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Jet fuel tax could raise £6bn a year in the UK, says thinktank

Campaigners have urged the chancellor to start taxing jet fuel – with a report showing that charging duty at the same rate paid by...

UK ministers visit Gulf to boost trade and investment

Trade Secretary Jonathan Reynolds and Trade Policy Minister Douglas Alexander choose the Gulf for first joint international visit...

Foreign investors dominate private equity funding of UK firms, data shows

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Rayner at odds with Business Secretary over workers’ rights reforms

Ms Rayner and Mr Reynolds have held a series of joint meetings...

Few new Swindon businesses despite top spot in economic report

Swindon is faring worse than nearby Bristol and Oxford with below-average business startups according to PwC’s Good Growth for Cities Index. ...

‘There’s something in the air’: UK airport expansion gears up for takeoff

The younger, tormented minister mulling his position before the Labour government granted Heathrow’s third runway in 2009 might have been greatly relieved to know...

One more item on Labour’s long to-do list: repair the UK aid budget | Larry Elliot

Domestic issues have dominated in the two months or so since the general election. Much of the talk has been of holes in the...

Bezos takes on Musk in battle 300 miles above Britain

“ are a long way behind SpaceX,” says Tim Farrar, founder of...

Major business leader says Scotland’s resources are ‘golden ticket for UK growth’

SCOTLAND’S natural resources are the envy of the world, according to the head of a major business organisation.The chief executive of the Confederation of...

The British pensioner paradise becoming a graveyard for small boat migrants

The migrants he treats have been at sea for as long as...

Two thirds of businesses think Labour reforms will damage British competitiveness

Mr Percival said there were concerns that new recruits won’t be given...

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