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Business rates are a relic of a bygone era. Reform them to save the high street

Business rates are a relic of a bygone era. Reform them to save the high street

Business rates are sinking Britain’s high streets – inaction is no longer an option for the Chancellor, writes Shevaun Haviland Walk down almost...

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Shevaun Haviland

Overreaching banks are locking millions out of the crypto market

Overreaching banks are locking millions out of the crypto market

Banks are locking millions out of the crypto market with arbitrary bans – this overreach needs to stop, writes Michael Healy UK investors are...

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Michael Healy

Is scrapping the tax-free pension lump sum a good idea?

Is scrapping the tax-free pension lump sum a good idea?

The tax-free pension lump sum has its problems, but is limiting the allowance actually a good idea, asks Daniel Herring In order to plug the holes...

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Daniel Herring

New property tax will mean more over-65s living in family homes they don’t need

New property tax will mean more over-65s living in family homes they don’t need

More than half of Brits living in homes too big for them. We need incentives for over-65s to downsize, not punitive property taxes, writes Nick...

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Nick Sanderson

Why does London have no good public spaces?

Why does London have no good public spaces?

Trafalgar Square, St Paul’s, the Mall? London has no truly great (and functional) public space to boast of London deserves its own great public...

thursday 3

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John Oxley

Gen Z are afraid of credit cards. But can you blame them?

Gen Z are afraid of credit cards. But can you blame them?

Credit cards are actively making Gen Z nervous, according to research (AI-generated image) New data has revealed that not only is Gen Z not using...

thursday 1

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Rich Bayer

Can nostalgia save Topshop?

Can nostalgia save Topshop?

With Topshop set to return to the high street next week, Becky Mailen asks whether nostalgia alone will be enough to save the beleaguered brand...

thursday 1

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Becky Mailen

On this day in 1968: Moscow crushes the Prague Spring

On this day in 1968: Moscow crushes the Prague Spring

People stand on an abandoned tank in a street while pedestrians walk by during the Czech Crisis, Prague, Czechoslovakia, August 29th 1968. (Photo...

thursday 3

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Eliot Wilson

Week in Business: Will Reeves Launch a Massive Tax Raid on Property and Pensions?

Week in Business: Will Reeves Launch a Massive Tax Raid on Property and Pensions?

Play Video We interrupt your summer holiday to bring you news of fresh taxes on property, pensions and inheritance. God help us all. We know the...

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Notting Hill Carnival 2025 is make or break for Sadiq Khan

Notting Hill Carnival 2025 is make or break for Sadiq Khan

Mayor Sadiq Khan has staked his reputation – and your cash – on this year’s Carnival going off without a hitch, writes James Ford  Just how many...

thursday 2

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Video

Non-dom directors beware – leaving the UK comes with trade-offs

Non-dom directors beware – leaving the UK comes with trade-offs

Running for the exit after Labour’s non-dom tax crackdown? Employment lawyer Chiara Muston outlines the trade-offs to consider Recent analysis has...

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Video

Scotch Whisky is trapped in a tax riddle

Scotch Whisky is trapped in a tax riddle

The UK’s nonsensical spirit tax regime is an own goal that punishes industries like Scotch Whisky, writes Mark Kent Why should a drink with three...

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Video

GPT-5 is terrible – and that’s a good thing

GPT-5 is terrible – and that’s a good thing

GPT-5 failed to wow users, but its less flashy delivery signals a positive shift for AI from at-all-costs advancement to actual use-case, writes...

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Video

Horizon fallout: How the SRA is turning up the heat on City firms

Horizon fallout: How the SRA is turning up the heat on City firms

Following the Post Office Horizon scandal, the SRA is turning up the heat on in-house solicitors and their employers. Jenifer Swallow and Omar...

20.08.2025 6

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Omar Salem

Quiet quitting 2.0: Forget Gen Z, it’s CEOs who are checking out

Quiet quitting 2.0: Forget Gen Z, it’s CEOs who are checking out

Disengaged CEOs are far more damaging than Gen Z quiet quitters. (AI-generated imaged) Gen Z has long been berated for disengaging, but it’s...

20.08.2025 1

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Paul Armstrong

Boots on the ground in Ukraine? Brits don’t want to fund it

Boots on the ground in Ukraine? Brits don’t want to fund it

With an electorate that doesn’t back higher defence spending, Healey’s promise to put troops in Ukraine looks like political grandstanding, writes...

20.08.2025 2

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Michael Martins

Reeves’ punitive property tax will hurt London the most

Reeves’ punitive property tax will hurt London the most

Labour’s mulled property tax could stall the housing market – and it’s Londoners who will suffer most, writes Steven Mulholland Few would argue...

19.08.2025 2

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Property

Sorry Nigel, appointing business leaders to government never actually works

Sorry Nigel, appointing business leaders to government never actually works

Nigel Farage has said that if ever elected Prime Minister, he would appoint top business leaders to his cabinet Taking successful people from the...

18.08.2025 10

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Eliot Wilson

Want a better workforce? Help shape it then

Want a better workforce? Help shape it then

If employers want young people with future-facing skills, they must become more involved in education, writes Chris Hayward The UK faces a critical...

18.08.2025 6

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Chris Hayward

UK must change Bitcoin rules to catch up with Trump

UK must change Bitcoin rules to catch up with Trump

While Donald Trump pledges to make the US the “crypto capital of the world” the UK is slipping further behind with outdated Bitcoin regulations,...

18.08.2025 1

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Gautam Pillai