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  • Scan.com raises $220m to fund US push ahead of flotation talks
  • Vodafone, Heathrow and JCB head to Reform UK conference as party woos business
  • Allica Bank applies for Swedish banking licence in first move beyond the UK
  • Call blocker firm fined £190,000 for making the nuisance calls it claimed to stop
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Investment in Northern tech reaches ten-year high

25 March 2019 Get Funded, News Business Matters 0 Comments

Investment in Northern tech companies has reached a ten-year high, as investors worldwide target the region’s fast-growing digital sector.

World-class cultural organisations will team up with local schools to encourage young people into the performing arts, Jeremy Wright, Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, has announced.

10,000 children set to benefit from new £5m performing arts programme

25 March 2019 News Business Matters 1 Comment

World-class cultural organisations will team up with local schools to encourage young people into the performing arts, Jeremy Wright, Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, has announced.

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Nearly half of all UK SMEs unaware of invoice fraud which cost £93m last year

25 March 2019 News Business Matters 0 Comments

More than four in 10 businesses in the UK are unaware of the risks posed by invoice fraud, according to a survey by banking trade body UK Finance.

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Ex-Autonomy boss Mike Lynch denies new US charges on eve of $5BN court hearing

25 March 2019 News Business Matters 1 Comment

UK entrepreneur Mike Lynch has denied new criminal charges against him, ahead of a court case in London on Monday over the sale of his firm Autonomy.

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Rise in keyless van theft highlights need for SMEs to protect their assets

25 March 201925 March 2019 News Business Matters 0 Comments

According to the latest figures 89% of Light Commercial Vehicles (LCVs) stolen and recovered in 2018 were taken without the owner’s keys.

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Richard Branson calls for new Brexit vote

24 March 2019 News Business Matters 0 Comments

Sir Richard Branson says, despite a delay to Brexit, the UK is “dangerously close to full scale disaster”.

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Next predicts no-deal Brexit tariff boost saving £15m

23 March 2019 News Business Matters 0 Comments

Retail giant Next has said if the UK leaves the EU with a no-deal, lower trade tariffs could save the retailer up to £15m enabling price cuts for customers.

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Airline punctuality is getting worse each year

23 March 2019 News Business Matters 1 Comment

Bott and Co, the UK’s leading flight delay compensation law firm, has found that the number of delays and cancellations for flights departing UK airports has increased

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KFC warns no-deal Brexit will cause chicken shortage

23 March 2019 News Business Matters 2 Comments

KFC has warned they could see another chicken shortage, if the UK crashes out of the EU with a no-deal.

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UKs Food Crime Unit pledges tougher action on food fraud

22 March 2019 News Business Matters 1 Comment

Businesses that commit food fraud in order to lower costs or boost supplies could soon face criminal prosecutions.

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Thomas Cook to close 21 stores with the loss of 300 jobs

22 March 2019 News Business Matters 0 Comments

Travel firm Thomas Cook is closing 21 stores across the country and cutting more than 300 jobs.

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Sainsbury’s and Asda offer to sell supermarkets to enable merger

22 March 2019 News Business Matters 1 Comment

Sainsbury’s and Asda have said they would sell between 125 and 150 supermarkets and a number of convenience stores if allowed to merge.

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Petition to revoke Article 50 crashes government website

22 March 2019 News Business Matters 1 Comment

Whilst Theresa May is appealing to the 27 EU leaders to delay Brexit until 30 June in Brussels on Thursday, a petition calling for the government to revoke Article 50 has crashed the petitions website.

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Debenhams close to sealing £200m funding from lenders

22 March 2019 News Business Matters 0 Comments

Debenhams is close to receiving a £200m lifeline from lenders that would prevent the department store falling into the hands of largest shareholder Mike Ashley.

Hundreds of jobs are at risk as restaurant chains, Giraffe and Ed’s Easy Diner announces intention to enter into CVA to close 27 restaurants

Giraffe & Ed’s Easy Diner site closures agreed by creditors

22 March 2019 News Business Matters 1 Comment

Plans to close 27 Giraffe and Ed’s Easy Diner restaurants have been approved by creditors, putting hundreds of jobs at risk.

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The government is paying more to borrow through newly issued debt than at almost any point in the past three decades, a reminder of the tough fiscal backdrop against which prime minister Andy Burnham and chancellor John Healey are drawing up their first budget, now less than two months away.

Cost of new government borrowing nears 30-year high as October budget looms

UK borrowing costs are close to their highest level in almost three decades, with newly issued government debt yielding an average of 3.8 per cent this year, as Andy Burnham and John Healey prepare a first budget already clouded by talk of tax rises.

easyJet heads back into the FTSE 100 as Entain, Aston Martin and Persimmon face the drop

Scan.com raises $220m to fund US push ahead of flotation talks

Vodafone, Heathrow and JCB head to Reform UK conference as party woos business

Allica Bank applies for Swedish banking licence in first move beyond the UK

Self-Employed American Expats Still Need to File U.S. Taxes

Turning Workplace Safety from a Compliance Exercise into a Business Advantage

Call blocker firm fined £190,000 for making the nuisance calls it claimed to stop

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