Business & Tech

Britain reboots its space strategy with £7.8B already on the launchpad

Cross-government plan combines civil ambitions with an increasingly military view of orbit

Blevins Franks launches EU referral service for UK advisers

Blevins Franks has launched a new service designed to help UK financial advisers continue supporting clients who move to Europe without taking on additional regulatory risk.

Whitehall's latest plan to get things done: Less Whitehall

Ministers declare war on an 'industry of dither and delay' as consultations, legal caution, and judicial reviews get the chop

Arm pushes agentic AI and desktop-quality graphics in next-gen phone platform

New CPU and GPU designs chase lower latency and richer games within a 1 W power budget

Equity fund outflows reach £15.16bn as investors turn to cash

UK investors continued to pull money from equity funds in August, marking the 14th month of outflows in the last 15, according to Calastone’s latest Fund Flow Index. Equity funds recorded net outflows of £315m during the month, taking total withdrawals since June 2025 to

HPE makes its “unified storage” claim real as B10000 R6 hits GA

PARTNER CONTENT: Pairs block and adjacent file workloads with independent scaling of performance and capacity

Ben Kumar: ‘This too shall pass’ – a simple motto for a tricky world

Investing is simple but not necessarily easy. Following the advice in the old clichés is difficult. Buying 'when there’s blood in the streets' is tough when it’s your retirement pot bleeding all over the road. Being 'bold when others are fearful' is almost impossible when

The Morning Briefing: Equity funds lose £15.16bn; Blevins Franks launches EU referral service

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Money Talks: Using AI without losing the human touch

In this episode of Money Talks, brought to you in association with Royal London, guest Colin Mitchell, Customer Life Stage Director at Royal London, breaks down the key findings from their recent research, Meaningful Value in an Artificial World. The conversation focuses on the

‘Global reckoning’ is coming for big tech, says Australian minister

Introduces 'digital duty of care' that will mean Aussies get ‘my feed, my way’ – without algorithms if requested

Superdry cuts delivery costs after InPost locker switch

Superdry has cut UK B2C delivery costs by up to 19% after introducing InPost Lockers as a checkout option, with lockers now accounting for around 20 per cent of deliveries.

Lidl cuts EV charging tariff as it invests £10m in network

Lidl GB is cutting its rapid EV charging tariff to 59p/kWh for Lidl Plus customers as it invests £10m in expanding its charging network this financial year.

French fintech startup Outline raises $3 million for financial planning AI

French fintech startup Outline has raised $3 million to reinvent financial planning with AI.

Decathlon slashes prices in ‘Back to Sport’ push

Decathlon has launched a fresh wave of price cuts across its sporting goods range to capitalise on shoppers returning to clubs, gyms and sport after the summer.

Very launches major autumn campaign created almost entirely in-house

Very has launched a new multi-category autumn advertising campaign, developed largely by its own internal brand and creative teams. The online retailer, owned by The Very Group, kicked off the campaign last week, with the aim of highlighting the breadth of its department-store…

US watchdog opens probe into Tesla's Cybercab self-certification

Wheels turning on the road and in government

Dunelm unveils £100m cost-cutting plan as hot weather hits trading

Dunelm today confirmed plans to strip £100m of costs from the business and reinvest the savings into growth. The company has launched a new three-year strategy, dubbed ‘Winning Hearts & Homes’, with the goal of accelerating sales, expanding its store estate and strengthening its…

ASOS: online fashion’s next battleground is guidance, not choice

Vanessa Spence, EVP brand and creative at ASOS, says retailers must move beyond endless product choice and use curation, AI and styling-led shopping to make fashion feel easier, more personal and more inspiring.

Matalan COO Phil Hackney exits after three years

Matalan chief operating officer Phil Hackney has left the company after three years with the business. Hackney joined Matalan in 2023 to lead its supply chain operations before subsequently stepping up to the chief operating officer role.

Bath & Body Works ramps up UK expansion with new standalone store

Bath & Body Works is continuing its UK store expansion with plans to open a new standalone shop at Merry Hill shopping centre in the West Midlands.

Tesco, M&S and John Lewis back drive to get 100,000 young people into retail jobs

Tesco, Marks & Spencer, John Lewis and more than 40 major retailers have joined a new industry-wide push to help 100,000 young people into retail jobs by 2029.

UK retail sales growth slows to four-month low as shoppers rein in spending

UK retail sales growth slowed to a four-month low in August as the boost from the hot start to summer faded and shoppers pulled back on discretionary spending.

Huawei proudly shows off an entirely un-American chip

Matt Clifford to leave ARIA before Anthropic role becomes a 'distraction'

MPs welcome move but still want answers over how the conflict of interest was allowed to arise

Tata to build one of India's largest data centres

$7.4bn campus to be built in tech hub Hyderabad.

Mastercard predicts that over the next four years one-in-ten will use AI agents for online shopping

More than one in ten online shoppers are expected to routinely use AI agents to purchase products on their behalf by 2030, according to a new Mastercard report.

Nightwing CEO has a Labor Day message for staff – and apparently The Register

Nothing says ‘For internal use only’ quite like emailing it to the press

Oracle may be next in EU software licensing hot seat following SAP deal

Commission reportedly seeks third-party views, although no formal investigation is underway

DRAM contract prices forecast to grow only 13-18% in Q3

PC buyers already had enough of helping to fund the AI revolution, only essential refreshes happening now

Laura Woods partners with M&S to cook for grassroots football players

M&S Food has partnered with award-winning sports broadcaster Laura Woods as part of its Eat Well, Play Well: Grassroots campaign. The campaign helps grassroots clubs in the UK improve their nutrition offering.