BUSINESS

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LVMH suffers steep drop in fashion sales as wealthy consumers tighten belts

LVMH suffers steep drop in fashion sales as wealthy con...

LVMH reports a 9% fall in fashion and leather goods sales as luxury demand slow...

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EU fails to reduce 50% steel tariff in draft US trade deal as industry warns of ‘catastrophic’ impact

EU fails to reduce 50% steel tariff in draft US trade d...

The European Union has failed to secure any reduction in the punitive 50 per ce...

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UK firms cutting staff at fastest pace since February as economic pressures mount

UK firms cutting staff at fastest pace since February a...

UK businesses are slashing staff numbers at the fastest rate since February, hi...

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River Island faces collapse unless landlords approve urgent rescue plan

River Island faces collapse unless landlords approve ur...

River Island warns it could enter administration unless landlords back a restru...

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Santander faces backlash over charges on ‘free forever’ business accounts

Santander faces backlash over charges on ‘free forever’...

Thousands of Santander customers face £9.99 monthly fees from October—despite w...

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Defence sector confident of job surge as firms await MoD contracts

Defence sector confident of job surge as firms await Mo...

Defence firms across the South West expect hundreds of new jobs as government s...

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Luxury Lodge Estates censured over misleading investment claims in Sunday Times advert

Luxury Lodge Estates censured over misleading investmen...

The ASA has upheld four complaints against Luxury Lodge Estates over a Sunday T...

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Trump’s first six months in office spark surge in Bitcoin millionaires, new research reveals

Trump’s first six months in office spark surge in Bitco...

15,841 new Bitcoin millionaires have emerged since Trump began his second term,...

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Inheritance tax haul hits £2.2bn in just three months amid rising property prices and frozen thresholds

Inheritance tax haul hits £2.2bn in just three months a...

HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) collected a staggering £2.2 billion in inheritanc...

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OpenAI launches ChatGPT personal assistant capable of browsing, shopping, and managing files

OpenAI launches ChatGPT personal assistant capable of b...

OpenAI unveils ChatGPT agent—an AI-powered personal assistant that can browse t...

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Uber to buy 20,000 self-driving taxis in $300m Lucid partnership

Uber to buy 20,000 self-driving taxis in $300m Lucid pa...

Uber will roll out 20,000 self-driving Lucid Gravity SUVs from 2025 in a $300m ...

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Ocado chief blames Reeves’s Budget for rising food prices as inflation climbs

Ocado chief blames Reeves’s Budget for rising food pric...

Ocado CEO Tim Steiner says Rachel Reeves’s Budget, including higher NI and mini...

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Netflix turns to generative AI for visual effects in original series The Eternauts

Netflix turns to generative AI for visual effects in or...

Netflix has used generative AI to create visual effects in an original series f...

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Company insolvencies fall in England and Wales, but experts warn challenges remain

Company insolvencies fall in England and Wales, but exp...

UK company insolvencies fell 16% in June 2025, offering cautious optimism, but ...

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How a £400,000 fund in Oxfordshire shows the future of community investment

How a £400,000 fund in Oxfordshire shows the future of ...

In just three years, a medium-sized market town has cracked a code that's elude...

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Aldermore provides £25m funding package to boost Osprey’s EV charging hub rollout

Aldermore provides £25m funding package to boost Osprey...

Aldermore provides £25m funding to Osprey Charging as part of a £110m facility ...