Universal Credit families to get £4,500 apprenticeship bursary
Universal Credit households will receive an apprenticeship bursary of up to £4,500 a year, the government said, as under-25 training becomes free.
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Beefeater to close all 106 restaurants on 10 September
Beefeater closures: Whitbread has confirmed all 106 restaurants will trade for the last time on 10 September as the group exits pub-restaurant dining.
Bezos names Amazon chip arm as company’s next pillar
Jeff Bezos says Amazon's chips business is lining up to be the company's next pillar as it prepares to spend $200bn in capital in 2026, mostly on AI.
Princes forecasts 60 per cent pea yield as growers trial chickpeas
Princes has forecast the UK pea harvest at about 60 per cent yield, a second consecutive shortfall pushing Lincolnshire growers to trial chickpeas.
Barclays profit up 31% to £3.3bn as TUC demands 35% bank surcharge
Barclays reported second-quarter profits of £3.3bn on Tuesday, up 31 per cent, as the TUC called for the bank surcharge to rise to as much as 35 per cent.
Mocean Energy raises £5m to put AI data centres out to sea
Mocean Energy is raising £5m to build floating offshore data centres powered by wave and solar energy, with a first pilot targeted for 2028.
Apple briefly tops $5trn as tech stocks recover from sell-off
Apple briefly passed a $5 trillion valuation on Tuesday, joining Nvidia, as big technology stocks recovered from a sell-off driven by AI and China fears.
GSK to move R&D to Cambridge in £400m UK investment
GSK will invest £400m to move its R&D centre from Stevenage to a new Cambridge site by 2029, alongside £1.9bn of annual cost savings and net job losses.
Almost half of UK firms plan to raise investment, Lloyds finds
UK business investment: 47 per cent of firms plan to raise spending over the next year, Lloyds research finds, with technology and AI the main target.
Chinese chip giant defies US pressure with 466% debut surge
CXMT’s shares surged 466% in Asia’s biggest IPO of 2026, despite years of US export curbs Read Full Article at RT.com