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Britain stands to forfeit £250 billion in economic value over the next decade, a sum equivalent to 8 per cent of current GDP, unless ministers act decisively to bring down the country's stubbornly high energy costs.

Britain risks losing £250bn unless it grips the highest energy bills in the G7

Britain risks forfeiting £250bn over the next decade, 8% of GDP, unless it tackles the G7’s highest electricity costs, PwC warns, urging a government-led national energy plan.

Mark Dixon hands the reins of his Regus empire to a new chief after nearly 40 years

Trump threatens 100% tariff on French wine as Macron digs in over digital tax

Cut off from the world’s most powerful AI, Britain leans on Trump for a way back in

One in four UK manufacturers shift production abroad as energy bills bite

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Mark Dixon, the billionaire founder of IWG and architect of the Regus empire, has dismissed calls to ban working from home as “idiotic”, arguing that the future of productivity lies in better management, not compulsory office attendance.

Mark Dixon hands the reins of his Regus empire to a new chief after nearly 40 years

The founder of the world’s largest serviced office provider is stepping back from the day-to-day running of the business he built from a single idea in a Brussels coffee shop.

Kanya King CBE, the entrepreneur who remortgaged her home to launch the MOBO Awards and went on to reshape the British music industry, has died aged 57.

Kanya King, the single mother who remortgaged her home to build the MOBO Awards, dies aged 57

Kanya King CBE, the entrepreneur who remortgaged her home to launch the MOBO Awards and went on to reshape the British music industry, has died aged 57.

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