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Young people’s home ownership prospects ‘linked to parents’ property wealth’

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Young people whose parents have property wealth are now nearly three times as likely to be home-owners by the age of 30 compared with t..

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Third of people who run up Christmas debt ‘take up to seven months to clear it’

4 December 20184 December 2018 News Business Matters 1 Comment

Nearly a third of people who took out debt to pay for last Christmas took up to seven months to clear what they owed, a survey has foun..

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Retailers face ‘nerve-wracking run-up to Christmas amid weak consumer demand’

4 December 20184 December 2018 News Business Matters 0 Comments

A record £1 in every £3 of non-food purchases were made online in November. Aggressive promotional activity retailers pushed sales

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Number of people finding out about pension scams surges after awareness drive

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There has been a five-fold increase in visits to a website from people seeking information about pension scams, following launch of campaign

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Ministers may have broken rules by not publishing Brexit legal advice

3 December 2018 News Business Matters 0 Comments

Brexit: Ministers may have broken rules by not publishing legal advice – Speaker

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FCA boss denies political pressure over letters to banks about Brexit

3 December 2018 News Business Matters 0 Comments

The head of the City watchdog has denied he was under political pressure to ask banks to slow down the pace of their Brexit relocation ..

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Mike Ashley calls for online tax to save the High Street

3 December 201827 January 2025 News Business Matters 1 Comment

Mike Ashley has called for a new tax on revenues from online retailing to help revive ailing town centres.

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Recruitment has ‘critical’ role to play in getting more disabled people into work

3 December 201821 September 2022 News Business Matters 1 Comment

The recruitment sector has a “critical role in helping the government to achieve its target of getting one million more disabled people in work as soon as possible

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GlaxoSmithKline in £4bn swoop on biopharma firm

3 December 20183 December 2018 News Business Matters 0 Comments

GlaxoSmithKline is to acquire oncology-focused US pharma business Tesaro for 5.1 billion US dollars (£4 billion).
The FTSE 100-listed g..

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Ted Baker harassment claims to be probed as share price slides

3 December 2018 News Business Matters 0 Comments

Ted Baker’s working practices are to become the subject of an external investigation as the company’s share price hits a three-year low..

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Ted Baker shares hit three-year low amid staff complaints over founder

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Shares in Ted Baker have fallen to a three-year low following claims that the fashion brand’s founder enforces a “hugging” culture at t..

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Brexit uncertainty continues to weigh on UK businesses

3 December 20183 December 2018 News Business Matters 0 Comments

The manufacturing sector is unlikely to make any contribution to GDP in the final quarter as global trade tensions and Brexit uncertain..

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Unilever buys GSK’s Indian Horlicks business for £3.3 billion

3 December 2018 News Business Matters 0 Comments

Unilever is to acquire Horlicks and a clutch of other health drink brands in India from drugs maker Glaxosmithkline (GSK) for £3.3 bill..

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McColl’s warns over profits as Palmer & Harvey collapse hits chain

3 December 20183 December 2018 News Business Matters 0 Comments

Shares in McColl’s nosedived on Monday after the convenience store operator issued a profits warning linked to the collapse of wholesal..

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Last Crawshaw stores sold in £1.4 million deal

3 December 20183 December 2018 News Business Matters 0 Comments

Butchers chain Crawshaw has been sold to meat entrepreneur Tom Cribbin for £1.4 million, securing 240 jobs.
Crawshaw fell into administration

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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.

Burnham’s business rates adviser called for £9bn tax cut for high streets

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