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  • Call blocker firm fined £190,000 for making the nuisance calls it claimed to stop
  • 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
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Pound struggles for direction as Theresa May outlines Brexit ‘Plan B’

21 January 201921 January 2019 News Business Matters 0 Comments

The pound struggled for direction as Prime Minister attempted to salvage Brexit deal in Parliament week after MPs voted against deal

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Boost for savers as one-year Isa rates reach near-three-year high

21 January 2019 News Business Matters 0 Comments

Savers looking to store some cash in a short-term Isa have been given a boost as the average one-year fixed rate is now at its highest ..

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Facebook announces 1,000 new jobs for Dublin

21 January 201921 January 2019 News Business Matters 1 Comment

Facebook has announced 1,000 new jobs will be created in its Irish offices in 2019 as the social media giant’s COO Sheryl Sandberg announced the major job creation.The social media giant’s COO Sheryl Sandberg announ..

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London’s businesses have worst credit scores in UK

21 January 201921 January 2019 News Business Matters 2 Comments

New research from Experian has revealed businesses in the South West have the strongest average business credit scores in Britain, while London ranks as the lowest.

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No-deal Brexit could help trigger further slowdown in global growth – IMF

21 January 2019 News Business Matters 0 Comments

A no-deal Brexit risks triggering a further slowdown in global growth as countries hunker down for a turbulent 2019 in the face of grow..

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BAE Systems to create military joint venture with Rheinmetall

21 January 2019 News Business Matters 0 Comments

BAE Systems is to sell a majority stake in its UK-based combat vehicles unit to German rival Rheinmetall for £28.6 million in order to ..

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Consumers pay more for less as ‘shrinkflation’ trend continues

21 January 2019 News Business Matters 0 Comments

Shrinking chocolate bars, cereal boxes and loaves of bread have contributed to a rise in so-called “shrinkflation” in Britain, official..

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Ticket resale company Viagogo ‘determined to sit outside the law’

21 January 2019 News Business Matters 0 Comments

Campaigners say ticket resale company Viagogo is not fully complying with a court order to reform its practices.

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No financial respite for households at the start of 2019, index finds

21 January 2019 News Business Matters 0 Comments

Households have started 2019 feeling downbeat about their finances amid heightened worries about job security and the housing market, a..

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Thousands of UK businesses are breaking credit card rules by charging fees illegally

21 January 2019 News Business Matters 0 Comments

Customers are paying hundreds of pounds as retailers are illegally charging for card payments, a BBC investigation has found.

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Poundland’s Valentine’s Day ‘gift of nothing’ sparks criticism

21 January 2019 News Business Matters 0 Comments

It’s the thought that counts when giving presents – or is it? as discount retailer Poundland has caused controversy with its latest Valentine’s Day gift, a heart-shaped package with nothing in it.

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Superdry gets creative as founder Dunkerton continues war

21 January 2019 News Business Matters 0 Comments

Superdry has appointed a new creative chief as the fashion brand looks to arrest falling profits and see off a boardroom assault from c..

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Chairman Hampton departs Glaxo ahead of break-up

21 January 2019 News Business Matters 0 Comments

GlaxoSmithKline chairman Philip Hampton is to step down from the drugmaker, just a month after the firm fired the starting gun on its b..

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More people walking away from ‘Big Six’ energy firms

21 January 201921 January 2019 News Business Matters 0 Comments

Consumers are increasingly switching to small and medium sized energy providers and shunning the “Big Six”, according to new figures.
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Mountain Warehouse reports bumper Christmas trade

21 January 2019 News Business Matters 0 Comments

Outdoor retailer Mountain Warehouse has defied the high street gloom and reported record Christmas trading following a surge in sales o..

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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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