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Brain drain latest: Brits quitting UK three times faster than thought

Economics

Fears that the UK is in the grips of a ‘brain drain’ escalated on Tuesday after fresh data revealed that than three times as many British nationals left the UK last year than officials previously thought. According to revisions made by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), 257,000 Britons left the UK in 2024, over […]
Banks back in Reeves’ tax targets amid Budget whiplash

Economics

Private credit: Ponzi scheme or panacea?

Banking

Over the past decade, the private credit industry has ballooned from arcane financial solution to a core pillar of asset management. But recent tremors in corporate debt markets have led several economic institutions to warn of its risks to the global economy. Ali Lyon asks: how worried should we be? What kept you awake at […]

Keir Starmer may not survive this Budget

Opinion

The Prime Minister cannot satisfy all three key audiences: the markets, the party, and the public, says Helen Thomas Every Prime Minister faces a moment when economic reality collides with political promise. For Keir Starmer, Budget day could be that moment of reckoning. He promised calm after chaos: that the grown-ups were back in charge, […]

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Meet the 2025 Santander X Awards finalists. These nine businesses will pitch live at the National Final at Unity Place, Santander UK’s headquarters in Milton Keynes, on 13 November. This year’s panel of judges includes Mike Regnier, Santander UK Chief Executive, Claire Williams, former Williams F1 boss, and Deborah Meaden, Businesswoman and Entrepreneur. PulpaTronics PulpaTronics […]
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Skilled Labour: The Key To Unlocking £725bn UK Infrastructure Investment

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Opinion

Time to bring back the Great British exit

Opinion

Britain has no lack of ideas, founders or ambition but too often our successful start-ups lean on American giants when they exit. This isn’t inevitable, says Carolyn Dawson More than 100 companies are incorporated every hour in this country. British start-ups have raised more than $7bn in investment so far this year alone. Despite the […]
Rachel Reeves’s caution could prove as damaging as Liz Truss’s recklessness

Opinion

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Checking into the real White Lotus season 3 hotel in Thailand

Life&Style

It had been an ordinary day of filming on The White Lotus season three at the Four Seasons Koh Samui, Thailand, until staff noticed two intruders with bleeding feet approaching the set, climbing over the dangerous rocks dividing the resort from the swathes of jungle. “I saw them coming by chance, with bleeding toes,” remembers […]
90 years of Penguin Books: The origin myth that may not be true

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Liverpool Street Chop House: Should you go over Hawksmoor, Boisdale?

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Sport

Lloyd’s of London CFO leaves role with Prem Rugby club Saracens

Sport Business

Lloyd’s of London’s chief financial officer Alexandra Cliff has left her role as director of Prem Rugby club Saracens after less than a year. The former Direct Line Group, StarStone, and AJ Gallagher figure was appointed as a director of Saracens on 25 November last year following the departure of former chief executive Mark Thompson […]
Autumn Budget 2025: Exercise can give Reeves £20bn boost, says Sport England

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Abramovich hits out at UK government over frozen £2.3bn Chelsea proceeds

Sport Business

Former Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich has criticised the government over moves that have “paralysed” his £2.3bn windfall from the sale of the Premier League club. Following the invasion of Ukraine, the Russian billionaire sold the Stamford Bridge club to a consortium fronted by American Todd Boehly, with the proceeds placed in a frozen bank account […]

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Why Geneva is perfect for a long weekend getaway

Life&Style

Geneva, nestled between the Alps and Lake Geneva, is wrapped around one spur of the largest lake in Western Europe. The city is best known for its iconic Jet d’Eau fountain and as a global hub for diplomacy and watchmaking. Surrounded by picturesque mountains and fresh Mountain Air, the “City of Peace”, as it has […]
New 666hp Supersports is the lightest Bentley for 85 years

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Aeris Nova can strike with in-form Poon in the saddle

Sport

RACING in Hong Kong reverts from Sunday to Saturday this week, with a highly competitive 10-race programme at Sha Tin which includes two races on the all-weather surface. It has been well publicised that backers suffered a bloodbath at Happy Valley in midweek, with a number of no-hopers – at least on form – winning, […]
Doyle can Wave goodbye to rivals aboard California

Sport
The Punter Podcast Episode 56: Cheltenham’s November Meeting

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