Mistral AI raises €3bn in Europe’s largest venture funding round
Mistral AI, the Paris-based artificial intelligence start-up, has raised €3bn in the largest venture funding round completed in Europe, valuing the company at more than...
Appeal tribunal overturns Next equal pay ruling on warehouse wages
Next has won an appeal against a 2024 employment tribunal ruling that its mostly female shop-floor staff suffered sex discrimination because the retailer paid its...
UK’s third-biggest taxpayer Chris Rokos to leave for Greece
Chris Rokos, the hedge fund billionaire ranked third on The Sunday Times list of Britain’s top taxpayers after paying £330m last year, has decided to...
Hunter Biden turns laptop scandal into memecoin
The former US president’s son will launch one billion $LAPTOP tokens and offer free coins to some investors who lost money on $TRUMP Hunter Biden...
Britain is using AI. So why isn’t it getting more productive?
Artificial intelligence has crossed an important threshold in British business. It’s no longer something companies are merely discussing, testing in innovation teams or watching from...
Policy unpredictability cost UK nearly £2tn in investment, study finds
The UK has missed out on nearly £2tn of investment in business and infrastructure over the past quarter of a century because of inconsistent government...