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The billionaire businessman Richard Caring is close to clinching a sale of his collection of Ivy restaurants, paving the way for a new owner of some of London’s biggest celebrity haunts. Read MoreBusiness News - Markets reports and financial news from Sky

Telegram boss Pavel Durov has admitted his encrypted messaging app is not perfect but strongly denied it was an "anarchic paradise" as he broke his silence following his arrest in France. Read MoreBusiness News - Markets reports and financial news from Sky

The new owners of The Body Shop are lining up tens of millions of pounds in new financing as they finalise a deal to buy the chain out of administration. Read MoreBusiness News - Markets reports and financial news from Sky

Shares in ASOS, the online fashion retailer, have risen sharply after it revealed a sell-off in its Topshop brand and guided that annual profits would come in at the top end of forecasts. Read MoreBusiness News - Markets reports and financial news from Sky

One of the world’s most prominent technology investors is considering taking a stake in a British artificial intelligence (AI) start-up which builds automated digital workers. Read MoreBusiness News - Markets reports and financial news from Sky

The board of Wefox, the troubled European insurance company, has sounded a fresh alarm over its solvency, warning investors that it could collapse before the end of the year without an additional funding boost. Read MoreBusiness News - Markets reports and financial news from Sky

A landmark report into the Grenfell Tower fire named and shamed companies which it said were responsible for the 2017 disaster which claimed the lives of 72 people. Read MoreBusiness News - Markets reports and financial news from Sky

An American investment firm has joined forces with one of the remaining bidders for Cala Group, the privately owned housebuilder which has been put on the market. Read MoreBusiness News - Markets reports and financial news from Sky

Water company bosses could face up to two years in prison and be banned from taking bonuses under the new government's first major proposals to crack down on England's sewage, chemical and manure infested waterways. Read MoreBusiness News - Markets reports and financial news from Sky