Daily Mail owner seals £500m deal for The Telegraph November 22, 2025 Daily Mail owner DMGT has struck a £500m deal to buy the Telegraph Media Group, drawing a line under one of the most drawn-out and politically fraught takeover battles in the British press. The publisher has entered an exclusive period of talks with RedBird IMI, the Abu Dhabi-linked fund whose own attempt to buy the [...]
Reeves delays Shein import clampdown to 2029 November 22, 2025 Rachel Reeves will wait four years before scrapping a controversial tax break that benefits low-cost foreign retailers such as Shein and Temu, hitting British high street chains who had pushed for immediate action in next week’s Budget. The chancellor has confirmed she will abolish the UK’s ‘de minimis’ rule, which exempts parcels worth under £135 [...]
Labour hopes AI will save UK economy from jobs crisis November 20, 2025 The government has announced a sweeping package of AI investment intended to create thousands of new jobs across the UK, at a time when businesses warn that rising employment costs and rapid advances in AI are already driving workforce reductions. Ministers have confirmed billions of pounds of private and public AI investment, including a new [...]
Nvidia’s golden quarter dares markets to call AI a bubble November 20, 2025 Nvidia’s latest earnings blew straight through Wall Street expectations, delivering the kind of numbers that force investors to park away thoughts of an AI bubble. The notorious chip maker’s latest results, a blockbuster $57bn quarter that tore through Wall Street expectations, injected a jolt of confidence into rattled global markets, pulling the FTSE 100 and [...]
Robots set to replace couriers at Uber Eats November 20, 2025 Uber Eats and Starship Technologies have announced a partnership to deploy autonomous delivery robots across the UK, Europe, and the US, starting in Leeds this December. While the pair have argued the move promises faster, cheaper, AI-powered deliveries, it may also reignite fears over the future of human couriers. Starship, which operates the world’s largest [...]
Royal London: AI set to take key roles in asset management November 20, 2025 AI is poised to take on some of the traditional roles in asset management, and the sector can no longer ignore it. Royal London Asset Management’s chief data officer, Rob Middleton said firms need to stop skirting the conversation and accept that the shift is already reshaping how teams work. “We have to attempt to [...]
UK startup growth clashes with Labour’s immigration reforms November 20, 2025 More than half of Britain’s fastest-growing startups are founded by immigrants, as global talent continues to power the UK’s entrepreneurial engine even as ministers tighten migration rules. New analysis from the Entrepreneurs Network shows that 54 per cent of the UK’s top 100 fastest-growing companies have at least one foreign-born founder, a sharp rise from [...]
Nvidia smashes expectations as AI demand ‘shows no signs of slowing’ November 19, 2025 Nvidia shares jumped by over four per cent in after-hours trading, after the chipmaker delivered another blockbuster set of quarterly results. The tech behemoth comfortably beat Wall Street forecasts that reinforced the strength of the global AI boom. For the three months to 26 October, Nvidia reported earnings of $1.30 (£1.04) per share, ahead of expectations [...]
Nvidia results set to answer AI bubble fears November 19, 2025 Nvidia’s third quarter results, set to be announced after US market closes on Wednesday, will be a litmus test for the AI boom that has propelled global equities to record highs. The chip titan, which now accounts for roughly seven per cent of the S&P 500 by market cap, has seen its shares surge more [...]
TikTok wants you to stop doomscrolling (on its own app) November 19, 2025 TikTok has spent years perfecting the dark art of keeping you glued to your phone, but now it wants to help you put the phone down. In a move that feels almost existential, the company announced on Wednesday the rollout of a new so-called ‘Time and Well‑Being’ centre designed to help people step away from [...]
