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If our rare successes are taxed further, more of our spinouts will end up sold early to foreign buyers and we risk losing their IP, writes Dr Ben Miles Last week, we heard our new Prime Minister champion the UK as the future global “innovation nation”.

The new Prime Minister has battered home that he is different, an outsider, but distinction comes from actions, not ‘honest conversations’, writes Eliot Wilson Last Tuesday Andy Burnham faced the Labour Party’s annual conference in Liverpool for the first…

Chancellor John Healey’s fiscal headroom could be entirely wiped out by the impact of the war in Iran as economists said the Office for Budget Responsibility could offer a more pessimistic view on the UK economy.

The Conservatives’ pick for chancellor has pledged to roll out the “most ambitious deregulation project in a generation” as he is set to say plans could cut £50,000 off the price of a new home.

Kemi Badenoch has defended the triple lock pension as the “right policy” ahead of the Conservatives’ party conference this weekend.

Britain’s second richest person has left Britain for Monaco where billionaires can avoid paying income tax, inheritance tax or capital gains tax, according to reports.

JD Wetherspoon boss Sir Tim Martin has blasted Westminster Council’s “barmy” curbs on vertical drinking, which he said are “inhibiting business”.

The BBC’s decision to drop lunchtime and overnight sports bulletins from its news channel has rightly had a few journalists loosening their collars.

Tory leader Kemi Badenoch has vowed to end the “absurd” childcare trap for parents earning above £100,000.

Costa Coffee has hailed a year of “strong progress” after owner Coca-Cola scrapped plans to sell it, with the coffee chain saying its refurbishment plan is paying off.

“I’m trying to prove you can still have a great night out in Soho,” I say.

Professional sports teams, governing bodies and operators of stadiums and events could all face legal action if players receive abuse due to changes in the law this month, writes Charlotte Smith.

Leaders from the G7 have agreed to tap into 100m of diesel and oil from their reserves in a bid to stave off a soaring supply crisis and end an escalating feud between the Euope and the US.

More than 300,000 Chinese cars have been sold in the UK so far this year, setting a fresh record as European rivals lose ground.

One of London’s greatest assets is its varied and wide-ranging sports scene; six Premier League football clubs, many further down the pyramid; iconic rugby, tennis and cricket grounds; indoor arenas as far as the eye can see.

Fifa president Gianni Infantino has received a major boost to his hopes of re-election after the Union of Arab Football Associations (UAFA) gave him its firm backing.

Legal 500 has been forced to take down its site after the firm mistakenly published negative reviews alongside its top lawyer rankings.

The Football Association has warned that it could take additional disciplinary action against Manchester City if the guilty verdicts in its Premier League case are upheld.

Nike shares continued to fall this week after the sportswear giant warned of a decline in revenue over the coming year.

A day, or 24 hours, isn’t really enough to experience any city in the world, let alone Athens, one of the world’s most historic and diverse cities.

Firms’ inflation expectations for the next 12 months rose higher, according to closely watched Bank of England survey, the results of which could pile pressure on policymakers to raise interest rates.

Gordon Ramsay’s restaurant group took more than £100m in revenue in the UK last year, as the group named its five Bishopsgate sites its “star performer”.

Capita has said the public spending watchdog has launched a review into its administration of the Civil Service Pension Scheme, after admitting its performance “remains below” the standards expected.

Faltering demand, especially in the USA, has promoted concerns about oversupply and the prospect of another whisk(e)y loch.

Aldi took on more than £100m in net debt last year, as the discount grocer’s profit slipped despite its blockbuster expansion plans.

IG’s shares plunged in early morning trading on Friday after it was forced to cut its annual revenue forecast.

Pub chain Wetherspoon has hit out at the government for causing “high street dereliction” by hiking taxes, as the company’s profit slipped by a quarter.

Hit Point star Nick Blood tells us what he’d eat for his last meal on earth, from his mum’s Sunday roast to his favourite taco restaurant I was a very fussy kid.

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The UK’s Space Strategy is a map to the starts published at a time when when geopolitical tensions on Earth are increasingly shaping the space sector at a global level, says Rachael O’Grady The UK’s Space Strategy, released this month, recognises that spa…

Andy Burnham’s tweak to the triple lock won’t save money, in fact a national social care service represents the biggest non-crisis expansion of the state in decades, says William Nixon Many commentators welcomed Prime Minister Burnham’s announcement that…

Andy Burnham’s answer to rising energy costs has been a VAT cut on domestic energy bills.

A new company built by the family behind the original Alpina has turned the BMW Z4 into a 430bhp spider with styling from McLaren P1 designer Frank Stephenson.

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Once viewed as stuffy and outdated, the tie is staging a comeback. adam bloodworth explores how the corporate staple is being reclaimed by musicians and London’s underground club scene For generations of men, the tie was something you wore without thinkin…

Of course, darling: Richard E Grant simply must play David Bliss, the blinkered, posho patriarch at the centre of Noel Coward’s drawing room comedy, Hay Fever.

On 25 September 1978, John Peel played Teenage Kicks, the debut single from The Undertones, on his Radio 1 evening show.

Energy secretary Miatta Fahnbulleh is holding crunch talks with her American counterpart over Donald Trump’s threat to curb diesel exports to Europe.

Santander’s flagship entrepreneurship competition, the Santander X UK Awards, gives university ventures, startups and SMEs the chance to pitch for a share of £150,000 in equity-free funding.

Aldemore is weighing a round of layoffs as it consults on plans to scale back its invoice finance business ahead of a sale, City AM can reveal.

On the internet, no one knows you’re a cat.

On this day, the 1st October, in 1969, Concorde first showed off its real party trick, writes Eliot Wilson in the latest instalment of his on this day series It was unusually windy around Toulouse on Wednesday 1 October 1969, the vent d’Autan blowing from…

Shares in consulting giant Accenture surged on Thursday after the firm topped its own revenue targets and shrugged off the worst fears of an AI-induced slowdown.

Hundreds of current and former shareholders in Home REIT have launched High Court proceedings against the scandal-hit property firm in a bid for compensation, accusing it of misleading investors and negligently misrepresenting its operations as a company.

Japanese actor Yoh Yoshida is interviewed by her friend Victor Garvey, the restaurateur behind two Michelin-starred Notting Hill restaurants.

The chemical group owned by billionaire Jim Ratcliffe has urged the government to reopen the North Sea for drilling as it lashes out at its latest energy cost scheme for businesses.

Infighting across Tory circles has broken out after the party published a petition claiming Labour had pledged to “cut” the state pension following its triple lock reforms.

Manchester City appointed a new chief financial officer, Claire Catlin, just days before it emerged they had been found guilty in the Premier League’s biggest ever disciplinary case, City AM has learned.

The FTSE 100 has suffered its biggest single-day drop since May as European markets are hit by a continent-wide rout in the bond markets, which has pushed pushed western government borrowing costs to multi-decade highs.

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