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Speaking after the company’s record results, Woodburn, who has run BAE since 2017, said: “In a new era of defence spending, driven by escalating security challenges, we’re well-positioned to provide both the advanced conventional systems and disruptive technologies needed to protect the nations we serve now and into the future.”

Pritti MistryBusiness reporter Lush Most companies and bosses would squirm at the idea of being called “woke” and may even regard it as an insult. But not Mark Constantine. Lush’s outspoken co-founder and chief executive wears it like a badge of honour and is not ashamed of turning it into a business philosophy. The firm…