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Trio of British businesswomen to receive New Year’s honours

28 December 201828 December 2018 News Business Matters 1 Comment

Three prominent British businesswomen are to be recognised in the Queen’s New Year’s honours list.

Elon Musk

Tesla names Larry Ellison & Kathleen Wilson-Thompson as independent board members after Musk tweet row

28 December 201828 December 2018 News Business Matters 1 Comment

Tesla has named two independent board members as part of a settlement with US regulators who demanded more oversight of chief executive.

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FTSE 100 rebounds after heavy losses

28 December 2018 News Business Matters 0 Comments

The FTSE 100 index rebounded on Friday, tracking Wall Street which recovered overnight after a steep sell-off.
London’s blue-chip index..

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HMRC announces its top 10 prosecutions of 2018

28 December 201824 June 2023 News Business Matters 0 Comments

Smugglers, potential arms dealers and globe-trotting tax fugitives all feature in HM Revenue and Customs top ten criminal cases of 2018.

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Next first out of the traps as retailers reveal Christmas results

28 December 201828 December 2018 News Business Matters 0 Comments

Retailer Next is expected to begin 2019 with a downbeat Christmas trading update when it reports to the market next week as high street..

Directors & Brexit

UK company directors ‘legally exposed’ by poor Brexit plans

28 December 201828 December 2018 News Business Matters 0 Comments

Directors of Britain’s biggest companies could face significant liability risks for poor Brexit preparation, particularly if the UK cra..

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Credit card spending ‘7.5% higher in November compared with year earlier’

28 December 2018 News Business Matters 0 Comments

Households’ credit card spending grew in November compared with a year earlier – reflecting the growing use of plastic as a “preferred ..

HMV Administration

Thousands of jobs at risk as HMV nears collapse

28 December 201828 December 2018 News Business Matters 0 Comments

Music retailer HMV is at risk of becoming the first high street casualty after Christmas as it teeters on the brink of administration.

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Shell says goodbye to New Zealand

28 December 2018 News Business Matters 0 Comments

Royal Dutch Shell has completed the sale of its assets in New Zealand for 578 million US dollars (£456 million).
The sale to OMV includ..

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FTSE 100 retreats from Boxing Day rally in the US

27 December 2018 News Business Matters 2 Comments

The FTSE 100 hit a two-and-a-half year low on Thursday, retreating from the Boxing Day rally seen on Wall Street.
London’s blue-chip in..

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Stanley Gibbons reports narrowing loss but ‘still work to do’

27 December 2018 News Business Matters 0 Comments

Stanley Gibbons reported a narrow loss on lower costs after restructuring but conceded the group still has a lot of work to do.
The tro..

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Boxing Day sales disappoint as shadow cast over retail sector

27 December 2018 News Business Matters 0 Comments

British retailers saw a decline in Boxing Day shoppers for the third consecutive year as fears continue to mount for the troubled secto..

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DNO redoubles efforts to get Faroe investors onside

27 December 2018 News Business Matters 0 Comments

Norwegian energy firm DNO has again urged shareholders in North Sea oil producer Faroe Petroleum to accept its hostile takeover bid for..

Visa acquisition

Visa gets cheque book out to acquire Earthport for £198m

27 December 201827 December 2018 News Business Matters 0 Comments

Credit card giant Visa is to acquire London-listed Earthport in a £198 million deal.
Earthport provides cross-border payment services t..

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Vinci Airports to acquire majority stake in Gatwick for £2.9bn

27 December 20187 January 2019 News Business Matters 0 Comments

Gatwick Airport has been sold to France’s Vinci for £2.9 billion, just days after reports of drone sightings closed its runway

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Foreign Spam Calls

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.

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

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Young investors trust AI more than TV, radio or influencers, FCA finds

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