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Steven Bartlett, the entrepreneur and Diary of a CEO host, has revealed his business empire has been valued at $425 million (£320 million) following a major eight-figure investment — a deal that cements his position as one of the richest entrepreneurs ever to appear on Dragons’ Den. The 33-year-old investor, who joined the BBC show in 2022, announced the new valuation through a press statement this week. The deal sees venture capital firms Slow Ventures...

Global stock markets climbed to record highs on Tuesday as investors bet on falling interest rates and renewed optimism over global growth — with Apple reaching a $4 trillion market valuation for the first time. The FTSE 100 hit an intra-day record of 9,715.22, before easing slightly to trade 0.5% higher at 9,698.4, while all three major U.S. indices — the S&P 500, Nasdaq, and Dow Jones Industrial Average — also opened at all-time highs,...

BT Group is reportedly weighing plans to launch a new low-cost mobile brand as part of a potential strategy to compete with a wave of new market entrants — including fintech heavyweights Revolut and Monzo, both preparing to debut mobile services. According to the Financial Times, the UK’s largest telecoms company is assessing whether to develop an in-house budget brand or acquire an existing virtual network operator (MVNO) as it explores opportunities to re-enter the...

Amazon is cutting around 14,000 corporate jobs as part of a sweeping restructuring designed to streamline operations and integrate artificial intelligence more deeply into the company’s global business. The reductions, which will primarily affect the company’s corporate and administrative divisions, are aimed at reducing operational layers and enabling faster decision-making as Amazon invests billions in generative AI and automation. The Seattle-based group, which employs about 1.56 million people worldwide, said the changes were essential to...

Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG), the parent company of Truth Social, has announced a groundbreaking partnership with Crypto.com | Derivatives North America (CDNA) to launch the first-ever prediction markets embedded within a social media platform. The collaboration will enable Truth Social’s users to trade event-based contracts — from elections and interest rate changes to sports outcomes and commodity prices — under the brand “Truth Predict.” This marks a major step in Trump Media’s diversification...