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London’s Aim shrinks to smallest since 2001 amid fears of…

Posted by October 28, 2024

The UK’s Alternative Investment Market (Aim) has shrunk to its smallest size in 23 years as business owners and investors anticipate an abolition of inheritan

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LGBTQ+ businesses contribute over £106 billion to the UK economy…

Posted by October 28, 2024

Based on largest-ever survey of UK LGBTQ+ entrepreneurs Sector focus on tech, fintech, biotech and sustainability Challenges in

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France and Germany attack UK plan to levy VAT on…

Posted by October 27, 2024

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.France and Germany have hit out at

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Hundreds of entrepreneurs prepare to quit Britain ahead of Budget…

Posted by October 27, 2024

Sir Keir Starmer last week attempted to dismiss fears that entrepreneurs could quit the UK, arguing there was “no reason” f

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Leaked recording shows McDonald’s manager briefing Uber Eats drivers

Posted by October 27, 2024

A McDonald’s manager at a branch in Northern Ireland warned Uber Eats drivers they had a “responsibility” to learn English in their own time and claimed t

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One of UK’s five new freeports ‘must be in Scotland’,…

Posted by October 27, 2024

One of the UK’s five proposed new freeports “must be in Scotland”, say business leaders ahead of the Chancellor’s Budget announcement.Rachel Reeves is e

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The hidden risks lurking in Rachel Reeves’s Budget

Posted by October 27, 2024

After the Budget, doubtless, there will be much talk about Rachel Reeves’s decision to tweak her fiscal rules, which supposed

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‘It’s become impossible to build things in Britain’

Posted by October 27, 2024

The small modular reactors (SMRs) proposed by Holtec and its rivals have been hailed as a potential breakthrough for nuclear po

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The gadget worn by Prince Harry that could revive Britain’s…

Posted by October 26, 2024

Oura says its ring can allow users to check in-depth data on a smartphone app that includes heart rate, sleep detection and int

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Action demanded over surge in illegal meat imports into UK

Posted by October 25, 2024

Dover Port Health AuthorityHealth officials at Dover seize illegal meat productsThe government is under pressure to stop illegal meat being smuggled into the UK

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Chancellor set to hike employers’ National Insurance at Budget

Posted by October 25, 2024

National Insurance contributions are the UK's second-largest revenue stream behind income tax. It is paid by workers and the self-employed on earnings and profi

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Ultra-wealthy Britons face ‘double whammy’ tax raid

Posted by October 25, 2024

Ultra-wealthy Britons face an effective tax raid of 100pc as Rachel Reeves presses ahead with plans to scrap the “non-dom”

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