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<p>The iconic British brand Gola has just been bought and will be ‘revitalised’ for the UK market</p>
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Inside the deal to buy out one of Britain’s most iconic brands

Footwear firm Gola is central to big plans overseas. Karl Matchett explains the breakdown of a £46m deal

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Why Musk’s SpaceX mega-merger could be his biggest risk so far

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The changing face of investing – and the platforms vying for your cash

The Government needs a series of major reforms to arrest business closures and decline on the high street including cut costs, overhauling business rates and ending late payments, according an influential committee (Gareth Fuller/PA)
Business

Businesses need reforms amid ‘similar pressure to pandemic’, committee warns

The now-banned posts used discount codes and referral links to advertise weight-loss injections, including Mounjaro (Peter Byrne/PA)
Business

Social media ads for prescription-only weight-loss medicines banned

A young girl looking at her mobile phone (Alamy/PA)
Business

Children ‘routinely bombarded’ with ads for appearance-changing products online

The London Stock Exchange (PA)
Business

FTSE 100 lower as Starmer resists pressure

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<p>A jeweller shows gold and silver bars at his shop in downtown Kuwait City on January 12, 2026</p>
Business

Gold and silver prices collapse: Should you be buying or selling?

<p>Here is what you need to know about how to invest in 2026.</p>
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Want to invest in 2026? Expert guide on where to start

<p>A jeweller shows gold and silver bars at his shop in downtown Kuwait City on January 12, 2026</p>
Business

Gold price at record high: Should you be buying or selling?

Business

FTSE 100 joins in global stock markets bounce as Trump drops tariffs

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Tata Steel’s Port Talbot steelworks in south Wales (Ben Birchall/PA)
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UK steel industry has ‘two months to be saved’, warns Tata Steel

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Revealed: 95bn scam adverts shown to Britons on social media last year

Coleen Rooney-backed sports health business Applied Nutrition has kicked off its stock market debut with a valuation of around £350 million. (Applied Nutrition/PA)
Business

Coleen Rooney ups stake in Applied Nutrition as it targets working mothers

Dunelm cautioned it is yet to see a ‘meaningful’ recovery in consumer spending (Alamy/PA)
Business

Dunelm sees profits hit after festive sales miss but trading starting to rebound

Travel giant Tui said it was boosted by strong demand for cruises and winter holidays (Andrew Milligan/PA)(Peter Byrne/PA)
Business

Tui cheers ‘best start’ to year amid strong demand for cruises

Barclays reported lower earnings and cut its profitability forecasts, as it revealed it is considering cutting costs (Alamy/PA)
Business

Barclays to home in on AI as profit jumps and boss handed £15m pay packet

Drugs giant AstraZeneca has forecast further growth in earnings (PA)
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AstraZeneca profits jump by 40% amid strong demand for cancer drugs

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BP has revealed sharply lower annual profits after steep falls in the cost of crude (Alamy/PA)
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BP halts share buybacks and ramps up cost-cutting as profits slump

Barclays has revealed it made £1 billion more in profits last year (Alamy/PA)
Business

Barclays annual profit leaps by 13% as bank aims to hand £15bn to shareholders

Performers play traditional Irish music at the Michelin Guide Great Britain & Ireland 2026 ceremony in Dublin on February 09, 2026 (PA/ Bairbre Holmes)
Business

No new three star restaurants as Michelin names its top spots

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer was under pressure on Monday (Peter Nicholls/PA)
Business

Stocks close higher as pressure mounts on Starmer

<p>High street health and beauty chain Superdrug has revealed plans to open 30 new stores this year, reinforcing its commitment to the UK retail sector. </p>
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Superdrug to open dozens of new stores in UK expansion

<p>Mia Drennan started GLAS in 2011 with £6,000 and has turned it into a £1bn business </p>
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Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer was under pressure on Monday (Peter Nicholls/PA)
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Stocks close higher as pressure mounts on Starmer

<p>High street health and beauty chain Superdrug has revealed plans to open 30 new stores this year, reinforcing its commitment to the UK retail sector. </p>
Business

Superdrug to open dozens of new stores in UK expansion

<p>Mia Drennan started GLAS in 2011 with £6,000 and has turned it into a £1bn business </p>
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How I started a billion pound business

Barry M Gelly Hi Shine Nail Paint in Pistachio, £3.99
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Beauty brand Barry M bought out of administration by Warpaint

Business

Beauty brand Barry M bought out of administration by Warpaint

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HBO Max will feature the full first season of award-winning show The Pitt (Alamy/PA)
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HBO Max to launch in the UK and Ireland next month

<p>A woman stands at an InPost locker in Hackney, east London</p>
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FedEx-led consortium to acquire InPost in huge £6.8 billion deal

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<p>A general view of a sign for a Tesco Express store in Sheffield, UK </p>
Business

Tesco is opening 70 more Express stores. Here’s where

Sir Tim Martin made his comments in a stock exchange filing (Dominic Lipinski/PA)
Business

Wetherspoon founder urges sector to back Reform’s pub tax overhaul

Business

NatWest to seal £2.7bn buyout of wealth manager Evelyn Partners

The Scottish Government came under fire when it emerged ministers and top civil servants deleted WhatsApp messages which had been requested by the UK Covid-19 Inquiry (Alamy/PA)
Business

EU warns Meta over blocking rival AI chatbots from WhatsApp

The business unveiled plans nearly a year ago to scale back its research and development workforce in the UK (Jonathan Brady/PA)
Business

Ocado plans cost-cutting drive with up to 1,000 jobs at risk, says report

<p>Greg Jackson also said the Government should bring in regional pricing on energy bills (Octopus Energy/PA)</p>
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Energy boss says China’s tech marks ‘golden opportunity’ for UK

<p>Improved certainty after Rachel Reeves’ budget may have helped drive a spending rise (Ben Birchall/PA)</p>
Business

UK economy boost set to be announced as budget uncertainty fades

<p>A screen displayed in a cryptocurrency exchange office in Hong Kong features an image of US president Donald Trump holding cryptocurrency coins, 12 March 2025</p>
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The great crypto-crash has just begun – and it’s going to get worse

The FTSE 100 Index closed up 60.53 points at 10,369.74 (Jonathan Brady/PA)
Business

FTSE 100 closes choppy week higher amid US rally

High street banks will be on high alert for customers they think are at risk of falling into financial difficulty (Alamy/PA)
Business

What will Barclays and NatWest earnings show about the booming banking sector?

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Mandelson’s lobbying firm cuts all ties with peer amid Epstein fallout

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Mandelson’s lobbying firm cuts all ties with peer amid Epstein fallout

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Parents were being urged to check the products they had at home (Andrew Matthews/PA)
Business

Danone recalls further batches of baby formula over toxin concerns

Business

Warning millions more could be stung by Reeves’ tax raid on pensions

<p>Discount chain Lidl has unveiled its seventh pay rise since 2023 </p>
Business

Major supermarket hikes pay for the seventh time since 2023

Burrito chain Tortilla is to launch on the stock market and has unveiled ambitious expansion plans (Giles Christopher/Tortilla/PA)
Business

Leadership shake-up at Mexican chain Tortilla to drive growth strategy

Burrito chain Tortilla is to launch on the stock market and has unveiled ambitious expansion plans (Giles Christopher/Tortilla/PA)
Business

Leadership shake-up at Mexican chain Tortilla to drive growth strategy

High street banking giant TSB has reported annual profits jumping more than a fifth higher as it awaits completion of its near-£3 billion takeover by rival Santander (Aaron Chown/PA)
Business

TSB’s earnings in robust shape ahead of Santander takeover

The UKHSA said it and partner agencies had received 36 clinical reports of children suffering symptoms consistent with toxin poisoning linked to recent baby formula recalls (PA)
Business

UKHSA reports 36 notifications of baby formula cereulide poisoning

TSB has announced its boss will be leaving the bank (Aaron Chown/PA)
Business

TSB announces boss leaving to head up Spanish owner Sabadell

<p>Fashion retailer Quiz has become the latest firm to collapse into administration with 109 head office and warehouse staff being made redundant and hundreds more at risk </p>
Business

Fashion retailer enters administration again with 109 jobs axed

<p>Governor of the Bank of England Andrew Bailey speaks during the Monetary Policy Report press conference on Thursday</p>
Business

Interest rate held – but close vote shows inflation risk has eased

The FTSE 100 index closed down 93.12 points, 0.9%, at 10,309.22 (PA)
Business

US tech malaise and mining deal flop weigh on FTSE

Rio Tinto and Glencore confirmed they are in talks about a possible merger (Alamy/PA)
Business

Rio Tinto and Glencore abandon talks to form world’s largest miner

The base interest rate helps dictate how expensive it is to take out a mortgage or a loan (Dominic Lipinski/PA)
Business

Interest rates: Why did the Bank stick to 3.75% and what does it mean?

<p>Jaguar Land Rover has reported further steep losses as it continues to count the cost of a major cyber attack last autumn</p>
Business

Jaguar Land Rover losses deepen after crippling cyber attack

Governor of the Bank of England Andrew Bailey speaks during the Bank of England Monetary Policy Report press conference (Carl Court/PA)
Business

Bank of England holds interest rates but future cuts ‘likely’

<p>The new Nissan Leaf is being made in Sunderland as a result of £450m investment</p>
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Nissan is ‘open’ to making cars for Chinese car makers in Sunderland

Electric Vehicles

Nissan is ‘open’ to making cars for Chinese car makers in Sunderland

<p>The new Nissan Leaf is being made in Sunderland as a result of £450m investment</p>
<p>BT has adjusted its full-year projection for <a href="/topic/openreach">Openreach</a> fixed-line broadband customer losses downwards, now forecasting 850,000, an improvement from its earlier estimate of 900,00</p>
Business

Telecoms giant loses more than 200,000 broadband customers

Interest rates have been held at 3.75% (Jordan Pettitt/PA)
Business

Interest rates held at 3.75% as Bank cuts UK growth outlook

<p>Falling inflation rates, poor economic figures and rising unemployment have brought the base rate down</p>
Money

What the latest interest rates mean for mortgages, savings and bills

Money

As mortgages rise and savings rates fall, one cash ISA bucks the trend

Money

As mortgages rise and savings rates fall, one cash ISA bucks the trend

Britain’s construction sector has shown signs of pulling out of its ‘tailspin’ (Alamy/PA)
Business

Construction sector ‘exits tailspin’ but housebuilding remains weak spot

Royal Mail had hoped to already have the cost-saving changes in place (James Manning/PA)
Business

Royal Mail in talks to end dispute with union over second class post changes

<p>Sainsbury’s stated its ‘small but mighty’ range is ‘perfectly portioned to support customers with reduced appetites’ </p>
Business

Supermarket targets weight loss jab users with new high protein meals

The profits hit comes after the cost of crude dropped by 19% in 2025 (Alamy/PA)
Business

Shell profits slump by more than a fifth amid oil price rout

The campaign group called for the Scottish Government to drop its opposition to nuclear energy (David Cheskin/PA)
Business

Scotland will be left behind unless SNP ends nuclear objection, group warns

BT said it is still on track to meet its financial guidance for the current year (BT Group/PA)
Business

BT sales slip after shedding broadband customers

<p>Uncertain outlook: the Bank of England governor has repeated the mantra of ‘gradual and careful’ frequently this year</p>
Money

Will interest rates fall today? Key factors and 2026 predictions

Victims often did not realise payments were being taken, National Trading Standards warned (Alamy/PA)
Business

Criminals using AI to clone voices and set up direct debits

Entain, owner of Ladbrokes, soared after its 50% owned BetMGM business in the US had a ‘record year’ (Jordan Pettitt/PA)
Business

FTSE 100 tops 10,400 as Beazley and Entain soar

A trade union has criticised energy company Drax over plans to cut more than 350 jobs (Anna Gowthorpe/PA)
Business

Drax has ‘betrayed’ workforce with plans to cut jobs, union says

The Bank of England is expected to hold interest rates at 3.75% (Jordan Pettitt/PA)
Business

Bank of England set to keep interest rates on hold as it faces ‘balancing act’

Business

Bank of England set to keep interest rates on hold as it faces ‘balancing act’

The Bank of England is expected to hold interest rates at 3.75% (Jordan Pettitt/PA)
Weight loss drug maker Novo Nordisk forecast plunging sales in a surprise after-market announcement on Tuesday (PA)
Business

Novo Nordisk shares plunge on outlook warning as Mounjaro rival races ahead

<p>Carlsberg had an initial £3.1 billion deal rebuffed </p>
Business

Carlsberg sales dip after losing popular beer brewing deal

Adverts will be shown as the teams are preparing for a scrum during Six Nations games (Joe Giddens/PA)
Business

ITV to screen ads before scrums during Six Nations games

Wales take on England at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff (Joe Giddens/PA)
Business

ITV to screen ads before scrums during Six Nations games

Wales take on England at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff (Joe Giddens/PA)
Business

ITV to screen ads before scrums during Six Nations games

NatWest has pledged to lend £10 billion to social housing projects by the end of 2028 (Peter Byrne/PA)
Business

NatWest pledges to lend £10bn to social housing over three years

GSK has agreed to buy a pharmaceutical firm that is developing treatment for people with food allergies (GSK/PA)
Business

GSK posts higher profits but indicates sales growth to slow in 2026

The UK’s services sector rebounded at the start of the year, survey data shows (Yui Mok/PA)
Business

‘Post-budget clarity’ boosts UK services sector but job shedding worsens

Luxury retailer Watches of Switzerland has upgraded its sales outlook thanks to demand over the key festive season (Alamy/PA)
Business

Watches of Switzerland hikes annual sales outlook on ‘strong’ festive demand

Santander UK has revealed a hike in annual profits despite putting by another £183 million to cover costs of the motor finance mis-selling scandal and warned over further cost cutting over the year ahead (Alamy/PA)
Business

Santander to cut costs further as profits rise despite another motor finance hit

Zurich Insurance has unveiled a proposal to buy London-listed rival Beazley in a deal worth £7.7 billion. (Alamy/PA)
Business

Insurer Beazley agrees £8 billion takeover by rival Zurich

Net zero migration to the UK could shrink the economy and result in taxes rises to plug a funding shortfall (Danny Lawson/PA)
Business

Reaching net zero migration would squeeze public finances, warns think tank

The UK’s services sector continued to struggle in December (Alamy/PA)
Business

Younger and lower-paid workers hit hardest by rising labour costs, figures show

Zurich Insurance has unveiled a proposal to buy London-listed rival Beazley in a deal worth £7.7 billion. (Alamy/PA)
Business

Insurer Beazley agrees £8 billion takeover by rival Zurich

Net zero migration to the UK could shrink the economy and result in taxes rises to plug a funding shortfall (Danny Lawson/PA)
Business

Reaching net zero migration would squeeze public finances, warns think tank

The UK’s services sector continued to struggle in December (Alamy/PA)
Business

Younger and lower-paid workers hit hardest by rising labour costs, figures show

The FTSE 100 index closed down 26.97 points on Tuesday (Alamy/PA)
Business

FTSE 100 down as AI worries knock data providers

(Alamy/PA)
Business

Disney appoints theme parks boss as its next chief executive

<p>Tony’s Chocolonely has said it sold more chocolate bars last year despite hiking prices</p>
Business

Chocolate manufacturer sales surge despite ‘rocketing’ cocoa costs

Production at the Mossmorran plant ended on Monday (Jane Barlow/PA)
Business

Union hits out as Mossmorran plant ends production

(Alamy/PA)
Business

FTSE 100 sets new record despite metals meltdown

<p>Spending on promotional items also surged by 10.9 per cent year-on-year, the fastest growth since October 2024</p>
Business

UK shoppers eye bargains as grocery price inflation drops

LBG Media Group has reported stronger earnings and sales (Alamy/PA)
Business

Stronger sales at LadBible owner amid generative AI growth

Irn-Bru maker AG Barr has revealed deals worth more than £50 million to snap up soft drinks rivals Fentimans and Frobishers as it said it was set for a double-digit hike in annual profits (Alamy/PA)
Business

Irn-Bru maker AG Barr buys Fentimans and Frobishers in deals worth over £50m

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