Business

Bristol and Edinburgh are emerging as the unlikely engines of Britain’s innovation economy, posting the country’s fastest-growing workforces among technology firms, university spin-outs and patent holders, according to fresh research that lays bare the persistent…

Britain’s distillers have been handed an unexpected fillip after Donald Trump announced the removal of all US tariffs and restrictions on whisky imports, a concession the president attributed directly to the influence of King Charles…

Christina Ong’s Como Group has emerged as a key shareholder in the lossmaking SL6, the holding company behind The Fat Duck and the Hinds Head, handing the celebrity chef the firepower to expand. The Singaporean…

Big ideas are easy to talk about. Bringing them to life is harder. Karan Gupta has built his career on doing both. He works at the intersection of technology, design, and storytelling. His focus is…

Sir Stephen Fry has launched a £100,000 personal injury claim against the organisers of a major London technology conference, in a case that should give every events business and SME conference organiser pause for thought…

Mark Zuckerberg’s pledge to deliver “personal superintelligence” fails to calm Wall Street as the social media group lifts its 2026 capital expenditure forecast by another $10bn, even as an algorithm overhaul drives record time spent…

Rolls-Royce has brushed aside investor jitters over the war in Iran, telling shareholders it remains firmly on course to deliver at least £4 billion of underlying operating profit this year, with engine flying hours running…

Managing a company budget used to be simpler. You had big, predictable costs like rent, payroll, and hardware. But today, the financial landscape has shifted. There is a silent leak in almost every modern balance…

Choosing the right LED power supply supplier is one of the most important decisions in any lighting project. While LED strips and modules often get the most attention, the power supply is the backbone of…

Premier Inn owner Whitbread is to scrap its chain of branded restaurants and recycle £1.5 billion of hotel freeholds through a sale-and-leaseback programme, placing 3,800 jobs at risk as the FTSE 100 group tears up…