Barclays has taken long-term control of its global headquarters at Canary Wharf in a £750m deal that the lender and its landlord have hailed as a “strong endorsement” of the Docklands district and of the capital itself. The FTSE 100 bank has agreed a long-term leasehold interest with Canary WharfContinue Reading

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WhatsApp is preparing to let its users start conversations without handing over the one piece of information most of us would rather keep to ourselves: our mobile number. Instead, the Meta-owned messaging service will allow people to connect by exchanging unique usernames, a change that brings the world’s most-used chatContinue Reading

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UK Export Finance has fired the largest single shot in its century-long history, setting aside a fresh £50 billion to bankroll British defence exports at a moment when the world is rearming faster than at any time since the Cold War. The new Defence Export Fund takes the government’s exportContinue Reading

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There is no shortage of admiration for Britain’s fastest-growing businesses, and nor should there be. The entrepreneurs who disrupt industries, scale at speed and pull in investment embody much of what makes British enterprise so widely admired. They are a reminder that innovation, ambition and resilience remain alive and wellContinue Reading

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