22 Feb BMW pauses £600mn investment plan to produce electric Minis in Oxford
German carmaker’s review follows UK plant closures by Honda, Ford and JLR over past decade
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22 Feb VC backed by Cambridge university launches £100mn start-up fund
Cambridge Innovation Capital’s fund counts Aviva Investors and an arm of British Business Bank as backers
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22 Feb Graduates face an uphill battle to employment
University leavers should have benefited from a tighter labour market. Why are so many still searching for a job?
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22 Feb Trade-promoting UK departments face ‘up to 40%’ staff cuts
Restructuring plans come as Britain seeks to boost inward investment
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22 Feb UK steelmakers face £150mn annual bill from carbon charges, industry warns
Decision to wind down free emission allowances is an ‘earthquake moment’ for producers
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22 Feb When we politicise everything we make society stupider
By losing our ability to see things at face value we are losing our grip on reality
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21 Feb Britain’s new right should beware misplaced triumphalism
Hope is not built on over-reach or abandoning conservative principles
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20 Feb £67bn of UK investors’ money is in underperforming funds
Wealth floundering in so-called ‘dog’ funds rises 26 per cent in six months, as investor Nick Train’s UK Equity product named among them
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20 Feb Global Counsel cleared of failing to disclose Qatari work
Ruling on advisory firm likely to renew criticism of disclosure exemption for foreign subsidiaries
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20 Feb Apple withdraws cloud encryption service from UK after government order
iPhone-maker says it can no longer offer advanced protection in Britain after secret demand for ‘back door’ to user data
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