Healthier products and budget breakfast deals keep tills ringing at bakery chain, with sales up 5.6% in past three months
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UK manufacturers enjoy best quarter this year following Brexit vote
UK manufacturing activity grew at the fastest pace in more than two years in September, as the weak pound helped the sector to cement its strongest quarter of growth this year, according to a closely watched survey.
Tesco faces UK legal action over accounting scandal
Tesco is facing a legal action by a group of investors who claim to have lost £150m due to the supermarket’s 2014 accounting irregularities scandal.
UK shops look to Chinese tourists for a golden week at the tills
Travel agents report big demand for UK visits during holiday week due to 20% fall in costs after sterling’s post-Brexit vote dip
Sterling drops as Theresa May signals ‘hard Brexit’ at Tory conference
Theresa May said she will launch formal Brexit talks with EU leaders before the end of March 2017
Twitter’s UK arm books £1.24m tax bill, accounts show
Twitter’s UK arm had a tax bill of more than a million pounds in 2015, its latest accounts reveal, as its revenues rose by almost a third.
Millions have less than £100 in savings, study finds
More than 16m people in the UK have savings of less than £100, a study by the Money Advice Service (MAS) has found.
Asos warehouse staff are unable to take toilet breaks
Security measures at an Asos warehouse have intensified to the extent that workers are searched upon entering the toilets
Born in early 80s? Then you’re half as wealthy as 1970s’ children
Stagnant wages, falling home ownership, weaker pensions and low interest rates widen generational divide, says thinktank
Deutsche Bank under pressure as hedge funds cut exposure
Deutsche Bank came under mounting pressure this evening after it emerged that some hedge funds worried about its financial health had started to trim their exposure to the troubled lender, sparking fresh fears about its future.
Spotify in talks to buy SoundCloud
The streaming giant is reportedly making moves
Germany denies talk of a rescue plan for Deutsche Bank
Investors continued to question Deutsche Bank’s capital position despite vehement denials from Germany’s finance ministry that it is preparing a rescue plan to bail out the country’s biggest bank.
Apple to create stunning new London HQ at Battersea Power Station
Apple is to create a spectacular new London headquarters at Battersea Power Station in a massive coup for the developers behind the £9 billion project, reports The Evening Standard. The iPhone and iPad maker will move 1,400 staff from eight sites around the capital into what it calls “a new Apple campus” at the Grade II* listed former […]
The UK is the seventh most competitive economy in the world
The UK has surged to seventh place in a highly-influential ranking of the world’s most competitive economies.
Deutsche Post agrees to buy UK Mail
German postal firm Deutsche Post has agreed a deal to buy UK Mail for £242.7m, which will see it compete with Royal Mail for parcel deliveries.
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