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M&S tells agency workers to stay at home after cyberattack
Marks & Spencer (M&S) has ordered hundreds of agency workers at its main distribution centre to stay at home as it grapples with the unfolding impact of a cyberattack on Britain’s best-known retailer.Sky News has learnt that roughly 200 people who had been due to undertake shift work at M&S’s vast Castle Donington clothing and …
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Former Google employee named UK tech entrepreneur of the year
A former Google data scientist has been named UK entrepreneur of the year at the Black Tech Achievement Awards 2025. The annual event recognises innovators and role models working in Britain’s technology industry. Yomi Tejumola, founder and chief executive of AI marketing firm Algomarketing, started his company in 2017 while working as a marketing data …
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Nandy to sign off appointment of Kogan as top football referee
Lisa Nandy, the culture secretary, is to sign off the appointment of a chair of English football’s new referee within days.Sky News has learnt that David Kogan, a media industry veteran who has helped negotiate a string of television rights deals across the sport in recent decades, is to be formally approved as chair of …
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Audio technology group Waves hello to £300m London float
An audio technology business used by many of the world’s leading musicians is plotting a £300m City flotation in a boost to London’s flagging stock market.Sky News has learnt that Waves Audio, which is headquartered in Israel, has hired bankers to oversee an initial public offering which could take place as soon as June. The …
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UK car exporter’s shares slump to four-year low on trade war warning
A UK-based car distributor has seen its shares hit a four-year low after reporting a fall in sales and warning of hits ahead from Donald Trump’s trade war. Inchcape, which exports cars for manufacturers across more than 40 countries globally, saw its stock lose up to 16.9% in early trading on Wednesday after its first …
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Chancellor outlines red lines for US trade deal
Britain will not lower its standards or water down regulation in exchange for a trade deal with the US, the chancellor has confirmed.Rachel Reeves was speaking ahead of a pivotal meeting with her American counterpart in Washington DC. In an interview with Sky News, Ms Reeves said she was “confident” that a deal would be …
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Sports rights veteran Kogan in talks to chair Starmer’s football watchdog
A media industry veteran who has helped negotiate a string of broadcast rights deals across English football has emerged as the frontrunner to head Sir Keir Starmer’s new football watchdog.Sky News can exclusively reveal that David Kogan, whose boardroom roles have included a directorship at state-owned Channel 4, is now the leading contender to chair …
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Britain’s longest train journey to be scrapped after more than a century
The UK’s longest direct train journey is being axed after more than 100 years. CrossCountry said it would cease to operate the route from Aberdeen to Penzance as part of a series of changes set to take effect next month. The 774-mile route, which takes approximately 13 hours and 20 minutes to complete, passes through …
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How market turmoil has affected mortgages, savings, holidays and fuel
Global financial markets have been on a rollercoaster ride over the past few days, but now, with President Donald Trump having paused his “retaliatory” tariffs, the situation should stabilise.Here, we outline how the pound in your pocket has been affected. Stock markets, bonds and currencies moved sharply after Mr Trump put a 90-day pause on …
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Former glass and furniture showroom could be turned into 20 flats
A former glass and furniture showroom, located just 50 metres from a Metrolink stop, could be transformed into 20 flats. Plans for the two-storey, end terrace commercial property on Church Street West, Radcliffe, have been submitted to Bury Council in the past week. The ‘L’ shaped building, which spans 516 square feet, is currently vacant …
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Trump has finally blinked – but it’s not the stock markets that have forced him to act
Chalk this one up to the bond vigilantes. This is the term used periodically to describe investors who push back against what are perceived to be irresponsible fiscal or monetary policies by selling government bonds, in the process pushing up yields, or implied borrowing costs. Most of the focus on markets in the wake of …
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JD Sports boss warns of price rises and jobs threat if Trump’s China tariffs stay
JD Sports’ chairman, Andrew Higginson, has warned that prices will increase if President Donald Trump’s tariffs remain at their current levels. Speaking on the Today programme, Higginson stated it was “unlikely” that shoe production would relocate to the US and criticised the uncertainty caused by Trump’s tariff war, as reported by City AM. Since April …

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