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UK business owners fast track exit plans amid fears of capital gains tax raid

Business owners in the UK have fast-tracked their exit plans over the past year, research has shown, which comes amid fears of an increase...

Not all credit goes to Ratan Tata – but he did shape investment in UK steel and JLR | Nils Pratley

In India, Ratan Tata is being mourned as a towering business leader who took the sprawling family-controlled Tata Group into international markets while retaining...

Dozens of UK-linked firms suspected of busting Russian oil sanctions

The government is investigating 37 UK-linked businesses for potentially breaking Russian oil sanctions - but no fines have been handed out so far, the...

Rural England Prosperity Fund Grants open for Bedford Borough community organisations

Bedford Borough Council is delighted to announce the opening of a new round of grant funding for community organisations based in rural areas. The...

Pension changes: How you could be affected

Getty ImagesThere is growing speculation that the way pensions are taxed could be changed in the Budget.Chancellor Rachel Reeves says she needs to find...

Business schools see ‘significant’ drop in overseas applications

UK business schools have reported “concerning” declines in postgraduate international applications following the introduction of “challenging” government policies, a report has found.  The Chartered Association of Business...

Council of Nations tackles challenge of UK power-sharing

ReutersThe SNP first minister, Alex Salmond, was outraged when Labour prime minister, Tony Blair struck a prisoner transfer deal in the Libyan desert with...

Green energy firms promise more than £24bn of new investment in Britain

The leaders of the world’s biggest green energy companies have promised more than £24bn of new private investment across Great Britain ahead of a...

Ex-Darktrace CEO Poppy Gustafsson appointed UK investment minister

The co-founder of the £4bn British tech firm Darktrace, Poppy Gustafsson, has been appointed as the government’s new investment minister.Darktrace, the listed cybersecurity company,...

Former Mike Lynch protégé named new investment minister

A former protégé of Mike Lynch has been named as the Government’s...

New investment minister to spearhead bolstered Office for Investment

Former Darktrace CEO Poppy Gustafsson OBE appointed as Minister for Investment ahead of inaugural International Investment Summit ...

Ikea says cutting prices ‘remains a priority’ after UK sales slide

Ikea has said price cutting “remains a priority” after sales at its UK business fell last year as hard-pressed shoppers cut spending on furniture...

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