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An update from our editor-in-chief

Plus, Poppy Gustafsson appointed investment minister, UK economy grows again, 140-plus AIM-listed companies pen open letter to Reeves and Elon Musk unveils Tesla robotaxi
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£25bn tax rise needed to avoid austerity

Plus, businesses given leeway to increase exec pay, how private equity ate Britain and Wimbledon says goodbye to line judges
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How Rightmove became such a hot property

Plus, ad watchdog cracks down on broadband firms, Shein sales hit £1.5bn, KPMG and Natwest rejoin the CBI and how Rightmove became such a hot property
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John Lewis removes CEO position

Plus, grocery prices climb, BP abandons green targets, the scandal of food waste and business lessons distilled from bourbon
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Fear of failure won’t stop the risk-takers

Plus, pension funds renew attack on London Stock Exchange, new “titans of Wall Street” Jane Street under the microscope and Budget looming over jobs market
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CEOs turn to podcasts to control their message

Plus, retail footfall improves for first time in over a year, Labour commits to green clusters and the new watchdog for workers will need "real teeth"
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman

OpenAI’s £5bn funding raise

Plus, BoE hints at lowering interest rates, Starling Bank “shockingly lax” and Tesco sales rise
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Nike strategy reset

Plus, fear over AIM's future, Canary Wharf 🤝 Eden Project and would you respond to a heckle with an 11-second pause?
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Business confidence hits a two-year low

Plus, Greggs' sales growth slows, Beyoncé and Levi's team up for an ad campaign and more in today's Off to Lunch newsletter
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Aston Martin warns on profits

Plus, more than 85 per cent of businesses say they have faced a crisis, what Rick Astley can teach us about giving up and 60 years of the bullet train in our Off to Lunch newsletter
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A start-up utopia in Paris?

Plus, changes at OpenAI, lessons from England cricketing great James Anderson and Yuval Noah Harari's new book
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The origins of self-help books

Plus, Rightmove bid rejected...again, Co-op announces plan for new stores and £1m worth of phones left on trains a year
Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves leave after an interview at the London Stock Exchange

Upcoming Budget affecting growth

Plus, AIM under threat, ISG collapse "devastating" and zombies and iPhones
Rachel Reeves Delivers First Major Speech As New Chancellor Of The Exchequer

Rachel Reeves on growth: “It means working with business”

Plus, Rightmove bid increased, JCB results boost and how FIFA was outplayed by Electronic Arts
Nike's CEO Elliot Hill

From intern to CEO: former Nike exec returns

Plus, UK consumer confidence drop, public sector debt hits new high, the spreadsheet artist and more
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Interest rates held

Plus, UK’s offices at risk of becoming redundant, Ocado and Next give reasons to smile, 4,500 jobs TGI Fridays at risk and is the UK the 'sick man of Europe'?
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Tupperware files for bankruptcy

Plus, inflation holds steady, how to succeed on YouTube and the UK's biggest workforce contraction since the 1980s
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Amazon employees told to return to the office five days a week

Plus, Business Leader magazine out now, Brexit red tape hammering trade, Andy Burnham warns UK Treasury and how a playful mindset can boost creativity on your team
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What Taylor Swift and Oasis can teach us about the economy

Plus, building one of the world's most successful retailers, house prices trending up and inheritance tax knock on effect
Two women using sticky notes to symbolise productivity

Is it time to stop measuring productivity by time?

Plus, OpenAI to launch breakthrough AI tool, Tesco loses “fire and rehire” legal battle and Vodafone and Three merger under threat
John Lewis store on Oxford Street

High street malaise

Plus, UK data centres classified as critical national infrastructure, Starbucks' new CEO lays out turnaround plans, is ‘founder mode’ or ‘manager mode’ better and why Britain stopped buying mobile phones

Should we focus on making workers happy?

Plus, economic growth flatlines, Amazon to invest £8bn in the UK and how to delegate decision-making strategically
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Wages take a hit

Plus, PM urged to raise taxes or rein in the state, Apple told by EU to pay £11bn in tax, online platforms more popular than TV for news and how Serie A is taking on the Premier League
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Santander cracks down on hybrid working

Plus, Softbank gives an insight into its investment mindset, John Lewis chair Sharon White: ‘I always ask, what’s the upside?’ and how to not overhire