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- 1.What did Heathrow boss Thomas Woldbye invest in after an electrical fire closed the airport in March?
- 2.Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary increased bonuses in 2025 – for workers who did what?
- 3.Royal Mail unveiled its “postbox of the future” with what new feature?
- 4.How many years after its government bailout did NatWest Group – formally known as Royal Bank of Scotland – return to full private ownership this year?
- 5.Shoppers complained they had received “completely inappropriate” supermarket substitutions for online orders, according to Which? research. Which of these did the study include?
- 6.P&O Ferries hired a new auditor this year after the controversial cross-channel operator ran into accounting troubles. How many staff does its new auditor employ?
- 7.“At the end of the day, it is about helping people not to totally hate us.” Thames Water’s communications chief was explaining what?
- 8.“This is not about personal greed. It’s about equity with people who do similar jobs elsewhere.” Which organisation’s justification for a potential £7m pay package for its chief executive?
- 9.HS2’s £100m bat tunnel in Buckinghamshire implicitly valued the life of each Bechstein’s bat in nearby woodland at how much, according to a report by John Fingleton?
- 10.WH Smith’s high street shops were rebranded by a new owner as what?
- 11.Rachel Reeves’s “mansion tax” – or high value council tax surcharge on homes worth £2m-plus – will raise how much annually from 2028?
- 12.Elon Musk talks about creating a “robot army”. How many Optimus humanoid robots must Tesla sell in the next decade under the terms of his $1tn incentive scheme?
- 13.The former Tesco boss, Dave Lewis, made a dramatic return to the FTSE 100, taking over as the boss of the underperforming booze firm Diageo. But what is his nickname?
- 14.Denise Coates, the billionaire behind the Bet365 online gambling empire, elected to take a pay cut this year. But how much was her scaled-back pay-plus-dividend package worth?
- 15.Ubiquitous British pub chain Wetherspoons is to open its first pub in continental Europe. But where?
- 16.Which asset has had its best year since 1979?
- 17.What did Donald Trump say in May when asked if the rich should pay higher taxes?
- 18.Why did the penguins who live on two uninhabited volcanic islands near Antarctica get a nasty shock this year?
- 19.The inventor of which chocolate treat would be “rolling in his grave” to see it for sale at 35p, according to his daughter?
- 20.Why did Jaguar Land Rover argue that Keir Starmer will not be able to be drive in an electric car for some time?
- 21.Sir Paul McCartney this year lobbied the EU to prevent a ban on what?
- 22.Which company did former prime minister Rishi Sunak join as a senior adviser in July this year?
- 23.Which big-money music act contributed the most to the British economy in 2025, according to estimates from Barclays?
- 24.Which of the following food items will not be banned from appearing in TV ads before 9pm from January, when new regulations to ban less healthy foods from appearing in commercials comes into force?
- 25.Who compared stamp duty to a “sin tax, like cigarettes and alcohol and first-class travel”?
- 26.The now-ousted boss of Domino’s Pizza, Andrew Rennie, had launched a shift towards what?
- 27.Who did the former Bank of England chief economist Andy Haldane describe as the closest thing Britain has to a “tribune for the working class”
- 28.Which hugely popular dolls were given away by Chinese banks to lure customers?
- 29.Who briefly overtook Elon Musk as the world’s richest person according to Bloomberg’s billionaires index?
- 30.What modification were Chinese carmakers instructed to make to their models for export to the UK market?
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