Category: News

Oracle founder Larry Ellison has surpassed Elon Musk as the world’s richest man, with his fortune surging to $393bn after AI-fuelled demand sent Oracle shares soaring 40%.

US drugmaker Merck scraps plans for a £1bn London research hub and cuts UK discovery operations, criticising government undervaluation of innovative medicines and NHS pricing policies.

Keir Starmer tightens control of economic policy by creating a cross-government Budget Board ahead of November’s Autumn Statement, aiming to restore business confidence.

Formula 1 drivers Isack Hadjar and Liam Lawson launch a £500 Airtasker challenge for fans to design special edition helmets as a surprise for their pit crew.

The UK’s automotive sector remains a £115bn global trading powerhouse five years after Brexit, with EV exports to Europe soaring 424%. But looming 2027 battery tariff rules could derail growth unless urgent action is taken.

The Universities of Kent and Greenwich will merge in 2026 to form the UK’s first regional ‘super-university’, spanning London and the South East.

Cefinn, the womenswear label founded by Samantha Cameron and worn by the Princess of Wales and Queen Camilla, is to close after years of losses amid wholesale turmoil, rising costs and post-Brexit trading pressures.

More than 5,800 Countryside Stewardship agreements are set to end in December, leaving farmers warning of environmental damage and financial uncertainty as they await new government schemes.

HMRC staff took more than half a million sick days last year, new figures show, as the tax office also admitted four million calls from taxpayers are going unanswered annually.

Tottenham Hotspur have confirmed they rejected preliminary takeover interest from Amanda Staveley’s PCP International Finance and a Chinese investor group, insisting majority shareholder Enic has “no intention” of selling.

The gold price has climbed to a record $3,614 an ounce as investors anticipate a Federal Reserve rate cut and weigh uncertainty over US trade policy, inflation, and the dollar’s role in global markets.

Barclays Bank has received a formal complaint from journalist Martin Blackham alleging anti-Semitism at its Leicester branch after his account was frozen, prompting calls for an urgent investigation.

Home secretary Shabana Mahmood is considering reforms to the European Convention on Human Rights as Labour seeks to blunt Reform UK’s advance, with new asylum policies and returns deals also in play.

Marks & Spencer has urged environment secretary Emma Reynolds to back farmers and rethink Labour’s proposed inheritance tax reforms, warning that Britain needs a clear legal commitment to domestic food production.

New business secretary Peter Kyle has vowed to deliver an “ambitious” growth agenda, telling UK bosses he wants government to help create Britain’s first $1trn company and make the UK the best place to scale a business.