Big business has shown small firms what to do – and what not to do – with AI

Small business owners have watched large companies fumble – and sometimes succeed – with AI, and then use what works

‘Without us, no wheel would turn’: the unsung heroes keeping England’s transport moving

On shift, but out of sight – from ‘that person with the table tennis bats’ on the airport tarmac to remote signallers managing rail traffic

Meet the gen Zers finding job opportunities teaching English abroad

Some young people are teaching in countries like South Korea as education funding is gutted and recent grads face a tough job market in their own countries

UK asks banks for feelgood stories about keeping out dirty money

City firms tapped for case studies to try to convince global watchdog that London has cleaned up its act

Train drivers secure 3.6% pay rise after threat of strikes on busy UK routes

Deal agreed between Avanti West Coast and Aslef is first to be approved by Burnham government

Pet owners at risk of being ripped off by private equity firms as vet ownership rules change

Critics say changes by CMA will allow multinationals to obscure their ownership of vet practices

New payment set up? Get in touch! The bank scam where your ‘bank’ is the scammer

Impersonation scams – where callers or texts claim to be from trusted entities such as banks, HMRC or even the police – are rife … and growing

On long road back from Brexit, north-east’s recovery rides on survival of Nissan’s ‘shining star’ plant

Operating at only half its capacity, Japanese carmaker’s Sunderland factory seeks deal with China’s Chery as it battles Brexit threats

South West Water has worst environmental record in England, analysis shows

Exclusive: Friends of the Earth finds greatest sewage discharge in Devon, Cornwall, Dorset and Somerset

Arms and the £5m man: Farage megadonor Christopher Harborne’s military empire

Reform UK denies donor and crypto-billionaire’s global interests in arms and military could present a conflict of interest over its defence spending policy

August reveals Australians’ big appetite for weight-loss drugs, love for ‘dupe’ brands and an accelerating EV uptake

August reporting season shows how consumers are responding to cost of living pressures and how retailers are responding

‘It gives Shein’: how did polyester become the world’s most-hated material?

Due to its ubiquity in fast fashion, gen Z are pushing back against the synthetic material and using it as an insult

‘If it’s made in the US, I don’t buy it’: Canadians on boycotting Trump’s America

Avoiding US goods and services – from tech to whisky to air travel – has forced many to find a new way of living

‘Inept, incompetent, craven’: Scott Bessent struggles to clean up the president’s mess

There’s little optimism about treasury secretary’s ability to handle Trump’s tariffs, Iran sanctions and colossal US debt

‘I’ve £80k in the account, here’s my pin’: turning the tables on the scammers

Plagued by bank impersonation scams, one Guardian Money reader got even by stringing the fraudsters along … for hours