Interest rate cut to 5%
Plus, CrowdStrike sued over global outage, the power of taking time off, Bill Ackman withdraws IPO despite “enormous investor interest” and people are not happy about Olympic selfies
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Business confidence on the up as interest rate decision looms
Plus, the sectors most affected by UK talent shortage, leadership lessons from Amazon's CEO and commuting habits revealed
Nike under the microscope
Plus, business groups react to £20bn government shortfall, McDonald's rethinking its pricing strategy and the evolution of a car dealer dynasty
The £20bn public spending hole
Plus, business confidence on the up, Autonomy co-founder and newly exonerated Mike Lynch speaks and Blackrock succession planning lessons
The company that turned a milk round into a £250m business
Plus, OpenAI testing AI-powered search feature, THG slashing more jobs, UK drivers still paying too much for fuel and your Friday pick-me-up
Revolut banking licence: A fintech milestone
Plus, the value of M&A is up by two-thirds, why we might be able to say goodbye to the office birthday party and an Olympics preview in today's Off To Lunch
Should tourists pay more?
Plus, use of cash hits four-year high, ice cream prices rise by 30 per cent and lessons from the global IT outage
Is this the most important business in Europe?
Plus, Britain set to miss 2030 clean power targets, chancellor aiming to woo US investors and exited Carpetright founder strikes rescue deal
Biden steps down and Britain’s billion-pound businesses
Plus, Biden steps down, company financial distress on the rise and the IMF issues the chancellor a stern warning
Chaos as global IT outage strikes
Plus, Pret scraps free coffee, retails sales fall and is UK inequality really getting worse, in today's Off To Lunch
Wage growth is ‘too hot to handle’
Plus, Lloyds signs deal to finance UK buyouts, Warner Bros Discovery considers a split and why you can't cut your way to profitability in today's Off To Lunch
High hotel prices cause inflation headache
Plus, HSBC appoints a new CEO, used electric car sales boom and why this is the summer of the quiet vacation in today's Off To Lunch
Grocery inflation drops and the Rubik’s Cube turns 50
Plus, B&M reports strong results, how to boost UK productivity and the 'uneven' distribution of AI's environmental impacts in today's Off To Lunch newsletter
Burberry ousts its CEO and could you survive 378 days of team bonding?
Plus, warnings over the job market, Tesco makes a premium push and Musk officially endorses Trump in today's Off To Lunch.
Graphcore sold and Biden rattled
Plus, Rachel Reeves to form new council of economic advisers, UK business distress fastest rising in Europe and Rio Tinto is wargaming a massive takeover
UK economy grows faster than expected
Plus, FCA overhauls listings regime, UK overtakes India as the world’s third-largest venture capital market and British tycoon closing in on a deal for The Body Shop
The power of delegation
Plus, the new flexible-working trial, Wetherspoons to close more pubs and why we should pay more attention to departing CEOs in today's Off To Lunch
Retailers count the cost of a wet summer
Plus, Wimbledon choosing to leave $100m on the table, Asda scraps its four-day work week and Thames Water needs fresh funds
Labour’s ‘difficult’ economic decisions
Plus, low exec pay risks a US talent drain, Carlsberg acquires Britvic and is this the end of levelling up?
Business welcomes Labour government but pushes for real change
Plus, inflationary pressures ease further, UK steel warns over the high price of electricity and Amazon turns 30
Is fear an effective driver of performance?
Plus, new car sales hit five-year high, private equity M&A growth, and a new Barbie exhibition launches
Why complacency is almost always a prelude to failure
Plus, steakhouse Hawksmoor is up for sale, election investment boost pending and record cash injection into equity funds
The woman behind a ticketing juggernaut
Plus, the next government to benefit from easing of the cost-of-living crisis, Tata Port Talbot steel plant strikes called off and Revolut reports record profits
Addressing the UK’s ‘tax gap’
Plus, newspapers reveal who they're backing in the general election, pension fund to "unlock access" to PE gains and exec pay gap between the UK and US widens