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Tesco products now available on Gorillas delivery app
Shoppers will now be able to buy Tesco products on the grocery delivery app Gorillas, as the two companies trial a partnership across five locations in the UK.The supermarket will start stocking its products on Gorillas in select locations from Thursday, the pair said in a statement. Gorillas, a German start-up that this month secured …
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‘Czech Sphinx’ Kretinsky close to buying big stake in West Ham United
A Czech-based billionaire who owns big stakes in Royal Mail and J Sainsbury is within days of agreeing the purchase of a big stake in West Ham United Football Club that could lead to a full takeover.Sky News has learnt that Daniel Kretinsky, who owns the Czech top-flight side Sparta Prague, is in advanced talks …
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Business Weekly
Sphere Fluidics closes $40 million funding round
Sphere Fluidics, a Cambridge company commercialising single cell analysis systems, has closed a $40million investment round. It was co-led by Paris-based Sofinnova Partners and San  Francisco investor Redmile Group. Sphere Fluidics will use the money to expand its international sales activities in key markets and improve support for customers. It will also expand its product research …
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Business Weekly
Sphere Fluidics closes $40 million funding round
Sphere Fluidics, a Cambridge company commercialising single cell analysis systems, has closed a $40million investment round. It was co-led by Paris-based Sofinnova Partners and San  Francisco investor Redmile Group. Sphere Fluidics will use the money to expand its international sales activities in key markets and improve support for customers.  It will also expand its product …
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Middle-income earners ‘likely to be worse off next year’
Middle-income earners are likely to be worse off next year due to inflation and tax rises, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies.IFS director Paul Johnson was delivering the organisation’s analysis of the budget presented by Chancellor Rishi Sunak on Wednesday. Mr Sunak had labelled it a “budget to usher in a new age of …
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Evening Standard
Wagamama owner The Restaurant Group names new chairman
Wagamama-owner The Restaurant Group has named former Cadbury‘s finance chief Ken Hanna as its new chairman. The London-listed group, which is also behind Garfunkel’s and Frankie & Benny’s, will succeed Debbie Hewitt, who will step down at the end of the year to chair the Football Association (FA).TRG’s Graham Clemett said Hanna has “the right …
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Business Live
Black Young Professionals Leadership Conference kicks off with Will.i.am
Thousands of black professionals and allies are taking part in an online conference this week to learn skills and lessons from some of the world’s most successful black entrepreneurs. The BYP Network Leadership Conference is an annual event which is taking place virtually on Thursday 28 and Friday 29 October. The 60 speakers range from …
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Evening Standard
Virgin Wines CEO promises firm will not run out of wine at Christmas despite industry supply woes
Virgin Wines‘ CEO today hailed the Chancellor‘s alcohol duty overhaul as “good news for the industry” as the online vino retailer reported surging sales despite lockdowns lifting. The chancellor froze alcohol duty for the third budget in a row yesterday, and closed the gap between rates charged on still and sparkling. He also simplified the …
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Business Live
‘Painful reckoning’ feared as seafood specialist warns businesses still not ready for Brexit border checks
A global logistics specialist in Grimsby has told how she fears a painful reckoning coming for businesses who have not yet got to grips with the new complexities of customs clearances. Samskip is a major player in the seafood sector, linking Iceland and the Humber. The company has been advising customers how to manage the …
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Jay-Z-backed merchandise giant Fanatics launches online Olympic shop ahead of Paris 2024
A global merchandise and equipment retailer valued at $18bn and backed by Jay-Z has partnered with the IOC to launch an online Olympic Shop ahead of Paris 2024. Fanatics, which runs its international operations outside of North America from its Manchester base, also works with the likes of Manchester United and Everton. The shop comes …
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Transport tech firm 365 Response snaps up Flexiroute with BGF-backing
A transport tech firm in Yorkshire has snapped up a Redcar business amid moves to accelerate their services for more than 200 public and private organisations. Wakefield-based 365 Response, a digital transport management and eProcurement software provider, has acquired Redcar-based transport technology solutions business Flexiroute after securing follow-on funding from its founders and growth capital …
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Business Live
Arriva Cymru bus drivers to strike for five weeks at depots across North Wales
Hundreds of Arriva Cymru bus drivers are set to strike for five weeks – bringing chaos to services in North Wales. Bus services across North Wales will face severe disruption after nearly 400 drivers voted overwhelmingly to strike in a pay dispute, Unite the union said today. Drivers at depots, including Amlwch, Bangor, Hawarden (Chester), …

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