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The Ministry of Defence and Department for Health and Social Care are slated to see billions cut in Whitehall budgets in what a DOGE-style body within the Treasury described as “efficiency gains” – despite both departments set to see a real terms increase in spending between 2026 and 2029. A new government document has revealed…
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PPE Medpro defends itself in a £122m High Court case, arguing that the UK government approved its gowns during Covid-19 and is now wrongly scapegoating the firm for its own procurement failures. Read more: PPE Medpro hits back in £122m DHSC court case, blaming government ‘chaos’ during Covid procurement
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CMOs waste 21 working days annually fixing broken marketing tools.
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The issue with AI is no longer about the functionality of the technology, but about whether the individuals and processes surrounding it are ready, according to business and tech leaders at KPMG’s discussion at [Viva Tech Paris](https://vivatechnology.com). “We recognize the potential,” remarked Nicole Buttner, CEO of Melantec and General Secretary of Germany’s MPP party. “Yet,…
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UK exports to the US dropped by £2bn in April — the steepest monthly fall since 1997 — following President Trump’s new tariffs. Trade front-loading in Q1 gave way to sharp decline. Read more: Record fall in British exports to US as Trump tariffs bite
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High Street favourite sold for £1 in a bid to stabilise the business.
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FirstGroup, once a pioneer of employee representation on boards, has scrapped its employee director role amid business restructuring—marking a setback for the worker voice movement. Read more: Firstgroup quietly ends long-running employee director policy
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Wimbledon will face a crunch judicial review on their plans to expand their Championships tennis site during this year’s grand slam. Speaking ahead of this year’s SW19 tournament, which gets underway on 30 June, All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club chair Deborah Jevans said the Greater London Authority decision to grant planning permission to…
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London broker Peel Hunt has upgraded the target share price for West End property giant Great Portland Estates (GPE) as high demand for best-in-class office space is set to push up prices. GPE’s share price was 342p as of the close on June 11, but Peel Hunt brokers have set a target price of 375p.…
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Disney and Universal have filed a landmark lawsuit against AI image generator Midjourney, accusing the San Francisco-based company of large-scale copyright infringement and calling its tools a “bottomless pit of plagiarism”. Read more: Disney and Universal sue AI firm Midjourney over ‘bottomless pit of plagiarism’