Baroness Karren Brady has departed West Ham United after 16 years as vice-chair, ending a near four-decade business partnership with David Sullivan amid sustained fan protests. Read more: Brady bows out: West Ham vice-chair ends 16-year tenure as boardroom pressure mounts
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Iran has reopened the Strait of Hormuz to commercial shipping, sending crude below $92 and driving UK 10-year gilt yields to a week’s low. Here’s what it means for British SMEs. Read more: Hormuz reopens: what Iran’s climbdown means for British SMEs
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Ceramics and brickmakers left out in the cold as GMB rounds on Whitehall’s flagship industrial package Read more: GMB union attacks government for ‘disgracefully ignoring’ UK’s gas-intensive manufacturers
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Norwegian-backed Blastr has entered exclusive five-week talks with the UK’s official receiver to buy Speciality Steel UK, raising hopes of a rescue for Rotherham and Stocksbridge. Read more: Norwegian green-steel start-up closes in on rescue deal for former Liberty works in South Yorkshire
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UK travel spending has dropped for the first time since 2021 as households brace for higher energy bills and the fallout from the Iran conflict, Barclays data shows. Read more: Holidays abroad take a hit as cost of living fears and Iran conflict weigh on British consumers
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British companies are spending less on AI and seeing weaker returns than global leaders, with PwC warning the next 12 months are critical for UK firms to close the gap. Read more: UK firms risk being left behind as AI adoption gap widens, warns PwC
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OpenAI has paused its Stargate UK data centre investment, citing sky-high British energy prices and copyright uncertainty, in a blow to Labour’s AI superpower ambitions. Read more: OpenAI pulls plug on Stargate UK, leaving Starmer’s AI superpower pitch in tatters
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Bristol’s new 20,000-seat Aviva Arena, built on Concorde’s former home at Filton Airfield, aims to host the Brit Awards and attract global tours when it opens in late 2028. Read more: Bristol’s new arena sets sights on hosting the Brit Awards
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British lamb prices surge to record highs as Easter and Eid drive demand, with supermarket legs topping £16/kg and the UK flock at its lowest in living memory. Read more: Easter and Eid collision sends British lamb prices to a record high
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Amazon is repurposing its shuttered Fresh convenience stores as Whole Foods outlets in London, but with cumulative losses exceeding £200m, questions remain over the strategy’s viability. Read more: Amazon bets on Whole Foods to salvage its troubled UK grocery ambitions
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