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Experts warn the UK's under-16s social media ban is 'impractical' and no silver bullet. Business Matters rounds up the industry reaction and what platforms must do…
As MPs launch an inquiry into AI and the future of work, Business Matters asks what British firms really gain from artificial intelligence, and what is…
Dividend tax rates rose by two percentage points in April 2026 while the allowance held at £500. Here is what the change costs company directors in…
Barclays is buying children's money app GoHenry in a deal worth an estimated £180m, the latest acquisition in CS Venkatakrishnan's UK expansion drive.
New research reveals 76% of UK companies expanding into the US have no USPTO trademark protection, leaving brands and patents dangerously exposed.
GLP-1 weight loss drug use in Britain has nearly tripled in two years, wiping £780m off grocery spending. Crisps and chocolate suffer while gum and mouthwash…
Mayor Tracy Brabin backs Tech West Yorkshire, a new body uniting 9,700 digital firms across Leeds, Bradford, Wakefield, Calderdale and Kirklees to build a leading UK…
Amazon opens a £500m robotic fulfilment centre in Northampton and confirms the UK's largest cross-dock facility for Kettering, taking its Northamptonshire investment past £1bn and creating…
Business Matters has been announced as launch media partner of the Rural Business Awards 2026, the free-to-enter national awards celebrating rural enterprise on 4 November.
The 2026 World Cup is forecast to unleash £3.8bn in UK consumer spending, with pubs, bookmakers and food delivery firms the big winners, but not everyone…
Sir Jeremy Hunt's Can We Be Rich Again? offers a candid, costed eight-point plan to revive UK growth. Business Matters reviews the former chancellor's blueprint for…
Britain's £1.2bn fish and chip industry is being squeezed by NIC hikes, energy costs and cod prices driven up by Middle East tensions. Industry leaders urge…
Pragmatic Semiconductor, the Durham-based maker of ultra-thin flexible chips, is gearing up to become the UK's largest chipmaker by volume — and has its sights set…
Soaring adoption is failing to translate into bottom-line returns, fuelling fresh anxiety over inflated valuations across the AI sector
America is still growing, but British firms eyeing the US in 2026 need sharper regional targeting, disciplined pricing and a realistic view of cost, says Blick…