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BT’s Openreach ordered by Ofcom to pull new customer deal
Ofcom said the offer ‘would be unfair and could harm sustainable competition’.
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BT’s Openreach ordered by Ofcom to pull new customer deal
Ofcom said the offer ‘would be unfair and could harm sustainable competition’.
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Supermarket giant to open 40 new stores in £900 million investment despite earnings dip
Aldi is Britain’s fourth-largest grocery chain but recently experienced a dip in annual earnings
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Scrapping state pension triple lock to fund social care would be ‘almost electoral suicide’, Burnham warned
The state pension will rise nearly £500 next year
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Entain reveals impact from Brazil online gambling ban
The group has downgraded its full-year online net gaming revenues outlook to between 4% and 6%.
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George Bamford to become joint chairman of JCB
It came as the company revealed a dip in profits for last year after a drop in machine sales.
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Hike in gaming machine tax could put third of venues at risk, warns Rank
The casino and bingo hall operator said a touted increase in the duty to 40% would make a number of its venues ‘unviable’.
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Heathrow’s third runway delayed until 2039
Bosses at the airport, the largest and busiest in the UK, have told the Government that sticking to the current 2035 deadline is not possible.
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Glasgow City Council halts fire and rehire plans after negotiations
Some 23,000 staff would have been sacked and rehired if the plans had gone ahead.
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Glasgow City Council halts fire and rehire plans after negotiations
Some 23,000 staff would have been sacked and rehired if the plans had gone ahead.
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FTSE 100 edges up as oil fall offsets bond worry
For the week, the FTSE 100 was up 0.3%.
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Fact check: Current GDP growth is lower than during 2010-2024
GDP growth has sped up since 2023, but remains sluggish compared with most of the last 15 years.
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Will Wetherspoon offer any cheer for investors after a tough year?
The market is predicting full-year profits will plunge by more than a fifth after a disappointing year for the firm.
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Glasgow council bosses ‘feel sick’ about firing and rehiring 23,000 workers
Colin Edgar, director of communications and governance, said the city was in a ‘hellish situation’.
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TalkTalk in ‘advanced talks’ over sale amid administration threat
Group is still progressing talks with rival Opus Broadband over a possible deal thought to be worth £100 million
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High energy prices will make it ‘harder’ to avoid interest rate hike – Bailey
It comes only a day after a deputy governor at the Bank said a rate hike is looking ‘increasingly likely’ if energy prices remain elevated.
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David Beckham scores £38 million payout thanks to bumper World Cup deals
Deals with McDonald’s, Verizon and Pepsi helped pocket the former England star millions
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Both sides must ‘get around table’ in Glasgow fire and rehire dispute – minister
Justice Secretary Neil Gray said the Scottish Government supports ‘fair work principles’.
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Ferrexpo remains loss-making after ‘exceptionally difficult’ half-year
The group secured investor support this week for a vital 100 million US dollar (£x million) emergency fundraising to stop it running out of cash.
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Consumer confidence continues gradual recovery amid household bill concerns
GfK’s long-running Consumer Confidence Index rose one point to minus 13 in September, continuing the slow recovery seen since April.
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UK food exports tumble amid high costs and Middle East impact
Exports to the EU continued a recent downward trend, with declines of 4.9% in Ireland and 4.6% in France, two of the UK’s largest export markets.
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Stocks struggle amid oil, bond price volatility
Investors weighed developments in the US-China summit and kept a watchful eye on elevated bond yields and oil prices.
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This one small swap could make you hundreds of pounds better off
With inflation above 3%, savers should make sure their money is earning above that level with interest rates
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