Business

Driverless cars battle to rule London roads

US company Waymo will launch a driverless taxi service in 2026 while UK rival Wayve plansautonomous trials next spring

ChatGPT spend stalls as AI ‘bubble’ grows

OpenAI’s flagging subscription rate is feeding worries that an AI bubble may soon burst

Allwyn hopes its lottery deal is a winning ticket

The UK lotto operator is in a court battle over its licence and beset by complaints about its gaming terminals

Raising income tax for high earners is not the fix we need

The government should reduce the Isa allowance substantially – the country needs the money

EasyJet shares jump as Italian shipping firm circles airline business

Rumours of a takeover have been denied by both parties yet markets still responded positively

With pubs closing at a fast rate, Labour is reviewing licensing

Ministers are drawing up plans to solve the crisis facing British pubs

Hargreaves Lansdown goes slow on crypto

The UK crypto ban for retail investors is over, signalling the start of a crypto-friendly era

Ronaldo can’t put a foot wrong with adoring public

The now-billionaire footballer’s financial success shows a series of smart moves

Government to decide whether to progress sale of Telegraph

RedBird Capital Partners submits formal request to progress £500m deal for newspaper

Art market slump paints a complicated picture

Top collectors are waiting it out while galleries cope with a market course correction

In Britain’s ‘hedgehog economy’, growth is wild, spiky – and fragile

The spines on the OBR’s charts are a signal to the chancellor to pull all the levers to improve our growth prospects

Illegal practices tear the reputation of Italian luxury fashion

It is an industry that thrives on quality, yet Italy’s top houses are being investigated for sub-contracting, black market mark-ups and sweat shop labour

Britain’s high borrowing costs and low fertility rate could trap us in a debt doom loop

Debt problems are now very public and will be Rachel Reeves’s biggest challenge this autumn

Climate cost debate rages on

Opinion in Europe is divided on EU directives on corporate sustainability reporting

Britain’s VAT rules need a total rethink

Businesses should call on the chancellor to put VAT on everything while complex rules should be consigned to history

British firms hungry to join booming anti-obesity market

Startups urge UK government to create better conditions for innovation of new drugs

Jared Kushner buys gaming giant in $55bn mega deal

The buyout of Electronic Arts set a new record, but there is no lack of cash for even bigger deals

‘Dieselgate’ law firm accused of misleading claimants in Brazil

Pogus Goodhead faces allegations over its treatment of clients in a separate lawsuit