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Image caption Janelle Monae was one of the headliners at this year’s Primavera Festival Primavera has become the first major music festival to switch to a mobile-only ticketing policy. The Spanish festival is abandoning physical and “print-at-home” tickets for its 20th anniversary next summer. Organisers says they hope to combat touts by implementing the technology, […]

Image copyright Getty Images Profits at Asos have plunged after warehouse problems led to what the online fashion retailer said was a “disappointing” year. Over the last year, Asos has installed more robots in its European warehouses and expanded its facilities in the US. But the speed of growth hit profits, which dropped almost 70%

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Nottingham recorded the fastest increase, the figures show The cost of renting a home rose fastest in Nottingham, Leeds and Bristol in the past year, research indicates, while Aberdeen recorded the biggest fall. The survey, from property website Zoopla, said tenants moving into a Nottingham home this summer paid

Squabbling managers can be ruinous for a company. They can scupper each other and make decision-making impossible. But Gordon Wilson, the chief executive of tech firm Advanced – says he has a method to stop it. Get people to open up and share with their colleagues what makes them tick. Video journalist: Jeremy Howell This

Image copyright Getty Images In the 1960s, Bob Taylor worked at the heart of the Pentagon in Washington DC. He was on the third floor, near the US defence secretary and the boss of the Advanced Research Projects Agency (Arpa). Arpa had been founded early in 1958 but was quickly eclipsed by Nasa, leading Aviation

Image copyright Boohoo Image caption Boohoo said the word “nudes” referred to a beige jacket a model was wearing UK fashion company Boohoo has been told one of its emailed advertisements must not use the phrase “Send nudes”. The company put the phrase in a message sent to promote a range of clothes coloured to

Image copyright Siemens/PA Media Image caption HS2’s total cost has risen from £62bn to up to £88bn Six regional heads of Britain’s biggest employers’ group have urged the government to build the controversial HS2 rail project in full. The call by the CBI chiefs comes amid a government-commissioned review which could lead to all or

Image copyright Reuters Organised criminals could exploit gaps in the UK’s border preparations in the event of a no-deal Brexit, a government spending watchdog has warned. The National Audit Office (NAO) said new border control systems could be used to commit fraud or smuggle goods. With two weeks to go until the UK is due

Image copyright Reuters The UK’s best-known stockpicker is to close his remaining investment funds, signalling the end of his multi-billion-pound empire. Neil Woodford was sacked from his flagship fund early on Tuesday, and has now announced he will close the last two funds. He described it as a “highly painful decision”, adding that the funds

Image copyright Getty Images The pound has jumped to its highest level in five months on reports the two sides in the Brexit talks are inching towards a draft deal. Shares in banks and housebuilders also soared as optimism about a breakthrough buoyed companies with a UK focus. It was hoped that a preliminary deal