Talk Fuse

    Topic: Business

    Britain's boardrooms and balance sheets set the pace for jobs, investment and the everyday cost of living, which is why this hub tracks the deals, disputes and decisions shaping commerce at home and abroad. Expect coverage ranging from regional infrastructure and manufacturing schemes that promise new employment, through to the high-finance manoeuvring of media and technology giants as they buy, sell and jostle for market position.

    Alongside the corporate deal-making, the section also follows the policy and regulatory currents that shape how firms and money move across borders, including scrutiny of sanctions, energy markets and the wider financial fallout of geopolitical events. For entrepreneurs and founders, there's a steady eye kept on practical opportunities, from funding programmes to industry competitions worth knowing about before deadlines pass.

    Together, these stories offer a snapshot of where capital is flowing, who stands to gain or lose, and how business decisions made in boardrooms ultimately ripple out into pay packets, prices and prospects for ordinary readers.

    • Rolling Stone Video Series ‘The Breakdown’ and ‘My Life in 10 Songs’ Are Headed to Netflix

      Rolling Stone is bringing two of its music video franchises, “The Breakdown” and “My Life in 10 Songs”, to Netflix in the United States and several other countries from August. Both series are built around in-depth interviews in which artists discuss how they created their biggest hits and the songs that have shaped their lives,…

    • Bari Weiss takeover fears grip CNN staff as Paramount-Warner Bros deal nears completion

      CNN staff are reportedly anxious about their future as Paramount Skydance moves closer to completing its acquisition of parent company Warner Bros. Discovery, with many fearing the network will be handed to Bari Weiss, currently editor in chief of Paramount-owned CBS News. The concern matters because CNN remains a significant profit generator and a key…

    • Adyar tower window pane fall killed man due to design flaw

      A luxury architecture firm and three other companies are on trial over the death of coach driver Mick Ferris, 53, who was “killed instantly” when a window pane fell from the 27-storey Corniche tower in Vauxhall, south-west London, on 2 October 2018. Foster + Partners, the practice behind The Gherkin, designed the development and is…

    • Ex-officer suspected of killing Monaco bomber had sent her cryptocurrency, bloodied weapons found at home

      Ukrainian prosecutors have announced the arrest of two men — a military intelligence officer and a former law enforcement officer — as suspects in the killing of Anastasiia Berezovska, a Ukrainian woman wanted over a parcel bomb attack in Monaco. Berezovska, 39, had been the prime suspect in the bombing that injured multi-millionaire Vadym Ermolaev,…

    • Remember water power in the renewables mix | Brief letters

      This is a Guardian “Brief letters” page, in which readers respond to recent articles. The lead letter takes issue with a visual analysis of Britain’s green energy transition (4 July), noting that it overlooked water power; the writer argues that wave power, tidal power and hydroelectricity all deserve a place in the conversation alongside wind…

    • John Lewis to shut in-store services, putting hundreds of jobs at risk

      John Lewis has begun a redundancy consultation that puts around 200 jobs at risk as it plans to close in-store desks providing gift wrapping and foreign exchange services. The move matters because it touches the kind of hands-on customer service the retailer has long been known for, and it comes just as the chain was…

    • Chemistry Ventures seeks $500m for its oversubscribed second startup fund

      Chemistry Ventures, a venture capital firm founded two years ago by alumni of Bessemer, Index Ventures, and Andreessen Horowitz, is raising $500 million for its second fund, according to an SEC filing. The move matters as a signal of continued investor appetite for early-stage technology startups, with the firm significantly increasing its firepower from the…

    • British June heat record, hottest June on record with 37.7C

      Marks & Spencer has said it is investing in refrigeration equipment capable of coping with temperatures as high as 45C, after admitting its fridges struggled during recent extreme heat in the UK. Chief executive Stuart Machin told shareholders at the retailer’s annual meeting in London that the company was “assuming it’s going to get hotter”,…

    • Originally Free, You Can Now Pay $70 to Own the Worst Silent Hill Game

      Limited Run Games is producing a physical Deluxe Edition of Silent Hill: The Short Message for PS5, priced at $70, despite the game having originally been released for free. The move is notable because the title holds the lowest Metacritic score in the Silent Hill franchise’s history, at 52, and was widely regarded as poor…

    • Yorkshire Water faces credit downgrade following regulatory performance failures

      Yorkshire Water is set to be downgraded to a one-star rating by the Environment Agency after its annual financial report, covering April 2025 to March 2026, revealed a series of major failures including rising pollution, missed environmental projects and falling customer satisfaction. The downgrade matters because it comes despite the company raising customer bills by…