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£42,000 roaming bill nearly bankrupts family firm after TikTok use abroad

£42,000 roaming bill nearly bankrupts family firm after...

A Manchester business owner was hit with a £42,000 O2 roaming bill after his da...

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Record January surplus boosts public finances as tax receipts surge

Record January surplus boosts public finances as tax re...

The UK posted a record £30.4bn January budget surplus as tax receipts rose shar...

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Depop sold to eBay at 25% discount to 2021 valuation

Depop sold to eBay at 25% discount to 2021 valuation

Etsy has agreed to sell Depop to eBay for $1.2bn, a 25% discount to its 2021 pu...

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Aston Martin issues fresh profit warning and sells F1 naming rights for £50m

Aston Martin issues fresh profit warning and sells F1 n...

Aston Martin has issued its fifth profit warning since 2024 and sold permanent ...

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Nine in 10 high-risk pension funds fail to beat FTSE 100 over five years

Nine in 10 high-risk pension funds fail to beat FTSE 10...

Analysis shows 89% of medium-high and high-risk pension funds underperformed th...

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Youth unemployment hits 11-year high as rate cut expectations build

Youth unemployment hits 11-year high as rate cut expect...

Youth unemployment has risen to 16.1%, its highest level in over a decade, addi...

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Getting To Know You: James Doyle, Managing Director of Endeavour Group

Getting To Know You: James Doyle, Managing Director of ...

We sit down with James Doyle, Managing Director of Endeavour Group, a building ...

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UK inflation falls to 3% as rate cut hopes build

UK inflation falls to 3% as rate cut hopes build

UK inflation dropped to 3% in January, its lowest level since March 2025, stren...

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Boohoo to raise £35m from shareholders amid turnaround strain

Boohoo to raise £35m from shareholders amid turnaround ...

Boohoo Group is launching a £35m share placing to cut debt and support its turn...

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Household energy bills set to fall by £117 from April

Household energy bills set to fall by £117 from April

Ofgem’s April price cap is forecast to fall 7% to £1,641, cutting typical house...

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Virgin Media O2 owners strike £2bn deal for Netomnia in fibre consolidation push

Virgin Media O2 owners strike £2bn deal for Netomnia in...

Liberty Global and Telefónica have agreed a £2bn deal to acquire Netomnia, expa...

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Small businesses warn of April ‘perfect storm’ as costs surge

Small businesses warn of April ‘perfect storm’ as costs...

The Federation of Small Businesses warns 35% of small firms may close or cut ou...

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Battery Ventures raises $3.25bn fund to invest in global tech and AI

Battery Ventures raises $3.25bn fund to invest in globa...

Battery Ventures has closed a $3.25bn oversubscribed fund to invest in software...

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NATO Innovation Fund backs SatVu with £30m investment to scale thermal intelligence

NATO Innovation Fund backs SatVu with £30m investment t...

SatVu has secured £30m including backing from the NATO Innovation Fund to expan...

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Luxury brands urged to protect margins as profits slide

Luxury brands urged to protect margins as profits slide

Profit margins at the world’s top luxury groups have fallen from 24% to 13%, wi...

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Octopus Energy Generation to invest $1bn in California clean tech

Octopus Energy Generation to invest $1bn in California ...

Octopus Energy Generation will deploy nearly $1bn into Californian carbon remov...