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Post Office delivers two board seats to postmasters after Horizon scandal
The Post Office will this week outline plans to hand two board seats to serving postmasters as it seeks to draw a line under the […]
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‘Consigned to the history books’: ‘Tampon tax’ scrapped from today
The 5% rate of VAT on women’s sanitary products – known as the “tampon tax” – has been scrapped. The government had committed to axing the […]
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Agents kick off hunt to offload Green’s flagship Topshop store
The dismantling of Sir Philip Green’s high street empire is about to accelerate after the appointment of agents to oversee the sale of the tycoon’s […]
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Burnley: US investors complete takeover of Premier League side
US investors ALK Capital have completed their takeover of Premier League club Burnley. New chairman Alan Pace said the new owners were “fully prepared” to […]
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Tesco and Pizza Hut named and shamed over minimum wage breaches
Tesco, Pizza Hut and Superdrug are among 139 companies that have been named and shamed by the government for failing to pay the minimum wage. […]
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Fears and hope among business owners as Brexit transition ends
Business owners across the country are waiting to see what the first day outside the customs union and single market holds for them. While some […]
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Sugar sweetens revolt against Caffe Nero rescue deal
Lord Sugar, the Amstrad founder and star of The Apprentice, is fuelling a landlord-led revolt against a rescue deal for Caffe Nero, the struggling chain […]
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Queen’s 95th birthday to be marked by new coin
The Queen’s 95th birthday will be celebrated on one of five new commemorative coins released this year. The Queen, who will become the first British […]
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China’s manufacturing recovery weakens in December
BEIJING — China’s manufacturing activity improved in December but at its weakest rate in three months as the economy recovered from the coronavirus pandemic while its trading […]
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Fiat Chrysler, Peugeot shareholders to vote on merger
MILAN — The marriage of carmakers PSA Peugeot and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles is built on the promise of cost-savings in the capital-hungry industry, but what […]