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  • Monday, 6 January, 2025
    Bet365 Group Ltd
    Bet365 boss Denise Coates’ pay nearly halved to £150mn last year

    Head of betting firm remains one of the UK’s wealthiest executives

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  • Monday, 6 January, 2025
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    UK high-speed rail line told to cut charges

    Regulator rules fees should come down by 3.8% compared with HS1’s proposal

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  • Monday, 6 January, 2025
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    Health warnings on alcohol are an alert to investors too Premium content

    With abstinence in vogue in the developed world, the drinks industry has little to be merry about

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  • Monday, 6 January, 2025
    Daunt plots next chapter for Barnes & Noble and Waterstones

    Booksellers’ boss is eyeing expansion and a possible IPO in London or New York

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  • Sunday, 5 January, 2025
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    F1’s growing young audience attracts array of consumer brand sponsors

    Kit Kat, Louis Vuitton, and McDonald’s are among the companies attracted to rising awareness around the sport

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    Hedge fund’s founder and owner of the English club has had preliminary talks with at least one possible buyer

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  • Saturday, 4 January, 2025
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    ‘There will be a bit of a slump’: London braced for luxury hotel glut

    Biggest number of room openings in more than a decade prompts concerns about oversupply and price cuts

  • Friday, 3 January, 2025
    Food & Beverage
    Shares of alcohol makers fall after US official calls for cancer warnings

    Surgeon-general calls for more prominent warning labels on drinks to raise awareness of the link

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  • Friday, 3 January, 2025
    Prime property
    Chelsea FC co-owner pays £56mn for London penthouse

    Purchase by billionaire Behdad Eghbali is one of largest UK property deals of 2024

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  • Friday, 3 January, 2025
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    Budget gyms aim to bulk up in smaller UK centres

    PureGym and The Gym Group say plenty of opportunities remain as cost-conscious consumers try to keep fit

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  • Friday, 3 January, 2025
    News in-depthFood & Beverage
    French red wine in sharp decline as tastes change among young drinkers

    Domestic consumption falls as consumers switch to beer, spirits and alcohol-free options

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  • Friday, 3 January, 2025
    Real Madrid
    Real Madrid’s concert dreams put on hold by ‘noisy neighbour’ complaints

    World’s most valuable football club halts shows as locals brand Santiago Bernabéu stadium a ‘torture-drome’

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  • Thursday, 2 January, 2025
    Brompton Bicycle
    Brompton profits almost wiped out after lower UK and Europe sales

    British folding bike specialist cites economic headwinds and sector’s challenges as earnings drop below £5,000

    An employee inspecting a Brompton bike at Brompton’s factory in London, England
  • Thursday, 2 January, 2025
    Media
    Glastonbury Festival almost doubles profits

    Accounts reveal nearly £6mn in earnings days after being criticised by Neil Young for being a ‘corporate turn-off’

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  • Thursday, 2 January, 2025
    Anna Berkeley
    Ask a Stylist: how to shop mindfully

    A new year’s resolution to think about your wardrobe will save you money and create less waste

    A brown-haired woman sits in a field, wearing a blue and green cardigan with jeans
  • Thursday, 2 January, 2025
    Kris Gibbon-Walsh
    How to help UK farming waste less food

    We don’t normally take lessons from the US on food but there is a lot to learn from America’s tax policies

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  • Thursday, 2 January, 2025
    Alibaba
    Alibaba sells stake in Chinese hypermarket operator at steep discount

    Sun Art deal is ecommerce group’s second major divestment of bricks-and-mortar assets in less than a month

    Customers shop inside an RT-Mart hypermarket in Shanghai, China
  • Thursday, 2 January, 2025
    Consumer trends
    Social pressure holds back sales of alcohol-free drinks, research finds

    Other challenges include price and taste expectations, with Gen Zers most likely to succumb

    Bottles of Heineken Silver and Heineken 0.0 Alcohol-Free beer are displayed at the Heineken NV
  • Wednesday, 1 January, 2025
    E-cigarettes
    Belgium bans disposable vapes as concern grows over e-cigarettes

    Experts say crackdowns on single-use products may have limited impact on growing industry

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  • Wednesday, 1 January, 2025
    Companies
    Business trends, risks and companies to watch in 2025

    Will private credit reap benefits from deregulation, can the tech bubble keep inflating and will EV sales start to rise again?

    A collage features a model in a neon green outfit from the Gucci Spring Summer 2025 show, solar panels symbolising renewable energy, the Medline Industries logo, Elon Musk,  Donald Trump and an Xpeng electric vehicle. The number "2025" is prominently displayed in the centre.
  • Wednesday, 1 January, 2025
    Serious MoneyClaer Barrett
    Secrets of an airline points millionaire

    How far will you travel to collect Avios and EuroBonus points in 2025?

    An image appears to depict a stylized world map with interconnected points, a plane symbolizing travel, a calendar with marked dates, and a points tally (“Points: 102”) in the bottom corner
  • Tuesday, 31 December, 2024
    News in-depthTravel & leisure industry
    Who killed the rave? Late-night dancing falls into global decline

    From Berlin to New York, clubbers in the world’s party capitals are heading home earlier

    A montage of people dancing and a chart
  • Monday, 30 December, 2024
    Patti Waldmeir
    The great American alcohol debate

    New research and changing social attitudes may usher in a low-booze era in the US

    Illustration of a bar, propped up at an angle by a stick with a piece of string attached to it. Underneath the bar is a glass of beer
  • Monday, 30 December, 2024
    David Beckham
    Brand Beckham pays out $124mn in dividends

    Footballer continues to earn healthily from his name more than a decade after retiring from professional game

    David Beckham
  • Sunday, 29 December, 2024
    UK agriculture
    Have England’s winemakers lost their sparkle?

    Wine estates are struggling to attract buyers while dealing with a poor 2024 harvest

    Chardonnay grapes are harvested for Hattingley Valley
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