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Amazon set to cut thousands more jobs as AI overhaul accelerates

Amazon set to cut thousands more jobs as AI overhaul ac...

Amazon is preparing a second major round of job cuts as it looks to shed around...

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Bank of England accelerates Leeds expansion as part of cost-cutting overhaul

Bank of England accelerates Leeds expansion as part of ...

The Bank of England plans to base half of all new external hires in Leeds as it...

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Government steps in with £25m investment to keep AI firms listed in London

Government steps in with £25m investment to keep AI fir...

The UK government has made its largest direct investment to date through the Br...

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Poundland shuts 149 stores and cuts 2,200 jobs in £1 refocus turnaround

Poundland shuts 149 stores and cuts 2,200 jobs in £1 re...

Poundland has closed 149 stores and cut 2,200 jobs as part of a major turnaroun...

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Scarlett Johansson and Cate Blanchett back campaign accusing AI firms of ‘theft’

Scarlett Johansson and Cate Blanchett back campaign acc...

Scarlett Johansson, Cate Blanchett and hundreds of creatives have backed a new ...

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Juspay raises $50m at $1.2bn valuation to accelerate global payments expansion

Juspay raises $50m at $1.2bn valuation to accelerate gl...

Payments infrastructure firm Juspay has raised $50m from WestBridge Capital in ...

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Apple explores wearable ‘AI pin’ that could listen to conversations

Apple explores wearable ‘AI pin’ that could listen to c...

Apple is developing a wearable AI pin equipped with microphones, speakers and c...

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Mike Lynch superyacht builder sues widow for £400m over Bayesian sinking

Mike Lynch superyacht builder sues widow for £400m over...

The Italian Sea Group has filed a £400m lawsuit against Mike Lynch’s widow and ...

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Calling colleagues ‘old’ over IT skills is not age discrimination, tribunal rules

Calling colleagues ‘old’ over IT skills is not age disc...

An employment tribunal has ruled that calling a colleague “old” over poor IT sk...

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Labour urged to raise private pension access age to curb early retirement

Labour urged to raise private pension access age to cur...

Labour is being urged to restrict access to private pensions from age 55, with ...

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Preply raises $150m at $1.2bn valuation to scale human-led, AI-enhanced learning

Preply raises $150m at $1.2bn valuation to scale human-...

Language learning platform Preply has raised $150m in a Series D led by WestCap...

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Government borrowing falls on income tax windfall, but pressure on public finances remains

Government borrowing falls on income tax windfall, but ...

Government borrowing fell by 38% in December as higher income tax receipts boos...

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Capital gains tax receipts fall 8.4% to £13.5bn as investors delay disposals

Capital gains tax receipts fall 8.4% to £13.5bn as inve...

Capital gains tax receipts fell 8.4% to £13.6bn in 2025, HMRC data shows, promp...

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Over a fifth of UK SMEs say trade tariff war remains their biggest challenge

Over a fifth of UK SMEs say trade tariff war remains th...

More than one in five UK SMEs say global trade tariff disputes are their greate...

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Steven Bartlett faces celebrity backlash over Diary of a CEO podcast comments

Steven Bartlett faces celebrity backlash over Diary of ...

Steven Bartlett is facing growing criticism from celebrities including Sara Cox...

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MPs warn UK–India trade deal tariff gains at risk from cuts to export support staff

MPs warn UK–India trade deal tariff gains at risk from ...

MPs warn that billions in tariff savings from the UK–India trade deal could be ...