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(Sharecast News) - Drivers will be able to see live petrol prices on Google Maps for the first time from Thursday, in a move that will help motorists shop around for the cheapest fuel. Millions of motorists will be able to find the cheapest petrol and diesel prices by searching for a local forecourt in the Google app, in what could prove to be "a major development" in making fuel prices more fair, according to campaigners. - Guardian
Bees, barn owls, puffins and hedgehogs have been picked to feature on the next generation of banknotes, the Bank of England has announced. The quartet of creatures were selected after a large-scale consultation settled on wild animals as the theme, with members of the public then asked to pick their favourites out of 18 options divided into three categories. - Guardian
Lotus has cut its UK workforce by more than half after Donald Trump's tariffs triggered a collapse in sales. The sports car manufacturer had 600 employees at the end of last year, less than half the 1,300 staff it had before US import duties stunted demand in its biggest market. The workforce cuts, revealed in newly published accounts, appear to go deeper than Lotus indicated in August last year, when it planned to let go of 550 staff. - Telegraph
Drivers should "accelerate gently" and travel with as little baggage as possible to save fuel, according to the AA. Diesel has fallen back below £2, according to the motoring group. However, at 199.98p per litre, it is still close to record highs. Petrol costs just under 175p per litre. Lee Morley, of the AA, said: "Drivers can't control the price at the pump but there are things they can do to make every drop matter. - Telegraph
Taylor Wimpey, one of Britain's largest developers, has no plans to build more homes in London because the economic case for doing so has "evaporated", its boss has said. Jennie Daly, chief executive of Taylor Wimpey, was asked on The Times's The Business podcast if the developer intended to build more homes in London once the handful of projects already under way have finished. - The Times
SpaceX is said to be in talks to raise $40bn to buy Nvidia chips in one of the biggest debt financings of the artificial intelligence era. Elon Musk's company is seeking to raise about $10bn in bank loans and $30bn in investment-grade debt for the chip order, the Financial Times reported. Days earlier, Broadcom began gathering $60bn of AI chip financing for Anthropic and other AI companies. - The Times
