Pub planning protections will not stop closures, industry warns
Property developers will have to prove there is no reasonable prospect of a pub surviving before it can be turned into flats or offices, under...
Au Vodka agrees sale to Sazerac in reported £500m deal
Sazerac, the US drinks group that owns Southern Comfort and BuzzBallz, has said it has agreed to buy Au Vodka, the Swansea vodka brand known...
Twitch users criticise Amazon AI training turned on by default
Twitch has faced a backlash from users after confirming that content on the Amazon-owned streaming platform is used to train the company’s generative AI models...
South Yorkshire launches task force to boost women in tech
A task force to increase the number of women founding, funding and working in technology businesses has been launched in South Yorkshire, after research published...
Russia rejects ‘screwdriver assembly’ model for foreign business – Putin aide
Moscow wants foreign firms to bring advanced technologies, expertise, and joint production, presidential adviser Anton Kobyakov has said Russia seeks foreign technologies and management expertise...
Start-ups ‘losing faith’ in government as tech champion, report says
UK start-ups are “losing faith” in the government as a technology champion after successive efforts to buy more from domestic businesses have had little effect,...