DS Smith says cardboard box volumes strong; flags higher costs
(Reuters) – Cardboard maker DS Smith said on Thursday its box volume growth has been strong in the first half of the year, suppo..
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Wagamama-owner Restaurant Group names former Cadbury executive Ken Hanna chairman
(Reuters) – Britain’s Restaurant Group, which owns Frankie & Benny’s and Wagamama, on Thursday named former Cadb..
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Aussie dollar firm as bonds tumble, yen looks past BOJ
By Alun John HONG KONG (Reuters) – Central bank policymakers buffeted currency trading on Thursday as the Australian dollar held..
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AMS urges firms to ensure they can celebrate DEI progress for Black History Month next year
27 October 2021 As Black History Month draws to a close, global total workforce solutions provider, AMS (formerly Alexander Mann Solut..
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Imperial College Business School and Emeritus to launch Sustainability Leadership Executive Education Programme
27 October 2021 Imperial College Business School, in partnership with global online education provider Emeritus, has announced a new E..
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UK maps out return to higher foreign aid spending after COVID cuts
By William James LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s spending on foreign aid should return to 0.7% of economic output by 2024/25, financ..
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Reactions to UK budget
LONDON (Reuters) – UK finance minister Rishi Sunak promised higher public spending and tax cuts as Britain’s economy rebou..
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Sunak promises more spending as UK emerges from pandemic
By David Milliken, Andy Bruce and William Schomberg LONDON (Reuters) -Finance minister Rishi Sunak used an upgrade to Britain’s ..
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McDonald’s sales soar on higher U.S. prices, newer menu items
By Aishwarya Venugopal and Hilary Russ (Reuters) -Higher U.S. prices and celebrity-themed meals boosted quarterly comparable sales at ..
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Gas price surge pushes Europe’s ceramics industry to breaking point
By Stephen Jewkes, Isla Binnie and Elvira Pollina MILAN (Reuters) – Continental Europe’s $35 billion ceramics industry tho..
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Hackers-for-hire are biggest cybersecurity threat -EU agency
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Hackers-for-hire emerged as the biggest threat to online security in the last 15 months, wi..
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Santander to release some pandemic provisions as profits jump
By Jesús Aguado MADRID (Reuters) -Santander is to release some of the cash it set aside at the height of the pandemic in a sign the Sp..
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It’s time to endorse e-signatures
Hybrid working is accelerating our move to cloud-based document management. But many businesses are reluctant to take an advanced step..
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Define Tech Ltd. and CloudCIX Ltd. announce strategic alliance to deliver HPC optimised Cloud Services.
LONDON, UK – October 26, 2021: Define Tech Limited, an independent software vendor focused on Cloud technology has teamed up with Clou..
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Quantexa’s Contextual Decision Intelligence chosen by UK Government to fight Covid-19 Loan Scheme Fraud
LONDON, 26 September 21. Today Quantexa, a global data and analytics software company, announced the Cabinet Office has selected its p..
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EU countries split over joint response to energy price spike
By Kate Abnett LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) -European Union countries failed to agree on a bloc-wide response to surging energy prices in an e..
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Exclusive-German govt expects inflation to surge to 2.9% in 2021 – source
BERLIN (Reuters) – The German government expects consumer price inflation to surge to 2.9% this year and ease to 2.2% next year,..
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Myanmar a no-show at summit after ASEAN sidelines junta boss
By Ain Bandial BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN (Reuters) – A Southeast Asian summit started on Tuesday without military-ruled Myanmar, after..
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Reckitt lifts full-year forecast as mobility, vaccinations pick up
By Siddharth Cavale (Reuters) – Higher vaccination rates and improved mobility during the third quarter drove strong demand for ..
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What to Expect as The Telco and Fintech Worlds Collide?
By: Andries Smit, CEO and Founder, Upside The powers of telco and fintech are finally merging. A new ecosystem of financial services i..
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Europlaz appoints new Commercial Director
Europlaz Technologies, a UK based medical device manufacturer, has appointed Rory O’Keeffe as Commercial Director with immediate effec..
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GXO in Partnership with Virgin Media Achieves Investor in Innovations Standard
The world’s largest pure-play contract logistics provider, today announced that the Institute of Innovation and Knowledge Exchange (IK..
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Russian COVID cases hit record high as eastern Europe imposes new curbs
By Luiza Ilie and Gleb Stolyarov BUCHAREST/MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia reported a record high number of daily COVID-19 cases and s..
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Facebook knew about, failed to police, abusive content globally – documents
By Elizabeth Culliford and Brad Heath (Reuters) – Facebook employees have warned for years that as the company raced to become a..
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Key moments from decades of climate conferences
By Andrea Januta (Reuters) – This year’s U.N. climate conference in Glasgow, Scotland, marks the 26th time since 1995 that..
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Tesco says online services back up after interference ‘attempt’
LONDON (Reuters) -British supermarket chain Tesco said its website and app are back up after the services were disrupted by an attempt..
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Britain’s Co-op bank confirms TSB approach
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s Co-operative Bank confirmed on Monday that it expressed interest in potentially buying TSB fr..
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Cricket-Stokes added to England’s Ashes squad
(Reuters) – All-rounder Ben Stokes has been added to England’s squad for the Ashes tour of Australia, England’s cric..
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The real cost of downtime, and what you can do to prevent it
Amir Hashmi, CEO and Founder of leading IT and Cloud services provider zsah, discusses why business owners should outsource their IT m..
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Exclusive-Italy woos Intel over multibillion-euro chip plant -sources
By Giulio Piovaccari and Giuseppe Fonte MILAN/ROME (Reuters) – Rome is drawing up an offer to try to convince Intel to invest bi..
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Top tips to help get your finances in order
By: Jenny Madhoo, Chartered Financial Planner & Founder of SpringGen Advice Ltd SpringGen, the brainchild of Jenny Madhoo, was bo..
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What next? Life in business after COVID-19
By Sherif Choudhry, a Managing Partner at BCG Platinion With the majority of the UK workforce now vaccinated, the return to office is ..
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U.S. CDC signs off on Moderna, J&J COVID-19 vaccine boosters, mix-and-match shots
By Manas Mishra and Julie Steenhuysen (Reuters) – The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Thursday recommen..
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Duran Duran drop new album 40 years after debut
By Hanna Rantala LONDON (Reuters) – When British pop band Duran Duran made their debut, they did not know how long they would la..
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Card spending in UK falls below pre-COVID average – ONS
LONDON (Reuters) – Spending on credit and debit cards in Britain fell last week to 97% of its pre-pandemic average in February 2..
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Norway’s DNB announces dividend after posting record Q3 earnings
By Victoria Klesty and Gwladys Fouche OSLO (Reuters) – Norway’s largest bank DNB reported its best ever third-quarter earn..
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How to take action to retire early.
By: Paul Wilson-Personal Finance Expert at Cash Lady Paul has worked in the finance sector for nearly 20 years for a varie..
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