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Google to build new $1bn data centre in Waltham Cross
Google has announced a billion-dollar investment in a UK data centre in a move hailed by the government as a “huge vote of confidence in Britain”.
Thursday 22 October 2026
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Google has announced a billion-dollar investment in a UK data centre in a move hailed by the government as a “huge vote of confidence in Britain”.
Sainsbury's is to wind down its banking division as it continues to focus on its core food business.
Spotify has launched an outspoken attack on new transaction fees of up to 27% being levied by Apple in the US.
The Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, has given strong hints that he wants to cut taxes in the spring Budget.
Tata Steel is to push ahead with plans to close both blast furnaces at its Port Talbot works in south Wales.
Britain’s biggest high street lenders expect the sharpest rise in defaults on unsecured lending since 2009, according to a Bank of England survey, as households come…
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has championed British excellence in tech and called for further investment into the UK tech industry at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting…
Sheryl Sandberg is to step down from the board of Facebook’s parent company, Meta, nearly two years after quitting her executive role at the business.
Apple has been forced to stop selling its Apple Watch in the US over claims the devices are running on stolen technology – after a federal…
With the self-assessment tax return deadline looming, HMRC has highlighted that as many as 44,800 taxpayers have already chosen to spread their tax payments via payment…
Mulberry has blamed a slowdown in demand for luxury spending and a lack of VAT free shopping for a nine per cent decline in sales over…
BT has become the first major telecoms company to scrap controversial above-inflation price rises for mobile and broadband customers – but not before pushing through a…
China’s economy is open for business to foreign investors, the country’s premier has said, as he extolled the virtues of a rich middle class ready to…
Inflation in the UK unexpectedly rose for the first time in nearly a year to 4 per cent in December, dampening hopes that the Bank of…
Between 2018 and 2022, 420,000 late-filing penalties issued by the tax authority were to people who earned less than the personal tax allowance and therefore owed…