Virgin Media O2 to cut thousands of jobs as it plans £800m cost savings

The company did not specify how many jobs this will equate to, but it could be as many as 25% of its 16,000 workforce. "While we will give a fuller update on the new strategic plan in the coming months, we are already…

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UK ‘risks losing quantum champions’ without government backing

His warning comes just weeks after Universal Quantum raised $100m in the UK’s largest quantum Series A funding round, with the company securing most of its backing from overseas investors. The company has also unveiled a…

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PwC names new head to lead Business Services practice

The practice advises businesses, including law firms, consultancies, and recruitment agencies, on issues such as retaining talent, adopting technology, and reducing overheads to help firms grow and scale. The move…

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Drivers may get compensation offers before car finance saga ends

Regulator the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said it would welcome lenders making settlement offers as long as customers were not given a worse deal than under its proposed central scheme. That scheme is facing a…

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UK’s most polluting power plant could power country’s largest AI datacentre

The power plant's FTSE 250 owner has struck a deal with the infrastructure investor Brookfield and ⁠and the AI infrastructure platform Radiant to develop a datacentre with an eventual capacity of more than 1 gigawatt…

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UK-EU draft deal aims to scrap red tape on food exports

The existing Sanitary and Phytosanitary Agreement is being called into question. This deal aims to remove: £200 Export Health Certificate requirements £25 phytosanitary certificates Inspector fees Organic certificates…

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Football Australia sued by players over Socceroos and Matildas pay

The claim is being brought by the player union Professional Footballers Australia against governing body Football Australia and has reached the New South Wales Supreme Court. PFA is reported to be arguing that FA owes…

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Can you trust AI to pick the best stocks?

Fair enough, but what if I tell you that one can manipulate the investment bias of an open-weight LLM by changing a single neuron in the neural network? That is the concerning message of a new paper by a group of…

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Official Statistics: Non-domestic rating: challenges and changes, 2023 and 2026 rating lists, September 2026

Official statistics announcement Non-domestic rating: challenges and changes, 2023 and 2026 rating lists, September 2026 Statistics on checks and challenges against the 2023 and 2026 local rating lists at . These…

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Policy paper: Better use of new and improved third-party data (interest income and card sales)

Get emails about this page Documents Better use of new and improved third-party data to make it easier to pay tax right the first time HTML Due diligence HTML Notification to HMRC HTML Card sales data schema MS Excel…

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