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The AI boom’s biggest payoff could be better medicines

The AI boom has rapidly expanded from the digital to the physical. Chips, data centers, cloud infrastructure, and new sources of power are...

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The new rules of brand reputation

For years, marketers and communications professionals have been taught to control the brand narrative. Define the message. Build the campaign. Push it out....

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Employees’ confidence in their own employers just hit a 10-year low

Employee confidence has hit a 10-year low. According to a new report for September from the Glassdoor Employee Confidence Index, just 42.9% of...

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Starbucks store closures: See a list of locations that have shuttered across the country in latest coffeehouse cull

Last week, Starbucks Coffee Company announced it would close around 250 stores in North America. That’s a cull of 1% of its roughly...

Airlines say ticket prices could stay high even if jet fuel costs fall. Here’s why thumbnail
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Airlines say ticket prices could stay high even if jet fuel costs fall. Here’s why

Travelers could be stuck paying high airfares even if oil and jet fuel prices fall, major U.S. airlines and industry analysts say. The...

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A guide to trade marks and the benefits of registration

By Ben Lobel on Small Business UK – Advice and Ideas for UK Small Businesses and SMEs A company’s trade marks are often...

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Raleigh owner Accell Group enters insolvency proceedings

Accell Group, the Dutch owner of Raleigh bicycles, has entered court-supervised insolvency proceedings in the Netherlands after takeover talks collapsed, while Accell UK...

360 directors convicted of filing offences in three months, Companies House says thumbnail
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360 directors convicted of filing offences in three months, Companies House says

Twenty-three people were disqualified from acting as company directors in the first six months of 2026 for “persistent or serious non-compliance” with their...

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Tina McKenzie named interim FSB chair as Martin McTague takes peerage

Tina McKenzie has been confirmed as interim national chair of the Federation of Small Businesses, as Martin McTague steps down from the role...

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Met’s CCTV reporting platform quadruples shoplifting charge rate

A reporting platform that lets retailers send CCTV footage and witness statements directly to police has quadrupled the proportion of London shoplifting cases...