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Graduates are managing AI - but are they learning much else?

She's part of a recently established, dedicated AI team that has built around 30 AI agents. Specific tasks include industry research, client reporting, media interview preparation, helping clients create clearer briefs…

House prices set to fall until 2028, with London hit hardest

The average house price in the UK is set to fall by a further 1.5 per cent in 2027, according to new research from estate agency Savills, before recovering only in the second half of the following year. The soaring…

How to open a business bank account in the UK

Here’s what you need to know about setting one up, including five providers to consider. When you’re starting a business, opening a separate bank account might not be at the top of your to-do list. But mixing customer…

Minimum wage hikes push up cost of employing a single worker ‘by over £4,000’

Minimum wage increases brought forward by the Labour government have pushed up the annual cost of employing a single worker by over £4,000, new analysis has shown, adding to a mountain of cost pressures facing…

UK and EU agree draft deal to scrap Brexit red tape over food exports

The BBC understands the 200-page draft text for this so called "SPS" [sanitary and phytosanitary] agreement has been circulated to EU nations in Brussels for consideration at a meeting on Wednesday. Similar texts for…

Hackers behind $6.3bn Binance heist ‘used malware and bogus job interviews’

The world's largest cryptocurrency exchange was compromised in an operation that began with an inadvertent download of malware in June, led to a recruitment scam in September and then a raid last week of "hot wallets"…

Winter is coming – how to plan and execute a Q4 holiday marketing campaign

We’ll be taking you through the key dates you need to know about and how to prepare for them. Get your set-up right Know what you want. As with any planning, know what your goals are for these events. Of course you want…

Why Virgin Media O2 is cutting jobs and retreating from fibre

Five years after Virgin Media and O2 merged to create a £31bn telecoms giant, VMO2 is battling falling revenues, ongoing customer losses and over £22bn of debt. Its response? An £800m annual cost-cutting programme…

Primark lacks fizz as it approaches its go-it-alone moment

Read this year's results statement and you wonder why the controlling Weston family took 20 years to get behind the idea. One paragraph can be about a yeast plant in India or the impact of high gas prices on…

Protect Poundland from predatory capitalism, MPs tell government

The fate of the retail chain and its 12,000 staff remains uncertain after it filed a notice of intention to appoint administrators at the high court last Thursday. The board of Poundland has lined up the advisory company…