2020 in December, as fragile co...

Elon Musk’s xAI raises $20bn despite mounting backlash ...

Elon Musk’s AI firm xAI has raised $20bn even as its Grok chatbot faces global ...

Uber and Bolt warn London fares will rise as ‘taxi tax’...

Uber and Bolt say London fares will rise after Rachel Reeves closes a VAT looph...

China’s BYD set to overtake Tesla as world’s top electr...

China’s BYD is on track to overtake Tesla as the world’s largest electric vehic...

Baroness Mone allowed to keep £15,000-a-week rent from ...

Baroness Michelle Mone can keep £15,000-a-week rental income from a Belgravia m...

HSBC launches bankruptcy proceedings against Barclay br...

HSBC has launched bankruptcy proceedings against Aidan and Howard Barclay after...

Brighton Palace Pier put up for sale as rising costs bi...

Brighton Palace Pier has been put up for sale after declining profits, highligh...

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

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

Top UK business honourees of the past decade

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

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

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

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

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

A third of UK businesses plan AI investment in 2026 as ...

A third of UK businesses plan to invest in AI in 2026, according to Lloyds’ Bus...

Dua Lipa and Shania Twain help Glastonbury lift profits...

Glastonbury Festival has reported profits of £7.7m for 2025 after headline perf...

UK set to become world’s fifth-largest economy by 2040,...

The UK is forecast to overtake Japan to become the world’s fifth-largest econom...

Boxing Day sales set to fall by £1bn as cost-of-living ...

UK Boxing Day sales are forecast to fall by £1bn this year as cost-of-living pr...

UK firms scale back Pride support as corporate DEI retr...

UK companies are sharply reducing public support for Pride, mirroring a US-led ...