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Amazon’s £3bn AI Anthropic investment investigated by UK regulator

Posted by August 8, 2024

The UK's competition regulator has launched an inquiry into Amazon's investment of over £3bn into an artificial intelligence (AI) startup as regu

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Innovate UK Future Economy Loans Funding Round Open

Posted by August 8, 2024

Innovate UK is offering up to £25 million in loans to SMEs. Innovate UK innovation loans are for highly innovative late stage research and development (R&

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Riots contribute to 4.8% drop in footfall on UK high…

Posted by August 8, 2024

Shoppers have avoided high streets in recent days after rioting across England and Belfast led to shops being vandalised and looted, hitting footfall for retail

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Assura strikes £500m deal to buy 14 private hospitals in…

Posted by August 8, 2024

Assura, a UK healthcare property investor and developer, has struck a £500m deal to buy Canada’s Northwest Healthcare Properties’ portfolio of 14 private h

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UK unrest shutters the on-trade – The Spirits Business

Posted by August 8, 2024

Michael Kill, the CEO of the Night Time Industries Association (NTIA), has called on the government to provide supp

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Secondhand electric car market booms as drivers hunt for ‘middle-aged’…

Posted by August 8, 2024

Auto Trader said the difference was down to a surge of EVs previously bought on finance or leasing contracts re-entering the ma

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UK railway news round-up

Posted by August 8, 2024

Show Fullscreen A Northern Class 158 DMU completed the first test run along the full length of the Northumberland Line on August 5. The trip was part of the d

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Instruction manuals

Posted by August 7, 2024

Getty ImagesThe days of engineers having to read through instruction manuals may be coming to an endWhen you last bought a new electronic device did you look at

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UK pensions shake-up proposes traffic-light scheme

Posted by August 7, 2024

Workplace pension schemes could be rated with a traffic-light system under plans designed to help savers get the most out of their retirement savings.About 16 m

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Mining giant abandons plan to ditch coal as boss admits…

Posted by August 7, 2024

At present, Glencore has pledged to halve its carbon emissions by 2035 by closing 12 coal mines. It has already shut five of th

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Businesses board up in London amid fears of far-right violence

Posted by August 7, 2024

Businesses have boarded up, closed or plan to close early amid fears about potential violence as more than 100 far-right demonstrations are planned take place a

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