Business

In law enforcement, some of the most important decisions are made before all the facts are known. Investigators must weigh conflicting information, work with different agencies, and consider how their actions could affect an entire community.

Fast growth in direct sales looks simple from the outside. Hire more people, give them a script, and send them out. Revenue climbs for a quarter or two, then stalls. The team that grew fast often loses people just as fast.

Thousands of Virgin Media O2 jobs are to go as the group targets a 30 per cent cut in staff costs and halts the fibre upgrade of its cable network.

Business minister Kate Dearden will meet Poundland’s leadership this week as the Poundland administration threat puts 12,000 jobs and 600 shops at risk.

Sussex firm Universal Quantum has launched a new chip and called for more state funding and government contracts for UK quantum computing companies.

Adult gaming centres excluded from business rates relief in the Budget could still qualify through bingo licences, a Guardian analysis of venues has found.