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Nearly 25% of UK pubs and restaurants lose money, research shows

Hospitality trade bodies’ data published as celebrity chefs and restaurateurs launch campaign for VAT cutNearly a quarter of UK pubs, bars and restaurants are losing money, according to new survey data that came as a group of celebrity chefs and business owners stepped up their c

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UK disposable incomes squeezed by price rises and tax changes

ONS confirms 0.6% GDP growth in first quarter, with services, production and construction sectors expandingBusiness live – latest updatesUK households suffered a drop in disposable incomes in the first three months of the year as price rises and extra wealth taxes hit average spe

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Telegraph’s £575m takeover by German group completed

Acquisition by Axel Springer ends three years of uncertainty over ownership of 172-year-old titlesBusiness live – latest updatesThe European media group Axel Springer has completed its £575m takeover of the Telegraph, ending three tumultuous years of uncertainty over the future o

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UK housebuilders face class action suit over alleged collusion to inflate prices

Law firms seek up to £4.5bn on behalf of 700,000 buyers of new-build homesBusiness live – latest updatesBritain’s biggest housebuilders, including Barratt Redrow and Taylor Wimpey, face a multibillion-pound class action lawsuit over claims that they colluded over higher prices fo

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UK watchdog plans to break Apple and Google’s ‘effective duopoly’ on mobile app stores

CMA says developers should be able to steer users away from app stores for payments to increase competitionBusiness live – latest updatesThe UK’s competition watchdog is challenging Apple and Google’s “effective duopoly” over mobile platforms by allowing developers to steer users

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Nigel Farage received £270,000 from gold marketer he promotes

Reform UK leader’s Direct Bullion payment is double his fee from 2025UK politics live – latest updatesNigel Farage received £270,000 from a gold marketer for which he is a brand ambassador, his single biggest payment as an MP.The Reform UK leader has been criticised in the past o

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Trains disrupted on UK’s busiest intercity line as cows wander on to tracks

London to Manchester among routes affected after cows blocked west coast mainline for more than three hoursBusiness live – latest updatesA herd of cows has disrupted travel for thousands of train passengers after wandering on to Britain’s busiest intercity railway line.Trains bet

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Number of billionaires globally soars by 13% amid AI shares boom

Billionaires’ wealth grew by 25% on average in the year ended in April, research from Swiss bank UBS findsBusiness live – latest updatesThe number of billionaires in the world has jumped by 13% to a record 3,302 people, new figures show, as the super-rich accumulate wealth at an

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US treasury secretary warns oil and gas companies to lower prices: ‘we’re watching’

Scott Bessent says he ‘encourages them to be good actors’ after Trump ranted about prices not dropping fast enoughScott Bessent, the US treasury secretary, issued a veiled warning to oil and gas companies to lower their prices on Tuesday, a day after Donald Trump berated those re

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Shetland councillors back plans to build tunnels to link some of largest islands

Financing options to be investigated for first two subsea projects that would link Mainland with Yell and Unst Councillors on Shetland have backed plans to build up to four tunnels to link some of the largest and most populated islands, after years of isolation and decline.The co

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Britain has finally grasped the nettle on defence, but tough choices lie ahead

The new PM must balance the security budget and other urgent spending priorities, with little room for manoeuvreBurnham left with £4.7bn bill for Starmer’s new defence investment planKeir Starmer’s defence investment plan leaves behind spending problems that his successor will no

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Northern Rail Project risks repeating costly HS2 failures, MPs warn

The £45bn scheme to link cities across north of England with new or upgraded lines has no convincing or properly costed plan, committee saysBuilding Northern Powerhouse Rail (NPR) risks repeating the failures of HS2 with “no convincing plan” to deliver it within a £45bn budget, a

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