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Burnham to cut pub business rates by 20 per cent

Hospitality

Andy Burnham has unveiled a 20 per cent cut to business rates for pubs, clubs and music venues. The £100m commitment will be funded by cracking down on businesses, like vape shops and tax-avoidant online sellers, which “do not make a positive contribution to local communities,” the government said. The measure comes as part of […]
FTSE 100 Live: Stocks slip; Segro shares jump on takeover; oil nears $100

Markets

Opinion

The physical capital paradox: why the best performing asset class is the least owned

Opinion

Investors are ignoring the superior performance of commodities despite their critical role in the AI buildout, says Jeff Currie The best performing asset class of this decade is also the most under owned. Since October 2020, when we first called for a decades-long super-cycle in commodities, the broad commodity indices like the S&P GSCI are […]
Get ready for new energy minister Miatta Fahnbulleh’s war on London’s drivers

Opinion

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Why Andy Burnham Could Spell Disaster for the UK Economy
Sky buys chunk of ITV, what the City makes of Burnham, and $8m World Cup tickets

Sport

Commonwealth Games must prove crises are thing of past

Sport Business

There is no evidence of Commonwealth Games fever in downtown St Peter Port. Guernsey, an island of 65,000 people, is sending 22 athletes to Glasgow 2026, down from 38 to Birmingham 2022. Colleagues on the island report far less public interest than four years ago. There you have these slimmed-down Games which start today in […]
Exclusive: Bordeaux Begles to compete in London rugby sevens tournament

Sport Business

The Punter

Calanda can give Graffard a third King George

Sport

IN BOTH of the last two seasons, Ascot’s mid-summer showpiece, the Group One King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes (3.35pm), has been taken back to France. Those renewals have been won by trainer Francis-Henri Graffard with Goliath in 2024 and CALANDAGAN last year. The Chantilly-based handler could field both past winners in this year’s […]
Chance things Fall right for Sunshine and Commanche

Sport
Clyde and Honour look keys to crack Hackwood

Sport

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