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  • Farage promises tax-free overtime in £5bn pitch to working Britain
  • Charlotte Tilbury’s payout demand scuppers £30bn Estée Lauder–Puig beauty mega-merger
  • James Watt plots brewing comeback with community-owned Second Best venture
  • Morrisons courts rival grocers in bid to widen Myton supply deals
  • Food bills set to climb as ministers refuse to ditch £2bn packaging levy
  • Morrisons to shut 100 convenience stores as supermarket blames Labour’s ‘policy choices’ for rising costs
  • April borrowing surges to £24.3bn as debt interest bill breaks month record
  • Jaguar Land Rover eyes American tie-up with Stellantis to sidestep Trump tariffs
  • Labour eyes £1bn VAT raid on airport charges in stealth blow to family holidays
  • Blame the system, not the school leavers for youth unemployment, says Amazon’s UK boss
Reform UK leader vows to lift income tax from overtime pay for anyone earning under £75,000, a policy he says will reward graft, lift productivity and put more than £1,000 a year back into the pockets of nurses, police officers and factory hands.

Farage promises tax-free overtime in £5bn pitch to working Britain

Nigel Farage will scrap income tax on overtime for workers earning under £75,000 — a £5bn Reform UK pledge with major implications for SME payroll.

In a claim that will resonate with thousands of school-leavers wading through a torrent of rejection emails this summer, the skills minister has declared that securing a coveted apprenticeship in Britain has become harder than winning a place at Oxford or Cambridge.

Apprenticeships ‘tougher to land than Oxbridge places’ as ministers pledge £600m for 60,000 new starts

Skills minister Baroness Smith says securing a UK apprenticeship is now tougher than winning an Oxbridge place, as ministers promise £600m to create 60,000 new posts amid a youth jobs crunch.

A change-of-control clause held by Britain's wealthiest make-up artist has emerged as the unlikely catalyst behind the collapse of one of the cosmetics industry's most ambitious tie-ups in a generation.

Charlotte Tilbury’s payout demand scuppers £30bn Estée Lauder–Puig beauty mega-merger

Charlotte Tilbury’s payout demand has derailed the £30bn Estée Lauder–Puig beauty mega-merger, with a change-of-control clause proving the deal-breaker.

BrewDog co-founder and CEO James Watt has announced that all five finalists of his Next Unicorn competition will each be taking home a share of his £1million investment

James Watt plots brewing comeback with community-owned Second Best venture

BrewDog founder James Watt returns to brewing with Second Best, handing up to 19.3% of his new community-owned venture free to former Equity Punk investors wiped out by March’s £33m Tilray rescue.

Bradford-based grocer pitches its Myton manufacturing arm to Sainsbury's and other supermarket rivals as it tries to grind down a £3.1bn debt pile inherited from its 2021 private equity takeover.

Morrisons courts rival grocers in bid to widen Myton supply deals

Morrisons is courting rival UK supermarkets to take supply from its Myton manufacturing arm, as the Bradford grocer battles a £3.1bn debt pile and £381m annual loss.

Spanish-owned Encirc, which produces a third of Britain's glass bottles, is understood to be poised to withdraw a £500m furnace upgrade as Whitehall digs in on a levy the Bank of England says is already feeding through to the till.

Food bills set to climb as ministers refuse to ditch £2bn packaging levy

Ministers refuse to scrap the £2bn EPR packaging tax, threatening to push food inflation higher and putting £500m of UK glass-sector investment at risk.

The Icelandic-born billionaire behind Nasdaq-listed biosimilars group Alvotech has become the latest international entrepreneur to warn that Britain’s tax direction is making the country uninvestable for mobile capital.

Alvotech founder Robert Wessman threatens to quit Britain over ‘anti-wealth’ tax regime

Icelandic billionaire and Alvotech founder Robert Wessman says inheritance tax, capital gains hikes and political instability are pushing him to leave the UK — taking jobs, capital and R&D investment with him.

Foreign investment in UK commercial property has tumbled 30% to £3.6bn in Q1 2026, with planning delays, the building safety backlog and the upward-only rent review ban blamed for spooking overseas capital.

Overseas investors retreat from UK commercial property as red tape bites

Foreign investment in UK commercial property has tumbled 30% to £3.6bn in Q1 2026, with planning delays, the building safety backlog and the upward-only rent review ban blamed for spooking overseas capital.

Beyond Algorithmic Echo Chambers: The Rise of Authentic Lifestyle Communities in Europe’s Creator Economy

Europe’s social media landscape is undergoing a quiet revolution. After more than a decade of polished influencer culture, algorithmic homogenization, and engagement-maximising feeds, audiences are pushing back. 

  1. Farage promises tax-free overtime in £5bn pitch to working Britain
  2. Apprenticeships ‘tougher to land than Oxbridge places’ as ministers pledge £600m for 60,000 new starts
  3. Charlotte Tilbury’s payout demand scuppers £30bn Estée Lauder–Puig beauty mega-merger
  4. James Watt plots brewing comeback with community-owned Second Best venture
  5. Morrisons courts rival grocers in bid to widen Myton supply deals
  6. Food bills set to climb as ministers refuse to ditch £2bn packaging levy
  7. Alvotech founder Robert Wessman threatens to quit Britain over ‘anti-wealth’ tax regime
  8. Overseas investors retreat from UK commercial property as red tape bites
  9. Beyond Algorithmic Echo Chambers: The Rise of Authentic Lifestyle Communities in Europe’s Creator Economy
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Reform UK leader vows to lift income tax from overtime pay for anyone earning under £75,000, a policy he says will reward graft, lift productivity and put more than £1,000 a year back into the pockets of nurses, police officers and factory hands.

Farage promises tax-free overtime in £5bn pitch to working Britain

Nigel Farage will scrap income tax on overtime for workers earning under £75,000 — a £5bn Reform UK pledge with major implications for SME payroll.

A change-of-control clause held by Britain's wealthiest make-up artist has emerged as the unlikely catalyst behind the collapse of one of the cosmetics industry's most ambitious tie-ups in a generation.

Charlotte Tilbury’s payout demand scuppers £30bn Estée Lauder–Puig beauty mega-merger

Charlotte Tilbury’s payout demand has derailed the £30bn Estée Lauder–Puig beauty mega-merger, with a change-of-control clause proving the deal-breaker.

BrewDog co-founder and CEO James Watt has announced that all five finalists of his Next Unicorn competition will each be taking home a share of his £1million investment

James Watt plots brewing comeback with community-owned Second Best venture

BrewDog founder James Watt returns to brewing with Second Best, handing up to 19.3% of his new community-owned venture free to former Equity Punk investors wiped out by March’s £33m Tilray rescue.

Bradford-based grocer pitches its Myton manufacturing arm to Sainsbury's and other supermarket rivals as it tries to grind down a £3.1bn debt pile inherited from its 2021 private equity takeover.

Morrisons courts rival grocers in bid to widen Myton supply deals

Morrisons is courting rival UK supermarkets to take supply from its Myton manufacturing arm, as the Bradford grocer battles a £3.1bn debt pile and £381m annual loss.

Spanish-owned Encirc, which produces a third of Britain's glass bottles, is understood to be poised to withdraw a £500m furnace upgrade as Whitehall digs in on a levy the Bank of England says is already feeding through to the till.

Food bills set to climb as ministers refuse to ditch £2bn packaging levy

Ministers refuse to scrap the £2bn EPR packaging tax, threatening to push food inflation higher and putting £500m of UK glass-sector investment at risk.

Morrisons is preparing to pull down the shutters on 100 loss-making convenience stores in a move that places hundreds of shop-floor jobs in jeopardy, with the Bradford-based grocer pointing the finger squarely at Labour's tax and wage agenda for tipping the sites into terminal decline.

Morrisons to shut 100 convenience stores as supermarket blames Labour’s ‘policy choices’ for rising costs

Morrisons is closing 100 loss-making convenience stores, putting hundreds of jobs at risk, and has blamed Labour’s “policy choices” for the rising costs eroding profitability.

Chancellor Rachel Reeves is facing mounting calls to resign from frustrated business owners after a series of leaks ahead of this week’s Budget - drawing comparisons with Labour Chancellor Hugh Dalton, who quit in 1947 after briefing a journalist moments before delivering his statement.

April borrowing surges to £24.3bn as debt interest bill breaks month record

UK public sector borrowing climbed to £24.3bn in April 2026, overshooting the OBR forecast, as Treasury debt interest payments hit a record £10.3bn for the month.

Britain's biggest car manufacturer has, for the first time in its history, cracked open the door to assembling Range Rovers and Land Rover Defenders on American soil, a move that would have been unthinkable a generation ago, and one that has been forced squarely onto the agenda by Donald Trump's tariff regime.

Jaguar Land Rover eyes American tie-up with Stellantis to sidestep Trump tariffs

Jaguar Land Rover signs a memorandum of understanding with Stellantis to explore building Range Rovers and Defenders in the US, sidestepping President Trump’s tariff cap on British-made cars.

British families planning a getaway this summer could find the cost of flying creeping up again, after it emerged that Treasury officials are quietly drawing up plans for a £1bn VAT raid on the fees airports charge airlines, a move the industry has branded a stealth tax on holidaymakers and exporters alike.

Labour eyes £1bn VAT raid on airport charges in stealth blow to family holidays

HMRC drafts plans to slap 20% VAT on airport landing fees, adding £1bn to airline costs and pushing up the price of UK family holidays — even as Reeves cuts VAT on days out.

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In a claim that will resonate with thousands of school-leavers wading through a torrent of rejection emails this summer, the skills minister has declared that securing a coveted apprenticeship in Britain has become harder than winning a place at Oxford or Cambridge.

Apprenticeships ‘tougher to land than Oxbridge places’ as ministers pledge £600m for 60,000 new starts

Skills minister Baroness Smith says securing a UK apprenticeship is now tougher than winning an Oxbridge place, as ministers promise £600m to create 60,000 new posts amid a youth jobs crunch.

The Icelandic-born billionaire behind Nasdaq-listed biosimilars group Alvotech has become the latest international entrepreneur to warn that Britain’s tax direction is making the country uninvestable for mobile capital.

Alvotech founder Robert Wessman threatens to quit Britain over ‘anti-wealth’ tax regime

Icelandic billionaire and Alvotech founder Robert Wessman says inheritance tax, capital gains hikes and political instability are pushing him to leave the UK — taking jobs, capital and R&D investment with him.

Foreign investment in UK commercial property has tumbled 30% to £3.6bn in Q1 2026, with planning delays, the building safety backlog and the upward-only rent review ban blamed for spooking overseas capital.

Overseas investors retreat from UK commercial property as red tape bites

Foreign investment in UK commercial property has tumbled 30% to £3.6bn in Q1 2026, with planning delays, the building safety backlog and the upward-only rent review ban blamed for spooking overseas capital.

The Government's headline-grabbing summer VAT giveaway has been dismissed as politically convenient window-dressing by the head of the UK's night-time economy trade body, who argues that the country's clubs, festivals and live music venues have once again been left to fend for themselves.

Nightlife chief brands Chancellor’s summer VAT cut a ‘superficial fix’ that abandons clubs and festivals

Chancellor’s summer VAT cut for family attractions ignores clubs, festivals and live music venues, NTIA’s Michael Kill warns, branding it a ‘superficial fix’

The traditional gear stick, that small, mechanical talisman of British motoring, is being quietly stripped out of new car ranges, and according to fresh forecasts it will be all but extinct by the end of the decade. The diesel engine, long the workhorse of the company car park, is heading for the same exit door.

Manual gearboxes set to vanish by 2030 and diesel is tailgating its demise

Manual gearboxes and diesel cars will all but vanish from UK showrooms by 2030, analysts warn. Here’s what the shift means for SME owners, fleet managers and company car schemes.

Britain's vending, coffee services and automated retail industry has quietly become one of the most resilient and technologically progressive corners of the UK economy, generating £3.78 billion in total revenue in 2025, according to the latest Census & Market Report from the Automatic Vending Association (AVA).

UK vending and automated retail sector hits £3.78bn as smart fridges and cashless tech outpace the wider economy

Britain’s vending, coffee and automated retail sector grew to £3.78bn in 2025, outpacing UK GDP, as smart fridges surged 50% and 62% of payments went mobile.

Facebook’s parent company has begun notifying staff worldwide that they are out of a job, with engineers and product teams bearing the brunt of a 10 per cent cull designed to bankroll a $145bn artificial intelligence spending spree.

Meta to axe 8,000 jobs as Zuckerberg doubles down on AI race

Meta begins 8,000 global redundancies to bankroll a $145bn AI splurge, with 350 Dublin roles in the firing line as Zuckerberg chases ‘personal superintelligence’.

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BrewDog co-founder and CEO James Watt has announced that all five finalists of his Next Unicorn competition will each be taking home a share of his £1million investment

James Watt plots brewing comeback with community-owned Second Best venture

BrewDog founder James Watt returns to brewing with Second Best, handing up to 19.3% of his new community-owned venture free to former Equity Punk investors wiped out by March’s £33m Tilray rescue.

The Icelandic-born billionaire behind Nasdaq-listed biosimilars group Alvotech has become the latest international entrepreneur to warn that Britain’s tax direction is making the country uninvestable for mobile capital.

Alvotech founder Robert Wessman threatens to quit Britain over ‘anti-wealth’ tax regime

Icelandic billionaire and Alvotech founder Robert Wessman says inheritance tax, capital gains hikes and political instability are pushing him to leave the UK — taking jobs, capital and R&D investment with him.

Marketing & Social Media

The owner of Facebook and Instagram will cut another 10,000 jobs, months after laying off 11,000 staff, as the technology group prepares for years of economic disruption.

Meta launches high court challenge against Ofcom over online safety act fines

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Meta to axe 8,000 jobs in May as Zuckerberg bets the house on AI

Nigel Farage has invested £215,000 in a cryptocurrency business chaired by former UK chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng, underscoring the growing overlap between politics and the digital asset sector.

Reform UK becomes first British political party to launch its own podcast

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OpenAI, the San Francisco company behind ChatGPT, is preparing to file confidentially for an initial public offering within weeks, in what would rank as one of the largest flotations the artificial intelligence sector has ever seen and a defining moment in the global technology race.

OpenAI lines up confidential IPO filing as race for AI listings accelerates

OpenAI is preparing a confidential IPO filing with Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley, paving the way for one of the most consequential AI listings on record and raising the stakes for SpaceX, Anthropic and the wider technology sector.

For an SME, the cruellest moment in any growth story is the one when a once-in-a-generation order lands on the desk, and the cash flow simply cannot stretch to fulfil it.

Packaging power: how Cheshire’s Packaging One sealed a £4m export deal with UKEF backing

Cheshire’s Packaging One has won a £4m contract with a global tech giant after UKEF and NatWest unlocked working capital through the General Export Facility.

Britain’s artificial intelligence sector has produced its first heavyweight league table of 2026, with Barclays placing Oxford-founded chip designer Fractile and Google DeepMind spinout Isomorphic Labs at the centre of its new AI 100 ranking, a list that crystallises just how quickly the UK’s AI economy is maturing.

Barclays crowns Fractile and Isomorphic Labs in inaugural AI 100 as Britain’s tech race intensifies

Barclays Eagle Labs names Oxford chip pioneer Fractile and DeepMind spinout Isomorphic Labs among Britain’s top AI start-ups, as UK AI funding tops £8.3bn.

OpenAI has agreed a multibillion-dollar partnership with Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) to secure massive computing power for its next generation of artificial intelligence models — a direct challenge to Nvidia’s dominant position in the global AI chip market.

Britain’s AI boom hits record £8.3bn as London cements European tech crown

UK AI investment hit a record £8.3bn in 2025, with London home to nearly three quarters of Britain’s AI fintech firms, Barclays Eagle Labs research reveals.

For most small and medium-sized British exporters, the painful moment is rarely the order itself. It is the phone call a few days later, when the bank politely points out that the working capital required to fulfil it sits stubbornly the wrong side of an agreed credit ceiling. A career-defining contract becomes, almost overnight, a balance-sheet problem.

Hertfordshire Pharma lands £2.3m Saudi contracts after UKEF steps in to plug working capital gap

UK Export Finance insurance has unlocked an HSBC UK credit lift, allowing Hertfordshire SME Masters Speciality Pharma to ship £2.3m of lifesaving medicines to Saudi Arabia.

GameStop, the American video game chain that became the standard-bearer of the 2021 meme stock frenzy, has stunned Wall Street with an unsolicited $55.5bn (£40.9bn) cash-and-stock offer for the online marketplace eBay, an audacious reverse takeover that would see a company worth roughly a quarter of its target attempt to swallow it whole.

ebay rebuffs GameStop’s surprise $55.5bn swoop

eBay has rejected a surprise $55.5bn takeover bid from GameStop, calling it “neither credible nor attractive”. Ryan Cohen may now go direct to shareholders.

OpenAI has agreed a multibillion-dollar partnership with Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) to secure massive computing power for its next generation of artificial intelligence models — a direct challenge to Nvidia’s dominant position in the global AI chip market.

OpenAI mints hundreds of overnight millionaires as staff cash out $6.6bn in share sale

Around 600 OpenAI staff have shared a $6.6bn (£4.8bn) payout in a secondary share sale, with average proceeds of $11m and the largest sellers banking $30m apiece, as the ChatGPT maker eyes a 2027 IPO at a $1tn valuation.

Getting a large sum of money can be overwhelming no matter where it is from. You might feel excited or sad and have many questions: What should I do first? Can I retire? How can I use this wisely?

SME funded launches one-stop finance platform to plug funding gap for britain’s builders and manufacturers

New specialist lender SME Funded launches with access to 130+ lenders and its own capital, targeting underserved construction and manufacturing SMEs across the UK.

Construction is an industry worth $13 trillion globally, yet it remains one of the least profitable on earth. Margins of between 1 and 4 per cent are the norm, and the commercial fate of most projects is sealed long before a single foundation is poured. That uncomfortable truth has just attracted serious capital.

ProcurePro lands $11m to drag construction’s $13 trillion supply chain out of the spreadsheet era

Australian construction tech firm ProcurePro raises $11m at an $80m+ valuation, led by QIC Ventures, to scale its AI-driven procurement platform across the UK, Middle East and North America.

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Legal

The chief executive of US fintech Bolt has mounted a robust defence of his decision to sack the company's entire human resources department, telling a Fortune audience that the team "created problems that didn't exist" and that those issues "disappeared" the moment he showed them the door.

Bolt boss defends sacking entire HR team, claiming staff ‘invented problems that didn’t exist’

Bolt chief executive Ryan Breslow has defended axing the fintech’s entire HR department, claiming the team “created problems that didn’t exist” as the firm slashes headcount and pivots to an AI-first model.

Britain's small and medium-sized businesses have been put on notice. From 19 June 2026, exactly one month from today, every organisation that handles personal data will, by law, be required to operate a formal complaints process. Those that fail to prepare risk regulatory action, reputational damage and the slow drip of customer trust eroding away.

ICO Warns SMEs: one month to comply with new Data Complaints Law

UK businesses have just four weeks to put a statutory data protection complaints process in place before the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 takes effect on 19 June 2026. Here’s what SMEs must do.

An Isle of Man trading-education platform has won a two-year trade mark battle against TikTok’s UK arm, in a ruling small business advisers say sets a powerful precedent for founders facing legal pressure from global tech giants.

How a 50-person start-up beat TikTok at the IPO – with Lord Sugar in its corner

An Isle of Man fintech start-up has beaten TikTok at the UK Intellectual Property Office, winning a two-year trade mark fight backed by Lord Sugar’s Trade Mark Wizards, and TikTok has been ordered to pay costs

Mark Zuckerberg's Meta Platforms has suffered a significant legal setback in Europe after the bloc's highest court ruled that national regulators have the power to enforce compensation arrangements between online platforms and news publishers for the use of their journalism.

Meta dealt blow by EU court in landmark ruling on publisher payments

Meta has lost a pivotal EU court case after challenging Italy’s right to set compensation for press content. The ruling strengthens publishers’ hand in negotiations with Big Tech platforms over snippets and AI training data.

Tesco has suffered a significant setback in the long-running equal pay battle being waged by tens of thousands of its shop floor staff, after the Court of Appeal threw out the supermarket’s challenge to the way an Employment Tribunal had been assessing the value of jobs carried out by its customer assistants.

Tesco loses court of appeal fight over equal pay job assessment in landmark ruling for SME and retail employers

Tesco has lost its Court of Appeal challenge to the way tribunals assess job value in the £multi-million equal pay claim brought by 16,000 shop workers — with significant implications for UK employers.

Mike Ashley's retail empire has scored a notable courtroom victory after the Court of Appeal threw out a substantial damages award handed down in a protracted trademark infringement dispute, sparing the FTSE-listed group what could have proved a punishing financial blow.

Ashley’s Frasers group dodges hefty damages bill in trademark appeal victory

Mike Ashley’s Frasers Group has overturned damages in a long-running trademark battle with Beverly Hills Polo Club owner Lifestyle Equities, after the Court of Appeal ruled licensee claims were filed too late.

The owner of Facebook and Instagram will cut another 10,000 jobs, months after laying off 11,000 staff, as the technology group prepares for years of economic disruption.

Meta launches high court challenge against Ofcom over online safety act fines

Meta has launched a judicial review against Ofcom, arguing the regulator’s fees and fines regime under the Online Safety Act is disproportionate and unfairly tied to global revenue.

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Publishers take Meta to court in landmark AI copyright showdown

Five major publishers including Hachette and Macmillan have sued Meta in Manhattan federal court, alleging the tech giant pirated millions of books to train its Llama AI. Industry experts warn UK SMEs of mounting licensing risks.

HM Revenue & Customs has suffered a major blow in one of the longest-running and most consequential employment status disputes in British tax history, with a tribunal ruling that 60 football referees engaged by the Professional Game Match Officials Limited (PGMOL) were genuinely self-employed, not employees, as the tax authority had insisted for almost a decade.

HMRC loses landmark £584,000 tax battle as referees ruled self-employed

HMRC has been defeated in the landmark £584,000 PGMOL employment status case, with a tribunal ruling football referees were genuinely self-employed — casting fresh doubt over the tax office’s CEST tool.

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An Argyll-based manufacturing firm is targeting 20 per cent year-on-year growth in the global awards sector after investing nearly half a million pounds in new production technology.

Custom acrylic manufacturer Midton targets 20% annual growth after £429,000 tech investment at Argyll foundry

Argyll-based Midton is expanding its acrylic awards manufacturing capacity following a £429,000 investment in new biomass-powered technology.

The Made in Britain organisation has raised concerns over Reform UK’s alleged use of a logo resembling its own, stressing political neutrality and lack of authorisation.

‘Made in Britain’ body challenges Reform UK over alleged unauthorised logo use

The Made in Britain organisation has raised concerns over Reform UK’s alleged use of a logo resembling its own, stressing political neutrality and lack of authorisation.

As the Labour Party Conference kicks off this weekend, Made in Britain, a trade association that unites domestic manufacturers through the official Made in Britain Trademark, has issued a cross-party call for MPs to actively support local manufacturers.

Made in Britain applications surge following Trump tariffs as businesses embrace UK-made goods

The UK’s leading manufacturing trade organisation, Made in Britain, has reported a 20% surge in membership applications in the wake of President Trump’s sweeping new tariffs on imported goods, as interest in “buying British” grows among businesses and consumers alike.

Made in Britain, the not-for-profit organisation behind the official trademark for UK manufacturing, has forged a new partnership with Lincoln-based digital marketing agency Carrington.

Made in Britain teams up with Carrington to drive UK manufacturing growth

Made in Britain, the official trademark for UK manufacturers, has appointed digital marketing agency Carrington to boost visibility for 2,100+ members, championing British-made products and sustainable growth.

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Newswire

Bitcoin has slipped below the $70,000 mark, erasing the gains made after Donald Trump’s return to the White House, as weakening investor demand and regulatory uncertainty weigh on the world’s largest cryptocurrency.

Bitcoin falls below $70,000, wiping out post-election gains

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The Government's headline-grabbing summer VAT giveaway has been dismissed as politically convenient window-dressing by the head of the UK's night-time economy trade body, who argues that the country's clubs, festivals and live music venues have once again been left to fend for themselves.

Nightlife chief brands Chancellor’s summer VAT cut a ‘superficial fix’ that abandons clubs and festivals

Colbert’s final bow: How CBS cancelled the king of late night to keep Trump sweet

Sweating the asset: How Sting wrote Roxanne in an afternoon and sold it for £240 Million

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Facebook’s parent company has begun notifying staff worldwide that they are out of a job, with engineers and product teams bearing the brunt of a 10 per cent cull designed to bankroll a $145bn artificial intelligence spending spree.

Meta to axe 8,000 jobs as Zuckerberg doubles down on AI race

You may have heard the joke: an older fish says to a younger fish, ‘The water’s nice today, huh?’ and the younger fish replies, ‘What the hell is water?’ It works because the things that shape our experience most are often the easiest to overlook.

Are You Building a Future-Ready Business? Choose Tech That Is Less Visible, Not More Complicated

Britain's small and medium-sized businesses have been put on notice. From 19 June 2026, exactly one month from today, every organisation that handles personal data will, by law, be required to operate a formal complaints process. Those that fail to prepare risk regulatory action, reputational damage and the slow drip of customer trust eroding away.

ICO Warns SMEs: one month to comply with new Data Complaints Law

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Beyond Algorithmic Echo Chambers: The Rise of Authentic Lifestyle Communities in Europe’s Creator Economy

Europe’s social media landscape is undergoing a quiet revolution. After more than a decade of polished influencer culture, algorithmic homogenization, and engagement-maximising feeds, audiences are pushing back. 

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