''The Business'' was a business magazine published in the United Kingdom between 2006 and 2008. Tom Rubython founded the ''

Sunday Business ''Sunday Business'' was a national Sunday broadsheet financial newspaper published in the United Kingdom, which ran from 1996 to 2006, when it was turned into a magazine called '' The Business''. History The newspaper was founded by Tom Rubyth ...

'' newspaper in 1996, which provided a Sunday alternative to the ''

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''. In the autumn of 2006, after the paper experienced financial difficulties, the

Barclay brothers Sir David Rowat Barclay (27 October 1934 – 10 January 2021) and Sir Frederick Hugh Barclay (born 27 October 1934), commonly referred to as the "Barclay Brothers" or "Barclay Twins", were British billionaires. They were identical twin brothers ...

(owners of ''

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)'' acquired the title, repackaged it under the guidance of

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, and converted to a magazine. From 2007 to 2008 the magazine was edited by

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, who had held a number of roles at the publication since 2002. On 13 February 2008, shortly after Heath's departure, it was announced that ''The Business'' magazine would be closing, to be replaced by '' The Spectator Business''. Its paid circulation had been very small and it had relied on numbers of free copies to increase its reach.

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