Monarchs, MPs and merchants: the register laying bare Britain’s slave-trading past Exclusive: New research identifies thousands who profited from trafficking enslaved Africans and traces some financial links to institutions still operating today
Hospitality industry urges Andy Burnham to lay out VAT cut plans More than 800 businesses ask PM to make good on pledge, or risk more closures and job losses
Andy Burnham to host entrepreneurs and local mayors at No 10 on Monday Prime minister vows to ‘reindustrialise Britain’ through new partnership with business
‘Too little, too late’: critics perplexed and suspicious of AI leaders’ call for a slowdown From the Trump administration to AI experts, plans by the Anthropic boss to boost safety have spawned a largely negative response
The Guardian view on the government’s corporate reforms: entrenching neoliberalism, not ending it Editorial: A recent consultation on corporate reporting prizes the interests of shareholders over society. It’s a step in the wrong direction
Mohamed Al Fayed abuse compensation claims could reach £150m, says law firm Combined value of 275 women’s claims is far greater than amount Harrods has set aside for payouts
OpenAI boss and Elon Musk back calls to put brakes on ‘reckless’ AI development Rare show of unity from rival developers after safety warnings from Anthropic boss and AI researchers
A joyful harvest: the young Welsh farmers growing food for Birmingham A charity in Powys provides the land while growers do the hard work, producing bumper crops for city children
Surging inflation puts interest rates back in focus as policymakers meet in Japan, US and UK Iran war and turbulent global bond markets add to pressure as rate decisions loom this week in major western economies
‘Trump accounts’ promise to mint child millionaires. Experts have their doubts President has hyped growth of federal investment accounts to help US children – for his own political gain
Many professionals take continuing education. Let’s add etiquette classes This type of training is needed now more than ever, as the American workplace gets more and more diverse
AI will transform capitalism – but how? Technology is going to drastically reshape the economy, and it’s within our power to decide what that looks like
The perilous economic conditions facing the UK can be traced back to Trump As John Healey drafts his autumn budget, the US president’s policies continue to inflate debt servicing costs
‘Really helpful’: the AI bootcamps aimed at addressing UK youth unemployment Pilot project in Preston comes with apprenticeship offer for Neets at end of three-week course
Tesco alerts police as supermarket becomes latest victim of scam ‘endorsement’ ads Exclusive: Supermarket joins line of firms and sports stars including Bellingham and Haaland to have their image hijacked via ads