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Britain's leading retail charity has refused to give its public backing to the executive at the centre of the Poundland insolvency crisis amid intense political scrutiny of the US investment firm's conduct.

The UK's biggest water company has agreed to a funding deal, allowing it to continue operating until autumn next year ahead of a November deadline.

An American fund management giant is in talks to lead a capital-raising at Monzo, the UK-based digital bank, which is likely to value it at over £7bn.

The chief executive of tech giant Nvidia has admitted having an affair, with the company investigating reports that he was targeted by a foreign intelligence effort.

One of Britain's most valuable private companies is extending its global tentacles further into Asia by launching a renewables fund to coincide with the COP31 climate summit.

The government is seriously considering banning children from online sales platforms such as eBay and Vinted, the culture secretary has said.

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The leading solvent bidder for Poundland is urging its owner to immediately release tens of millions of pounds of funding needed to restock the discount retailer's shelves and save more than 10,000 jobs.

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Poundland's owner has cashed in close to £20m in fees and interest payments from the discounter during its brief stint as its owner - and could stand to gain millions more from its collapse.