Business

Brain-training firm struggles to remember who it has worked with

Lovebrain claimed a dazzling array of global brands as clients. It wasn’t all true

Entain boss says gambling tax rises will ‘protect no one’

After Reeves indicated gambling taxes could be raised, betting firms say this could push punters to the black market

Going for gold: the future of currency looks precarious

Price of precious metal soars as chaos in the US spooks the market

Government to decide whether to progress sale of Telegraph

RedBird Capital Partners submits formal request to progress £500m deal for newspaper

In Britain’s ‘hedgehog economy’, growth is wild, spiky – and fragile

The spines on the OBR’s charts are a signal to the chancellor to pull all the levers to improve our growth prospects

Illegal practices tear the reputation of Italian luxury fashion

It is an industry that thrives on quality, yet Italy’s top houses are being investigated for sub-contracting, black market mark-ups and sweat shop labour

Britain’s high borrowing costs and low fertility rate could trap us in a debt doom loop

Debt problems are now very public and will be Rachel Reeves’s biggest challenge this autumn

Climate cost debate rages on

Opinion in Europe is divided on EU directives on corporate sustainability reporting

Britain’s VAT rules need a total rethink

Businesses should call on the chancellor to put VAT on everything while complex rules should be consigned to history

British firms hungry to join booming anti-obesity market

Startups urge UK government to create better conditions for innovation of new drugs

Jared Kushner buys gaming giant in $55bn mega deal

The buyout of Electronic Arts set a new record, but there is no lack of cash for even bigger deals

‘Dieselgate’ law firm accused of misleading claimants in Brazil

Pogus Goodhead faces allegations over its treatment of clients in a separate lawsuit

A sober end to BrewDog’s rewilding adventure

After just five years, the troubled brewer has sold the Scottish estate at the centre of its carbon pledges

Investors eye top private schools and SEN provision

Despite the removal of a VAT exemption for private school fees in the UK, deal activity is increasing

Ten UK data centres could cancel EV emissions gain

Research has underlined the lack of transparent and reliable figures for expected emissions driven by data centre growth

‘Are ‘network states’ the future or just fantasy land?

A ‘virtual country’ is a dream for digital nomads and entrepreneurs – but in Honduras, the reality is a long way off

Nigel Farage gets a taste of economic reality on his day out at the Bank

Reform's leader is being pernicious in criticising Andrew Bailey for wanting the government to get closer to the EU

The NHS needs a bigger budget for innovative drugs

The government is beginning to acknowledge a problem highlighted by Trump’s tariffs