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Increased defence investment stands to deliver a significant windfall for the British economy, with new analysis suggesting that the government’s ambitious spending commitments could add £30 billion a year to…

The price of oil climbed above $111 a barrel on Tuesday as mounting anxiety over stalled diplomatic efforts in the Gulf pushed energy markets higher and left equities treading water.…

The government has announced a £100million package of measures aimed at unlocking private investment for Britain’s entrepreneurs, start-ups and scale-ups, but business leaders have rounded on the plans, warning that…

Britain’s manufacturing sector is staring down the barrel of a near-£1 billion increase in annual business rates, piling further pressure on an industry already reeling from surging energy bills and…

Kate Alessi, Google’s managing director for the UK and Ireland, has pushed back firmly against warnings that artificial intelligence will trigger widespread unemployment, insisting that the greater risk lies in…

For many SMEs, music is still treated as an afterthought. It gets handed to whoever opens up in the morning, left to a personal playlist, or patched together through a…

Fresh incentives designed to turbocharge Britain’s start-up and scale-up economy have officially taken effect, with the government forecasting that the measures will channel an additional £100 million into high-growth companies…

GB News has made a bold bid for access to the public purse, arguing that government broadcasting grants should be opened up to competitive tender rather than flowing automatically to…

Bristol is about to join the big league of British live entertainment, with the city’s forthcoming Aviva Arena setting its sights on staging the Brit Awards within its first years…

The scale of the tax burden heaped on British businesses since the pandemic has been laid bare by new HMRC data showing that national insurance receipts have surged nearly 40…