Investment
‘Project Magic’: RFL in talks with NRL over radical changes to investment deal
The Rugby Football League (RFL) is exploring radically different terms to the funding deal initially offered by Australia’s NRL with talks under way over seeking a £50m loan package...
EasyJet agrees to £5bn takeover by US investment firm
EasyJet has agreed a £5bn takeover by US investment firm Castlelake that will see Britain’s biggest low-cost airline taken private.The companies announced an agreement in principle on Sunday evening...
Starling Bank to cut 130 jobs and boost investment in AI to reduce costs
Starling Bank has said it will cut more than 100 jobs from its workforce, as it invests more heavily in artificial intelligence to push down costs.The digital-only bank told...
Burnham left with £4.7bn bill for Starmer’s new defence investment plan
Andy Burnham will have to find an extra £4.7bn for defence in his first budget, after Keir Starmer announced a £298bn defence investment plan (Dip) without having fully identified...
Starmer unveils long-delayed defence investment plan with further £15bn for armed forces – UK politics live
Key eventsStarmer says he is on course to get defence spending up to 3% of GDP. double quotation markWe are raising it to 2.7%, putting us on a trajectory...
UK and Japan set to agree investment deal worth £18bn
The UK and Japan are set to agree £18bn worth of investment, creating tens of thousands of jobs.Prime minister Keir Starmer will welcome his Japanese counterpart Sanae Takaichi to...
Gamers, developers protest Saudi Arabia Public Investment Fund’s bid to acquire Electronic Arts
As Electronic Arts moves closer to closing a sale of the gaming company to Saudi Arabian investors, it’s facing backlash from a group of protestors who are calling it...
