For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Recruiter PageGroup has said the jobs market remains “tough but stable” in the UK asContinue Reading

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Britain’s businesses have shown the country’s regulatory regime a red card, with 96 per cent of respondents to an official government survey saying regulators are “creating unnecessary problems” in their industries. Some 89 per cent said rules and regulations, often applied inconsistently and processed slowly, were imposing “unreasonable costs”. EvenContinue Reading

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Britain’s businesses have stopped hiring and slipped into “survival mode”, with economic output stuttering to a five-year low in June as the Iran war, weak consumer spending and relentless cost increases combine to squeeze firms from every direction. The warning comes from consultancy BDO, whose index of economic output slidContinue Reading

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Apple has filed a lawsuit against OpenAI, alleging the ChatGPT maker poached its employees and coaxed them into handing over confidential designs and tightly held trade secrets to build a rival hardware device, a dramatic rupture between two firms that were partners barely two years ago. “Recently, significant evidence hasContinue Reading

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For many small and medium-sized enterprises, securing funding can be one of the biggest challenges to growth. Whether a business is looking to hire staff, invest in new equipment, expand into new markets or develop innovative products, a financial boost is often essential. But while many business owners think ofContinue Reading

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