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Vodafone’s blockbuster £15 billion merger with Three edged a step closer to completion today after the telecoms giant signed a fresh network deal with its biggest British rival, Virgin Media O2. The pact, which is set to last for more than a decade, extends the two firms’ existing network sharing…

Tickets for Taylor Swift’s Eras shows in London are selling for over £7,000

Nationwide Building Society’s controversial £2.9 billion takeover of Virgin Money hit a potentially serious hiccup today when the Competition and Markets Authority launched a probe into the deal.

The CMA said it is considering whether the deal could ‘result in a substantial lessening of competition’ within the UK market.

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New research from the UK’s competition watchdog suggest AWS and Microsoft are in contest, while other cloud storage companies are flagging.

Attendees at Coalition for Ticket Fairness dinner stump up thousands for fighting fund – because they know their time might be up

Inquiry follows concern over rising treatment costs and could cap prescription fees or break up pet-care chains

Growth across British services firms has cooled noticeably this month in an early blow for PM Rishi Sunak’s election campaign.