Let’s get one thing straight: business is not an Olympic sport. No medals. No referees. No level playing field. It’s not drug-tested either, and you can forget about fair play. The idea that commerce

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Six university-founded social enterprises have been selected as finalists for Ignite 2025, the Ford Family Foundation’s flagship competition supporting early-stage, purpose-driven ventures. The finalists will pitch their innovations at the Barclays Innovation Hub powered

Asahi Group, Japan’s largest brewer, has partially restarted beer production at all six of its breweries after a cyber-attack last week forced a temporary shutdown across its domestic operations. The company said production of

Delivery company DPD is facing potential disruption after hundreds of drivers began three days of action in protest at cuts to their pay for delivering small parcels. The company has reduced payments for such

OpenAI has agreed a multibillion-dollar partnership with Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) to secure massive computing power for its next generation of artificial intelligence models — a direct challenge to Nvidia’s dominant position in

Gold prices have surged to fresh record highs, breaching $3,900 an ounce for the first time as investors sought refuge from global economic and political uncertainty. The precious metal traded at $3,956.19 per ounce

Billionaire Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s petrochemicals group Ineos has announced plans to cut 60 jobs at its Hull Acetyls plant in East Yorkshire, citing “dirt-cheap, carbon-heavy imports from China” and “sky-high” UK energy costs. The