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Diesel joins petrol at record highs in critical week for inflation
Diesel costs have hit record levels just a week after a new peak was set for petrol prices, piling more misery on drivers and businesses as the cost of living surges.The average price of a litre of diesel on Sunday was 147.94p, according to Experian Catalist data cited by motoring groups the RAC and AA, …
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Price of diesel at pumps hits record high as cost of living surges
Diesel costs have hit record levels just a week after a new peak was set for petrol prices, piling more misery on drivers and businesses as the cost of living surges.The average price of a litre of diesel on Sunday was 147.94p, according to Experian Catalist data cited by motoring groups the RAC and AA, …
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Evening Standard
Anytime Fitness: The five London areas set to get a new 24/7 gym this year
Gym franchise Anytime Fitness today revealed plans to open a string of sites by the end of 2021 as the sector rebounds post-restrictions. The chain, which has more than 165 UK outlets including over 40 London clubs, plans to launch five of its 10 new 24/7 gyms in the capital. Branches are set to open …
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Evening Standard
Ryanair offers discount winter tickets as it considers delisting from London
Ryanair has revealed its board is considering delisting from the London Stock Exchange after seeing trading in its shares on the LSE hit post-Brexit. Europe’s largest budget airline said trading on the LSE has “reduced materially” as a percentage of its overall shares activity during 2021. Bosses said this migration away from London “is consistent …
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Culture Secretary: Government and public must back our world-renowned news industry
Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries writes in support of the news industry’s annual Journalism Matters campaign Journalism matters. That’s the theme of this week’s national campaign to celebrate the role a free press plays in British society, and it’s a powerful statement of fact. But why? It’s not just so we can have something entertaining to …
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Business Live
South West businesses plan recruitment even as confidence in economy falters
South West businesses remain upbeat about their own prospects and are looking to employ more people but still have concerns about the national economy, a new report reveals. The Lloyds Bank’s Business Barometer for October 2021 shows business confidence in the South West remained at a three-year high and hiring intentions increased by eight points …
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ProCook sets IPO price range of up to £200m ahead of planned float on London Stock Exchange
Kitchenware brand ProCook has set a price range for its planned initial public offering (IPO) which gives the company an estimated market capitalisation of between £150m and £200m. The Gloucestershire-based company announced in October it was preparing a listing on the London stock market after its revenue grew to more than £50m this year. After …
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Landmark Manchester city centre offices sold to Bruntwood Group in multi-million pound deal
A landmark office building in Manchester city centre has been acquired by commercial property giant Bruntwood Group in a multi-million pound deal. The grade II-listed Pall Mall Court has been bought from the Ardstone Regional Office Fund, a joint venture fund between Ardstone Capital and CBRE IM. Constructed in the 1960s, the King Street building …
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Evening Standard
Jes Staley: It’s a shame but his name is now forever linked to Jeffrey Epstein
What has the FCA got on Jes Staley in relation to Jeffrey Epstein?Giving the appalling context – Epstein, Ghislain Maxwell, Prince Andrew and much else – the answer is probably “not much”.The most likely conclusion to come from the watchdog’s impending report is that Staley mis-characterised his relationship with the financier and convicted sex offender.That …
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‘Targeted unjustly’ says hotelier as Welsh hospitality reacts to threat of Covid pass extension
Welsh hospitality is being “targeted unjustly” says a hotelier as the sector reacts to the threat of Wales’s Covid pass being extended to pubs, restaurants and cafes. The country has seen a spike in the case rate since the start of the summer – prompting Welsh Government to bring in Covid passes for nightclubs and …
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Evening Standard
Jes Staley out at Barclays following probe into Jeffrey Epstein links
Barclays chief executive Jes Staley shocked the City today by revealing he will quit following an investigation into the nature of his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, the American financier and convicted sex offender.The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has been investigating Staley over this matter for two years.The bank and Staley were told on Friday evening …
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Sky News
UK sets 48-hour deadline for Brexit fishing row to be resolved – as Jersey hits out at ‘bully’ France
Foreign Secretary Liz Truss has set a 48-hour deadline for a fishing dispute with France to be resolved before the UK moves ahead with legal action.Speaking to Sky News at the COP26 climate change summit in Glasgow, Ms Truss hit out at the French for behaving “unfairly” and accused them of operating outside the terms …

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