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.
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The Government is weighing a major shake-up of landlord taxation that could see National Insurance contributions applied to rental income for the first time.
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Oxford University spin-out OrganOx, developer of pioneering transplant technology, has been sold to Japanese medical giant Terumo for $1.5bn in one of the UK’s biggest medtech…