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Business | Ex chancellor George Osborne hired for global role at OpenAI

Former chancellor George Osborne lands new gig as global managing director to head up OpenAI for Countries programme at ChatGPT developer

17 Dec 2025

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Business | Inflation falls to 3.2% as food prices ease fractionally

In a surprise fall Inflation dropped by 0.2% in November to 3.2% after some food prices stopped rising so fast, except for meat, fish, and vegetables

17 Dec 2025

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Business | Law firm bans use of internal emails

Ban on use of internal emails at Brighton law firm saves thousands of wasted working hours and increases average fees earned by partners and staff

15 Dec 2025

Leadership & Management

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Business | Nationwide fined £44m as customers use private accounts for business

Failure to clamp down on use of personal accounts or conduct adequate money laundering checks at Nationwide led to one customer claiming £26m in fraudulent furlough claims

12 Dec 2025

Business | No growth for last quarter as economy falters

Growth faltered in the months before the Budget as consumer and business confidence dented by persistent negative leaks on tax rises

12 Dec 2025

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Business | Leon collapse blamed on ‘unsustainable tax burden’

Fast food chain Leon has called in administrators, cutting jobs and closing 20 restaurants blaming high costs

11 Dec 2025

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Business | FCA launches Firm Checker tool to beat investment scammers

To tackle the scourge of investment scammers, the Financial Conduct Authority has launched Firm Checker, a tool to help consumers identify legitimate companies and avoid scams

10 Dec 2025

Business | Excessive covid fraud hit £10.9bn through ‘negligence’

Chaotic procurement, pointless self verification to secure bounce back loans, and lack of basic checks by banks in early months of pandemic led to Covid fraud fiasco

9 Dec 2025

Business | 40% of accountants say their clients need better banking support

Most accountants are upbeat about growth for their SME clients next year, but warn business owners struggle to access adequate finance with patchy banking support, so what’s the answer for this critical part of the economy, asks Sophie Hossack, head of partnerships at Allica Bank

9 Dec 2025

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Business | Fine of £5k for breaches of HMRC tax adviser register

Details of plans for the new HMRC tax adviser ‘interact’ register have become clearer in 18 pages of legislation in draft Finance (No.2) Bill with firms required to register not individual staff members

8 Dec 2025

Business | ‘Corrupt accountants’ targeted in dirty money crackdown

In a bid to smash money laundering and financial fraud, government sets out anti-corruption strategy with major focus on ‘corrupt lawyers, accountants and bankers’

8 Dec 2025

Business | Tax charity scales up services to support vulnerable with MTD

The UK’s largest tax advice charity TaxAid is launching a major fundraising campaign to help vulnerable taxpayers navigate Making Tax Digital for Income Tax

8 Dec 2025

Business | Gen Z accountants want better pay and bonuses

As firms struggle to keep staff, younger accountants criticise lack of transparency on job ads, limited flexible working, and no clear career progression

5 Dec 2025