Companies including William Hill, Betfred and Ladbrokes have shut hundreds of high street shops in the past year, blaming a tax raid in the recent Budget which increased the tax on sports betting in ...

The world’s largest financial groups are working with Nvidia to assemble a funding package of more than $500bn for AI infrastructure development, in one of Wall Street’s most ambitious lending efforts ...

Turkey’s parliament has passed landmark legislation which advances an initiative to end a four-decade conflict with Kurdish militants that has killed more than 40,000 people and spilled violence ...

Branching into predictions has charms that aren’t just defensive. The business model can be more predictable: providers take a cut from bets, but are agnostic as to which side wins. FanDuel and ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The writer is chief economist for Asia Pacific at Natixis and senior research fellow at Bruegel The debate ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. OpenAI’s head of ethics has left the start-up less than a year after joining, following a number of departures ...

A start-up bank backed by prominent Silicon Valley tech investors is closing in on about $1.5bn of new funding, underscoring ...

Reform UK is pledging to deport all foreign offenders in British prisons if elected, which it claims will free up space for ...

Lifetime charge rises to £1.1bn on ‘increased delivery at scale’ while forecast benefits have fallen to £808mn ...

People smugglers are using larger vessels as pressure from French authorities makes it more difficult to launch crossings ...

The boss of John Lewis is stepping down after less than three years at the helm amid “really tough” trading conditions at the ...

The Gulf state has deployed a mixture of cash and charm to become one of America’s most important Middle East allies ...