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ITV has agreed to invest up to £3 million in Joe Wicks’s health and fitness platform The Body Coach, deepening the broadcaster’s push into digital consumer brands. The deal has been struck through ITV’s AdVentures Invest fund and will see The Body Coach advertise across ITV’s linear channels and its streaming platform ITVX, giving the app access to one of …

The world’s richest individuals accumulated a record $2.2 trillion (£1.7 trillion) in additional wealth during 2025, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, with just eight billionaires accounting for around a quarter of the gains. The surge pushed the combined net worth of the world’s 500 wealthiest people to $11.9 trillion, fuelled by booming equity markets, a rally in cryptocurrencies and …

A lack of commercial understanding inside government is making it harder for companies to operate and is actively holding back economic growth, according to the boss of Iceland. Richard Walker, executive chairman of the frozen food retailer and a newly appointed Labour peer, has warned that too many politicians fail to grasp how businesses actually function — particularly those operating …

Britain’s broadcasting regulator is under mounting pressure to investigate a GB News interview with Donald Trump, after critics claimed the channel failed to challenge a series of misleading and inaccurate assertions made by the US president. The interview, aired in November and billed by GB News as a “world exclusive sit-down”, featured Trump repeating long-disputed claims that human-induced climate change …

Karachi: Lucky Investments Limited has announced the launch of the Lucky Islamic Energy Fund (LIEF), a Shariah-compliant, sector-focused equity fund aimed at providing investors with exposure to Pakistan’s growing energy sector through ethical and disciplined investing. The launch comes at a time when Pakistan’s energy sector is undergoing gradual reform, driven by rising demand, policy initiatives, efficiency improvements, and an …

An AI-powered appointments system developed by UK health-tech company DrDoctor could save the NHS up to £300 million a year by dramatically reducing missed hospital appointments, one of the health service’s most persistent and costly problems. Missed outpatient appointments cost the NHS close to £1 billion annually, tying up staff time, wasting clinical capacity and lengthening waiting lists. DrDoctor believes …

Many people born outside Ireland have deep roots in the country, whether through a parent or grandparent. If you’ve ever wondered whether your Irish heritage entitles you to something more official, you’re not alone. Ireland has a clear path for those with familial ties, even if you’ve never lived there. You could be eligible to legally reconnect with your background, …

As 2026 approaches, more and more cryptocurrency users are no longer waiting for price surges, but instead turning to models that offer visible daily returns. At CryptoMiningFirm, multi-currency cloud mining is now running at scale. By running BTC, XRP, ETH, and DOGE simultaneously, some active high-hashrate contracts can generate up to $9,000 worth of real profits in BTC, XRP, ETH, …

As a sustainable business owner, I’ve always believed that every choice we make, from the suppliers we trust to the packaging that carries our products, reflects our values. But the conversation around packaging sustainability is evolving quickly, and 2025 is shaping up to be a defining year for anyone in this space. The EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) will soon change …

Britain remains stuck at the bottom of the G7 for overall investment, despite Labour’s pledge to inject billions of pounds into public spending over the next two years, according to international data. Figures from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development show that total investment, combining both public and private spending, stood at just 18.6 per cent of GDP in …