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British-based employees are expected to bear the brunt of hundreds of job cuts at Deliveroo.

Deliveroo to make hundreds of redundancies as cost of living crisis bites

10 February 202310 February 2023 News Business Matters 0 Comments

British-based employees are expected to bear the brunt of hundreds of job cuts at Deliveroo.

Britain has paid a fine of more than £2.3 billion to Brussels for allowing Chinese gangs to flood Europe with cheap clothes and shoes.

Britain pays £2.3bn fine to EU over cheap Chinese imports

10 February 2023 News Business Matters 0 Comments

Britain has paid a fine of more than £2.3 billion to Brussels for allowing Chinese gangs to flood Europe with cheap clothes and shoes.

Google is searching for ways to reassure people that it is still out in front in the race for the best artificial intelligence technology.

Google’s Bard AI bot mistake wipes $100bn off shares

9 February 2023 News, Technology Business Matters 0 Comments

Google is searching for ways to reassure people that it is still out in front in the race for the best artificial intelligence technology.

UK needs almost a million new plumbers

UK needs almost a million new trades people

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The UK needs almost a million new plumbers, bricklayers and other trades over the next decade just to keep pace with demand, an industry report has claimed.

Europe’s market-leading lorry manufacturer must pay Royal Mail and BT about £20 million as part of a landmark cartel damages ruling that could pave the way for further compensation orders.

Royal Mail and BT awarded £20m in lorry cartel ruling

9 February 2023 News Business Matters 0 Comments

Europe’s market-leading lorry manufacturer must pay Royal Mail and BT about £20 million as part of a landmark cartel damages ruling that could pave the way for further compensation orders.

Britain’s uncompetitive fiscal policies have led AstraZeneca to shift plans for a $360 million investment in a new manufacturing facility from Britain to Ireland, the group’s chief executive has revealed.

AstraZeneca moves $360M investment in a new manufacturing facility from Britain to Ireland

9 February 2023 News Business Matters 0 Comments

Britain’s uncompetitive fiscal policies have led AstraZeneca to shift plans for a $360 million investment in a new manufacturing facility from Britain to Ireland, the group’s chief executive has revealed.

Unilever, the company behind brands including Marmite and Dove soap, will continue increasing prices for consumers this year after higher price tags on detergents, soaps and packaged food helped the company beat sales forecasts for 2022.

Marmite and Dove maker Unilever warns of more price rises this year

9 February 2023 News Business Matters 0 Comments

Unilever, the company behind brands including Marmite and Dove soap, will continue increasing prices for consumers this year after higher price tags on detergents, soaps and packaged food helped the company beat sales forecasts for 2022.

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UK lobby group leads call on chancellor Hunt for more tax breaks to avoid recession

9 February 2023 News Business Matters 0 Comments

Jeremy Hunt has come under pressure from the CBI to announce tax breaks for businesses at the budget as a “last chance” to help the economy avoid a recession this year.

British consumers sharply cut their spending in January as the cost of living crisis damaged household finances, retailers have warned, amid growing concern over the impact of high inflation on the economy.

British shoppers rein in spending despite sales as cost of living crisis takes toll

9 February 2023 News Business Matters 0 Comments

British consumers sharply cut their spending in January as the cost of living crisis damaged household finances, retailers have warned, amid growing concern over the impact of high inflation on the economy.

Rishi Sunak should funnel billions of pounds into free childcare to help get more parents into work to tackle acute workforce shortages, according to Britain’s leading business group.

Calls for Sunak to expand free childcare to tackle workforce shortages

9 February 2023 News Business Matters 0 Comments

Rishi Sunak should funnel billions of pounds into free childcare to help get more parents into work to tackle acute workforce shortages, according to Britain’s leading business group.

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FTSE 100 hits record high as recession fears fade

8 February 2023 News Business Matters 0 Comments

The FTSE 100 reached a fresh record high in early trade this morning as the blue-chip index’s export-heavy members were buoyed by sharp overnight gains on Wall Street.

Global tech investors continue to put their faith in London, with latest end of year VC investment figures from Dealroom and London & Partners showing that the UK capital’s tech firms raised an impressive $19.8bn last year.

Britain will dodge recession in 2023, think tank predicts

8 February 2023 News Business Matters 0 Comments

A think tank has forecast that Britain will avoid a technical recession not only in the final three months of 2022 but throughout 2023.

Around 100,000 civil servants will strike on 1 February in a worsening dispute over pay, jobs and conditions, the Public and Commercial Services union has announced.

New innovation department could be a ‘gear change’ for tech growth, industry chiefs say

8 February 2023 News Business Matters 0 Comments

The creation of a new government department for technology and innovation could be a “gear change” for growth in the UK’s tech sector, industry chiefs said today.

Rishi Sunak has told the cabinet that interest rates are expected to increase to 2.5 per cent over the next year as he warned ministers against borrowing more to fund public spending.

Prime Minister splits up the business department merging it into four new departments

7 February 2023 News Business Matters 0 Comments

Rishi Sunak has announced a shake-up of his top team — splitting up the business department and merging it into four new departments.

BP has reported massive profits for the three months to June after oil and gas prices soared.

BP’s profits double to $27.7 billion

7 February 2023 News Business Matters 0 Comments

British energy company BP reported record annual earnings on Tuesday amid growing calls for the U.K. government to boost taxes on companies profiting from the high price of oil and natural gas after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

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