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  • Arm chief says AI will help cure cancer ‘in our lifetime’
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  • Policy unpredictability cost UK nearly £2tn in investment, study finds
  • Kendall Jenner buys stake in London drinks brand Trip
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  • UKEF backs £655m of Angola projects, unlocking £167m for UK firms
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  • CBI tells Healey £345bn business costs are holding back investment
  • Molten Ventures raises £175m growth fund for UK tech scale-ups

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The British Business Bank has launched a £210m South East Investment Fund offering loans of between £25,000 and £2m and equity investments of up to £5m to small and medium-sized businesses in the region. The fund, which opened on 9 September, has already made its first investment, a £250,000 loan to a Basingstoke technology company.

British Business Bank launches £210m South East Investment Fund

9 September 2026 Finance, Get Funded, News Jamie Young

The British Business Bank’s £210m South East Investment Fund, launched on 9 September, offers loans and equity to smaller firms from Kent to Oxfordshire.

Rene Haas, chief executive of the chip designer Arm Holdings, has said artificial intelligence will help cure cancer "in our lifetime", and predicted that humanoid robots will be in widespread use within the next five years.

Arm chief says AI will help cure cancer ‘in our lifetime’

9 September 2026 AI, News Amy Ingham

Arm Holdings chief executive Rene Haas says an AI cancer cure will come in our lifetime, and predicts humanoid robots in wide use within five years.

Chris Rokos

UK’s third-biggest taxpayer Chris Rokos to leave for Greece

8 September 2026 News Amy Ingham

Chris Rokos, ranked third on The Sunday Times list of Britain’s top taxpayers, is to leave the UK for Greece, weeks before John Healey’s first budget

An Oxford Economics study for Getlink and major airport owners finds weak business investment has cost the UK nearly £2tn since 2000, in a plea to Healey.

Policy unpredictability cost UK nearly £2tn in investment, study finds

8 September 2026 News Jamie Young

An Oxford Economics study for Getlink and major airport owners finds weak business investment has cost the UK nearly £2tn since 2000, in a plea to Healey.

Kendall Jenner, the American model and reality television star, has acquired a minority stake in Trip, the London-based drinks and supplements company best known for its cannabidiol (CBD) soft drinks, and will become the face of the brand's new global campaign.

Kendall Jenner buys stake in London drinks brand Trip

8 September 2026 Get Funded, News Jamie Young

Kendall Jenner Trip deal: the model takes a minority stake in the London CBD drinks brand and will front a global campaign as revenues head for $200m.

Almost half of UK small business owners are now using artificial intelligence tools, according to research released on 8 September by the insurance provider Simply Business, which found adoption has more than doubled from 22 per cent in 2025 to 47 per cent.

AI use by UK small businesses more than doubles to 47 per cent

8 September 2026 AI, News Jamie Young

Simply Business’s 2026 SME Insights Report puts AI adoption among UK small businesses at 47 per cent, up from 22 per cent in 2025, with confidence lagging.

UK Export Finance is providing £655m for four Angola infrastructure projects, including a new international airport, unlocking £167m for UK suppliers.

UKEF backs £655m of Angola projects, unlocking £167m for UK firms

8 September 2026 Get Funded, News Jamie Young

UK Export Finance is providing £655m for four Angola infrastructure projects, including a new international airport, unlocking £167m for UK suppliers.

Geoffrey Hinton, the Nobel Prize winner known as the godfather of artificial intelligence, has called on the government to prohibit the development of superintelligent AI systems, warning that losing control of them could be "catastrophic" for humanity.

Hinton calls for UK ban on superintelligent AI as MPs table bill

7 September 2026 AI, Legal, News Jamie Young

The Artificial Superintelligence Security Bill goes before parliament on 8 September as Geoffrey Hinton warns superintelligent AI could be catastrophic.

CBI: New boss Rain Newton Smith doesn’t take crisis-hit group’s future ‘for granted’

CBI tells Healey £345bn business costs are holding back investment

7 September 2026 In Business, News Jamie Young

The CBI has urged John Healey to cut business costs ahead of the 28 October budget, reporting firms paid almost £345bn in tax in 2025-26, up 12.7 per cent.

Revolut has pledged to invest £3 billion in the UK over the next five years in a move that will create 1,000 new jobs, strengthening the country’s status as a hub for global financial services.

Molten Ventures raises £175m growth fund for UK tech scale-ups

7 September 20267 September 2026 Get Funded, News Jamie Young

Molten Ventures growth fund raises £175m, with a £75m British Business Bank cornerstone, to back high-growth UK and European tech firms in AI and space.

More than one in five family-owned manufacturers are considering a sale to overseas buyers in response to changes to inheritance tax, according to a report from Make UK, the manufacturers' organisation, and the accountancy firm Bishop Fleming.

One in five family manufacturers weigh overseas sale over IHT changes

7 September 20267 September 2026 Finance, News Amy Ingham

Make UK and Bishop Fleming survey finds inheritance tax changes and energy costs are prompting family-owned manufacturers to consider selling up.

Jaguar Land Rover is to cut as many as 4,000 jobs over two years as it targets about £1.7bn of savings, and the government has said it will not step in with a bailout.

Jaguar Land Rover to cut 4,000 jobs as minister rules out bailout

7 September 2026 News Amy Ingham

JLR job cuts of up to 4,000 over two years at the UK’s largest carmaker will not be met with a bailout, business secretary Jonathan Reynolds has said.

Virgin Atlantic has been named the official airline partner of Team GB and ParalympicsGB for the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games, ending British Airways' 20-year hold on the role.

Virgin Atlantic replaces British Airways as Team GB airline for LA28

5 September 20265 September 2026 News Amy Ingham

Virgin Atlantic Team GB deal makes Branson’s airline the official carrier for LA 2028, ending British Airways’ run as partner since the Beijing 2008 Games.

The UK government is expected to approve the Jackdaw gas field off the coast of Aberdeen in mid-September, according to government and industry sources cited by the BBC. The decision would come just before Parliament breaks for party conference season.

Jackdaw gas field approval expected in mid-September, sources say

4 September 20264 September 2026 News Amy Ingham

Ministers are expected to approve the Jackdaw gas field off Aberdeen in mid-September, according to government and industry sources.

OpenAI, the San Francisco company behind ChatGPT, is preparing to file confidentially for an initial public offering within weeks, in what would rank as one of the largest flotations the artificial intelligence sector has ever seen and a defining moment in the global technology race.

OpenAI releases Astra model and claims ‘new era’ of AGI has begun

4 September 2026 AI, News Amy Ingham

OpenAI Astra launched on 3 September as president Greg Brockman said the world had entered the AGI era, days after Sam Altman called AGI a marketing term.

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The British Business Bank has launched a £210m South East Investment Fund offering loans of between £25,000 and £2m and equity investments of up to £5m to small and medium-sized businesses in the region. The fund, which opened on 9 September, has already made its first investment, a £250,000 loan to a Basingstoke technology company.

British Business Bank launches £210m South East Investment Fund

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