What must Prem Rugby CEO learn from his trip to US? Sweat the asset

It suggests the league – unlike many other top-flight union competitions – is actively seeking to go beyond its traditional market in order to attract financial support. Being backed by a major American insurance firm in…

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Burnham’s former economic adviser gives Budget a four out of 10

“It was a Budget with a tincey bit more spending, a tincey bit more tax and nothing really that would give us any greater confidence that those debts and deficit could be brought down – if anything those deficits and…

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CVC-backed Global Sport Group raids WBD as Allera reunites with Georgiou

The move sees Georgiou, who led TNT Sports’ entry into the UK as president of WBD Sports Europe, reunite with GSG chair Marc Allera, who was CEO of BT’s consumer division when it entered a joint venture with WBD in 2022.…

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The AI profits bubble – miracle or mirage?

Investors took heart from news that the Claude chatbot maker pulled in more than $16 billion in revenue in the first half, says Ipek Ozkardeskaya of Swissquote. But cracks have begun to emerge in parts of the AI…

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Astrazeneca shares jump as it kicks off $2bn drug pipeline investment

The pharmaceutical giant’s shares increased 3.1 per cent to £134.50 on Friday morning, as it launched a $2bn (£1.5bn) restructuring programme to boost investment in its drug channel. The FTSE 100 company said the…

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Britain’s blighted high streets will improve by next election, says Rayner

The housing secretary said the government had made it a top priority before the country goes to the polls to begin turning around the fortunes of places blighted by boarded-up shops and rogue businesses. "There's been a…

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Trump vowed to reduce prices, but his policies have fueled US inflation | Steven Greenhouse

Instead, some of his most important policy decisions – most notably his war against Iran and his tariff wars – have increased inflation instead of reducing it. This helps explain why more than one in five Americans who…

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House prices rise at slowest rate in years as Budget ‘fails to boost market’

The average house price in the UK rose by 0.5 per cent this month to £273,566, according to Nationwide, slowed from 0.8 per cent growth last month and 1.6 per cent in August. The surging mortgage rates caused by the Iran…

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Refunds of UK VAT for non-UK businesses (VAT Notice 723A)

Get emails about this page Print this page Contents 1. Overview 2. Refunds of UK VAT for businesses established outside the UK 3. How UK and Isle of Man businesses can claim overseas VAT Your rights and obligations Help…

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Crypto giant Binance hit by $6.3bn hack suspected to be largest in history

The world's biggest crypto exchange said about half of those assets had been frozen but that many remained in the hands of the hackers, adding that it will "cover all losses". The firm said while initial checks suggested…

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