Amy Ingham is a reporter at Business Matters, covering UK business news with a focus on breaking news, business policy, late payments and insolvency. She joined the magazine in 2026 after completing the NCTJ Diploma in Journalism at Harlow College's journalism school. Her recent reporting includes British Steel's nationalisation and its impact on SME suppliers, the decline in late payments by large firms, and Insolvency Service director disqualifications. Reach her at aingham@cbmeg.co.uk.
Jefferies analyst Jonathan Pierce says lenders could offer the chancellor a freeze on deferred tax assets to avert a steeper tax rise on 28 October.
Nominations for the 2027 non-executive director awards opened today across eight categories, with entries closing on 8 November and winners named in March.
André Maeder, chief executive of Selfridges Group, says extending Sunday trading hours by two or three hours would help department stores lift sales.
UK GDP growth reached 0.4 per cent in July, beating forecasts of no growth, with the ONS saying the World Cup and record hot weather lifted…
Monsoon founder Peter Simon is selling nearly 200 works by artists including Francis Bacon and Pablo Picasso in three Christie's London sales in October.
Gavin Newsom has signed a California social media law barring addictive features for under-16s, alongside new AI chatbot rules, in a package of 13 bills.
Veenoo Sharma's SHE Leads with AI, a fully funded female founder accelerator for 30 women, will start at Dubai's DIFC Innovation Hub on 16 November.
Apple has unveiled the iPhone Duo, its first foldable iPhone, priced from £1,999 to £3,199, with IDC forecasting 10 million sales in the first 12 months.
AI drug design startup deepmirror has been awarded a Sovereign AI grant by Innovate UK to fund a £1m project expanding its molecular property dataset.
Fast Company has named Anthropic No 1 on its Best Workplaces for Innovators 2026 list, citing Claude Code, Claude Cowork and a valuation approaching $1trn.
Arm Holdings chief executive Rene Haas says an AI cancer cure will come in our lifetime, and predicts humanoid robots in wide use within five years.
The Mistral AI funding round of €3bn, the largest venture raise in Europe, values the Paris-based open-weight AI model developer at more than €21bn.
The Employment Appeal Tribunal has overturned the 2024 Next equal pay ruling, finding recruitment and retention justified higher warehouse pay rates.
Chris Rokos, ranked third on The Sunday Times list of Britain's top taxpayers, is to leave the UK for Greece, weeks before John Healey's first budget
Salford heads GoDaddy's most entrepreneurial cities ranking for 2026, with satellite cities taking four of the top five places for start-up growth.