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  • Burnham’s business rates adviser called for £9bn tax cut for high streets
  • Colman’s Mustard put up for sale as Unilever clears path for £48bn McCormick merger
  • Britain’s 240 crypto millionaires revealed in first HMRC cryptoasset tax data
  • EY urges junior staff back to the office as AI puts a premium on human skills
  • Young investors trust AI more than TV, radio or influencers, FCA finds
  • UK business confidence rebounds but firms want policy certainty first
  • Balcony solar panels reach UK shelves with promise of £110 a year off bills
  • Applied Nutrition closes in on £1bn valuation after raising guidance for third time this year
  • One of Britain’s oldest family firms to save £250,000 a year as energy scheme opens to forges

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UN warns of ‘massive’ global impact of US tariff hike in China trade battle

5 February 2019 News Business Matters 0 Comments

Head of a UN trade panel has warned US plan to raise tariffs on Chinese goods next month would have “massive” implications for global economy

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Cambridge University receives £100m gift from former student

5 February 20195 February 2019 News Business Matters 0 Comments

The University of Cambridge is celebrating the largest single donation to an English university, after announcing a gift of £100m from the financier David Harding to support students.

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UK businesses must ditch anti-freelance opinion or face talent crisis post Brexit

4 February 2019 News Business Matters 1 Comment

New figures released today reveals the true impact of Brexit on the UK’s workforce with nearly two thirds of businesses plan to hire part-time staff over full-time once we leave the EU and only 20% will tap into the freelance economy.

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Hermes in ground-breaking gig economy pay deal for couriers

4 February 201924 October 2021 News Business Matters 1 Comment

Hermes, the delivery firm, has struck a deal with the GMB union to offer couriers paid holiday and guaranteed wage rates.

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Debenhams may close 20 stores this year under restructure as fights for survival

4 February 20194 February 2019 News Business Matters 0 Comments

Debenhams may close 20 stores this year under restructure as fights for survival

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Brexit fears force Nissan to choose Japan over UK to build new X-Trail car

4 February 20199 February 2019 News Business Matters 0 Comments

Nissan has confirmed that the new X-Trail originally planned for its Sunderland plant will instead be made in Japan.

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Redundant Patisserie Valerie staff ‘not receiving final pay’ as KPMG can find no funds for them

4 February 20199 February 2019 In Business, News Business Matters 0 Comments

Staff made redundant by Patisserie Valerie have told the BBC they have not been paid for their final month’s work.

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Maserati opens up public nominations for 2019 Maserati 100 cohort

1 February 2019 News Business Matters 0 Comments

Now in its fifth year, Maserati continues to recognise the value of Britain’s entrepreneurs and has once again opened up nominations to the general public for the 2019 ‘Maserati 100’ in association with The Sunday Times.

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West Midlands women affected by pension age changes could get free travel passes

1 February 2019 News Business Matters 1 Comment

Women across the West Midlands whose retirement age has been pushed back by several years could get a free travel pass early, it was revealed today.

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Seven councils sue Barclays over £500m fraudulently sold loans

1 February 201930 March 2022 News Business Matters 1 Comment

Seven councils in England are suing Barclays over bank loans worth more than £500m they claim they were fraudulently sold.

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Sir Vince Cable condemns ‘shocking’ link between Treasury targets and RBS bosses’ pay

1 February 201916 November 2021 News Business Matters 0 Comments

Former business secretary Sir Vince Cable has hit out at “shocking” evidence that appears to suggest the pay of RBS’s top brass within its controversial global restructuring unit (GRG) was linked to Treasury targets.

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Shoplifting at UK supermarkets on the rise

1 February 2019 News Business Matters 1 Comment

Incidents of shoplifting in UK supermarkets rose by nearly 8% between 2014 and 2017, according to figures gathered by the Press Association (PA).

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Mike Ashley agrees Sofa.com purchase

1 February 20198 June 2023 News Business Matters 0 Comments

Sports Direct owner Mike Ashley looks set to buy Sofa.com after a rival suitor dropped out.

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Oddbins off-licence chain calls in administrators

1 February 2019 News Business Matters 0 Comments

The Oddbins off-licence chain has gone into administration, putting hundreds of jobs at risk.

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Manufacturers stockpiling at record pace ahead of potential no-deal Brexit chaos

1 February 201910 April 2021 News Business Matters 0 Comments

UK manufacturers prepared for Brexit by stockpiling raw materials at a record pace last month, a closely-watched survey has suggested.

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

A company that sold devices promising to protect elderly people from nuisance calls has been fined £190,000 by the ICO for making more than 758,000 of them itself, every one to a number registered with the Telephone Preference Service.

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