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Mark Sweney

Mark Sweney is media business correspondent at the Guardian. He joined in March 2006. Previously he worked at Haymarket Publishing for six years, primarily as a news reporter, on Revolution, Campaign and Marketing weekly magazines. He is a New Zealander

  • Former President and 2024 Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump gives a keynote speech on the third day of the Bitcoin 2024 conference at Music City Center July 27, 2024 in Nashville, Tennessee.

    Business live
    Bitcoin hits six-week high after Donald Trump promises to end ‘persecution’ of crypto sector – business live

  • Post Office logo

    Post Office was ‘very badly run and messy’, says former chair

  • Portsmouth border control post

    UK port operators to seek compensation if post-Brexit trade barriers are lowered

  • The Vodafone CEO, Margherita Della Valle

    Vodafone says Labour must let it merge with Three UK to deliver nationwide 5G

  • Fresh strawberries

    Strawberry yields: wet then warm weather leads to bumper UK harvest

  • Mike Lynch arrives at federal court in San Francisco, California, US, on 18 March 2024

    Cleared UK tech tycoon feared he would die in US jail if convicted

  • He sits at the inquiry wearing suit and tie

    Business live
    Chief of staff to ex-Post Office chief Paula Vennells drafted email ‘to discourage investigating prosecutions’ - as it happened

    Public inquiry hears Martin Edwards warned of ‘setting the hares running’ among board members as prospect of appeals against unsafe prosecutions of branch owner-operators loomed
  • Line-up of Euros TV presenters

    ITV’s ad revenue jumps 17% with assistance from the Euros

    Shares dip as broadcaster reveals its majority stake in company behind Sherlock and Douglas Is Cancelled
  • Vince Cable giving evidence to the inquiry

    Post Office managers were ‘thugs in suits’, Vince Cable tells inquiry

    Former business secretary claims he would have got to grips with Horizon IT scandal if MPs had come to speak to him
  • Vince Cable

    Business live
    Post Office management were ‘thugs in suits’, former Lib Dem leader Vince Cable tells inquiry – as it happened

    Cable agrees with characterisation of leadership at state-owned body when he was business secretary from 2010-15 in testimony to hearings on Horizon IT scandal
  • Margot James giving evidence to the inquiry

    Government should have intervened at time of Post Office lawsuit, ex-minister says

    Margot James says she should have ‘delved more closely’ as Post Office developed legal defence of Horizon system
  • Thames Water vans are parked on a road as repair and maintenance work takes place, in London.

    Business live
    Thames Water credit rating downgraded to ‘junk’ status by Moody’s – as it happened

    Live coverage of business, economics and financial markets as rating agency says water company will struggle to find new investment
  • An easyJet Airbus A320-214 Aircraft prepares to take off from the Nantes Atlantique Airport in Bouguenais

    EasyJet forecasts record-breaking summer as profits jump

    Strong results follow drop in European airline stocks this week after Ryanair reported profit plunge
  • Lady Neville-Rolfe

    I felt slightly threatened at meeting with Post Office, ex-minister tells inquiry

  • Spotify has reported strong second quarter results.

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    Spotify shares surge 15% after profitability hits record high – as it happened

  • Elon Musk standing on stage next to Optimus the humanoid robot in September 2022

    Elon Musk claims Tesla will start using humanoid robots next year

  • Google logo on a smartphone's screen

    Cybersecurity firm Wiz rejects $23bn bid from Google parent Alphabet

  • Passengers board a Ryanair flight

    Ryanair profits plunge by nearly half amid lower summer fares

    Europe’s largest airline says passengers are waiting until later in the season to book tickets
  • A Royal Mail worker loads vans at a delivery office in Tonbridge, Britain.

    Business live
    Business secretary expects to call in Czech billionaire’s Royal Mail takeover for review; Ryanair profits fall 46% – as it happened

    UK business secretary Jonathan Reynolds says it is “reasonable” to expect Daniel Kretinsky’s £3.6bn takeover of Royal Mail would be subject to government review
  • The Daily Telegraph

    Former Tory chancellor Nadhim Zahawi ‘seeks backers for £600m Telegraph bid’

    Zahawi reportedly in talks with potential backers including the Reuben family
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