GSK heads to Cambridge with long-awaited positive vibes Pharmaceutical company’s move to new £400m research centre accompanied by encouraging news for shareholdersWire*·July 28, 2026
Christopher Roper obituaryOther lives: Businessman and Reuters correspondent who reported on Che Guevara’s deathWire*·July 28, 2026
GSK invests £400m to move research centre to Cambridge as Burnham praises ‘vote of confidence’ in UK - as it happenedRolling coverage of the latest economic and financial newsWire*·July 28, 2026
Qantas plane flies for more than 24 hours in record-breaking flight The A350 landed in Toulouse 24 hours and 24 minutes after leaving Melbourne as airline plans direct London serviceWire*·July 28, 2026
GSK to cut jobs amid £1.9bn cost-cutting plan and bid for faster drug developmentPharmaceuticals company is investing £400m in UK life sciences and moving scientists to new Cambridge R&D siteWire*·July 28, 2026
Marmite and Dove owner Unilever warns of price rises due to growing costsConsumer goods group reports strong sales growth, owing in part to World Cup marketing campaignsWire*·July 28, 2026
Burnham urged to increase tax on banks as Barclays’ profits soarTUC says lender ‘can easily afford to pay more tax’ as it increases half-year bonus pool by nearly 30%Wire*·July 28, 2026
Blow to NHS as Royal Mail raises prices for bulk users by a thirdAverage 25% increase for letters such as marketing, bills and medical appointment notices from 5 OctoberWire*·July 28, 2026
Train drivers in Great Britain consider strike action over lack of toiletsUnions say basic needs still not being met a year after regulator told operators to improve facilitiesWire*·July 28, 2026
Oil prices fall as US pauses strikes on Iran over strait of HormuzBrent crude drops 9% to below $88 a barrel, prompting UK government bond yields to fallWire*·July 27, 2026
Cracker Barrel CEO to step down after overseeing logo backlash last yearJulie Masino faced criticism as restaurant chain was called ‘woke’ and ‘soulless’ after unveiling modernized logoWire*·July 27, 2026
Private equity finds soft takeover targets in London – yet againOffer for DCC Energy leaves total of completed or agreed deals within FTSE 100 this year at five, but has Westminster noticed?Wire*·July 27, 2026
No, Centrica, customers don’t prefer bots to humansLetters: Charles MacKinnon disagrees with the British Gas owner’s justification for cutting 1,300 jobsWire*·July 27, 2026
So how do you get access to the Qantas chairman’s lounge? Alan Joyce has some tipsIn his memoir, the former Qantas chief executive denies using the lounge as a tool to influence politiciansWire*·July 27, 2026
Oil price slides as US and Iran pause fire; cancer treatments help AstraZeneca beat profit forecasts – as it happenedRolling coverage of the latest economic and financial newsWire*·July 27, 2026
AstraZeneca boss urges western drugmakers to move at ‘Chinese speed’Europe and US risk being outpaced on innovation, as happened in the car industry, warns Pascal SoriotWire*·July 27, 2026
DCC, one of FTSE 100’s biggest energy firms, agrees £5.75bn takeoverKKR and Energy Capital Partners poised to buy firm despite misgivings from founder and biggest shareholdersWire*·July 27, 2026
Liberty embraces sewing boom with craft classes as it expands fabrics sectionLondon store also plans bigger haberdashery area, where it will hold autumn workshops for craftersWire*·July 27, 2026
Rising oil prices could force up UK interest rates, say economistsBank of England expected to keep rates on hold on Thursday but renewed Iran conflict casts shadow over energy costsWire*·July 26, 2026
Gary Stevenson to quit YouTube channel, citing health concernsFormer City trader’s weekly Gary’s Economics videos took off during the Covid pandemicWire*·July 26, 2026
Ed Miliband indicates development and climate will be at heart of UK foreign policyExclusive: Foreign secretary to take up World Bank seat and play active role in shaping changes to global lenderWire*·July 26, 2026
Blame privatised water firms for hosepipe bansLetters: Gillian Metheringham, Dr Gillian Austen and others respond to articles about water shortages in the UK and the high and rising pay of water industry bossesWire*·July 26, 2026
Corporate America may be using AI to cut jobs, but small businesses are using it to keep themReports of wide-scale replacement of workers by AI are overblown. Small businesses use it to help workersWire*·July 26, 2026
‘Burnham bounce’ risks deflating unless focus remains on struggling householdsUK’s inequalities expose splits in consumer economy, with spending suffering and a decline in savings among the poorestWire*·July 26, 2026
‘Weekday games were amazing’: pubs toast extra £150m in World Cup salesEngland’s progress provides best football-related uplift of recent years, with one pub too packed to host its Dolly Parton tributeWire*·July 26, 2026
