INVESTMENT

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Spring Statement 2026: Reeves downgraded growth as business leaders demand urgent action

Spring Statement 2026: Reeves downgraded growth as busi...

Rachel Reeves’ Spring Statement 2026 downgraded UK growth forecasts as Middle E...

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RIT Capital Partners’ SpaceX stake tops £100m as Elon Musk valuation soars

RIT Capital Partners’ SpaceX stake tops £100m as Elon M...

RIT Capital Partners says its SpaceX stake has surged to £102.3m after Elon Mus...

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Bindbridge raises $3.8m to fight herbicide resistance with AI-designed crop protection

Bindbridge raises $3.8m to fight herbicide resistance w...

Cambridge ag-biotech Bindbridge has raised $3.8m to develop AI-designed molecul...

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Complaints about HMRC surge to five-year high as redress payments rise

Complaints about HMRC surge to five-year high as redres...

Complaints made by taxpayers about HM Revenue & Customs have climbed to their h...

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Gold surges above $5,400 after Trump’s Iran strikes, could prices hit $6,000 next?

Gold surges above $5,400 after Trump’s Iran strikes, co...

Gold climbs above $5,400 following US strikes on Iran, reigniting safe-haven de...

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BrewDog closes all bars for a day amid sale talks as advisers oversee potential deal

BrewDog closes all bars for a day amid sale talks as ad...

BrewDog has shut all its bars for a day as it moves closer to a potential sale,...

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BrewDog sold to Tilray in £33m rescue deal as 38 bars close and 484 jobs cut

BrewDog sold to Tilray in £33m rescue deal as 38 bars c...

BrewDog has been sold to US cannabis and brewing group Tilray in a £33m deal, p...

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Businesses curb growth to duck VAT threshold, HMRC data suggests

Businesses curb growth to duck VAT threshold, HMRC data...

HMRC data suggests thousands of UK small businesses are restricting growth to a...

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Ready-to-build wind farm ‘loses out to speculative projects’

Ready-to-build wind farm ‘loses out to speculative proj...

Scottish Power has warned that “shovel-ready” offshore wind farms capable of co...

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Investment in Wayve gives UK ‘seat at the table’ in global robotaxi race

Investment in Wayve gives UK ‘seat at the table’ in glo...

The British Business Bank has invested £25m in Wayve’s $1.5bn funding round, va...

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Laundryheap ramps up global expansion with four new market launches

Laundryheap ramps up global expansion with four new mar...

On-demand laundry firm Laundryheap launches in Colombia, Mexico, Malaysia and S...

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TSSA calls for ‘urgent change’ in Labour leadership after by-election defeat

TSSA calls for ‘urgent change’ in Labour leadership aft...

Transport Salaried Staffs’ Association (TSSA) has called for Sir Keir Starmer t...

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UK car production falls 13.6% in January as exports slide

UK car production falls 13.6% in January as exports slide

UK car production dropped 13.6% in January, with exports driving the decline, a...

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Kibu secures investment offer from Peter Jones and Jenna Meek after Dragons’ Den pitch

Kibu secures investment offer from Peter Jones and Jenn...

Kibu, the circular children’s headphones brand, secures an investment offer fro...

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Hornby steers sale of near 70-year-old toy brand Scalextric for £20m

Hornby steers sale of near 70-year-old toy brand Scalex...

Hornby has agreed to sell iconic slot car brand Scalextric to Purbeck Capital P...

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Ocado to axe 1,000 jobs in cost-cutting drive

Ocado to axe 1,000 jobs in cost-cutting drive

Ocado plans to cut 1,000 jobs – around 5% of its workforce – as it seeks £150m ...