Tim Cook will become Apple’s executive chairman on 1 September 2026, with hardware engineering chief John Ternus taking over as CEO after a unanimous board vote. Read more: Cook hands Apple’s reins to Ternus as engineering chief prepares for top job
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Aston Martin is taking legal action against Chinese part-owner Geely over a winged LEVC taxi logo it claims infringes its 1927 emblem — despite Geely’s £245m stake in the British marque. Read more: Aston Martin takes its 17pc shareholder Geely to court over ‘copycat’ wings logo
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Founders and advisers warn the latest hike in Business Asset Disposal Relief to 18% is squeezing entrepreneurs and pushing Britain’s homegrown talent abroad. Read more: BADR hike branded a ‘tax-grabbing assault’ as Britain’s founders eye the exit
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Sarah Willingham-backed Craft Gin Club warns of administration unless lenders approve a CVA wiping £4.2m of debt and ending free gin deliveries to bondholders. Read more: Craft Gin Club teeters on brink as Dragons’ Den darling pleads with bondholders
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Meta is preparing to cut roughly 10% of its global workforce from May, with further redundancies later in 2026, as Mark Zuckerberg pours hundreds of billions into artificial intelligence. Read more: Meta to axe 8,000 jobs in May as Zuckerberg bets the house on AI
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Meta is preparing to cut roughly 10% of its global workforce from May, with further redundancies later in 2026, as Mark Zuckerberg pours hundreds of billions into artificial intelligence. Read more: Meta to axe 8,000 jobs in May as Zuckerberg bets the house on AI
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There is a stage in entrepreneurship that many founders and senior leaders struggle to make sense of. Read more: Why ADHD and entrepreneurship can drive success and create challenges in equal measure
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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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Chongqing-based EV manufacturer Seres has patented a voice-controlled in-vehicle toilet, as Chinese carmakers pile on novel features to survive a brutal price war. Read more: Seres files patent for voice-activated in-car toilet as china’s EV makers battle for attention
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The UK government is inviting EdTech firms and AI labs to bid for £300,000 grants to co-design safe, curriculum-aligned AI tutoring tools for up to 450,000 disadvantaged pupils a year, with classroom trials starting this summer. Read more: Government calls on EdTech firms to build safe AI tutors for disadvantaged pupils
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