Pasta Evangelists to open 100 UK restaurants creating up to 1,500 jobs
Pasta Evangelists has unveiled ambitious plans to open 100 restaurants across the UK over the next five years, in a...
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Metro Bank co-founder targets super-rich with new family offices bank
Anthony Thomson, co-founder of Metro Bank and Atom Bank, is launching a new venture aimed exclusively at the global super-rich....
Poundland to close 49 more UK stores as new owners push ahead with restructuring
Poundland is closing 49 stores across the UK over the next five weeks, with 10 branches shutting their doors for...
What the FCA’s Mortgage Overhaul Means for Borrowers and Lenders
As of 2025, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has introduced new changes as to how the UK mortgage market is...
Frugalpac launches £5m crowdfunding round to scale world-first paper bottle technology
Frugalpac, the Ipswich-based clean technology firm behind the world’s first commercially available paper wine and spirits bottle, has launched a...
Aira secures €150m to accelerate Europe’s switch from gas boilers to heat pumps
European clean energy-tech company Aira has raised €150 million in equity financing from existing backers Altor, Kallskär1, Kinnevik, Lingotto and...
Elon Musk’s Tesla applies for licence to supply electricity to British homes
Elon Musk’s Tesla is preparing to enter the UK household energy market after applying for a licence to supply electricity...
Maven invests £1.5m in Blueskytec to accelerate hardware-based cybersecurity for critical infrastructure
Maven Capital Partners has invested £1.5 million in Blueskytec, a cybersecurity hardware specialist, through the British Business Bank’s South West...
Trump Media to stream GB News on Truth+ in global expansion deal
Trump Media and Technology Group (TMTG) has struck a deal to broadcast GB News on its US-based streaming platform, Truth+,...
Farage faces rising tension with younger Reform voters over net zero stance
Nigel Farage’s uncompromising assault on Britain’s climate commitments is facing pushback from within his own party’s expanding support base, with...
