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French fishermen threaten to block exports to UK in run-up to Christmas as tensions rise over fishing rights
French fishermen have threatened to blockade the port of Calais and cut off Christmas supplies in a post-Brexit fishing row.They claim they have been “deceived” by the British government over fishing licence applications and have called on the European Commission to take “retaliatory measures”. The president of the fishing committee for the northern Hauts-de-France region, …
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Tesla ordered to pay €118 million to Black ex-employee over racism claims
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Ireland set to agree historical minimum corporate tax rate
Ireland is expected to adopt a 15% minimum corporate tax rate after several months of negotiations with the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).Sources close to Irish Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe say the Irish government “need certainty around the rate”, and assurances that Ireland won’t be forced to increase it further.Much of the discussion …
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Ireland agrees to set historical minimum corporate tax rate
Ireland has agreed to adopt a 15% minimum corporate tax rate after several months of negotiations with the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).Sources close to Irish Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe say the Irish government “needs certainty around the rate”, and assurances that Ireland won’t be forced to increase it further.Much of the discussion …
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Pandemic sparks collapse of currency exchange provider ICE
The pandemic’s devastating impact on international travel has sparked the collapse of International Currency Exchange (ICE), one of Britain’s best-known bureau de change chains.Sky News has learnt that ICE’s UK arm filed for administration on Tuesday, prompting the immediate closure of its 26 outlets at airports and rail stations in Britain. More than 100 people …
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‘Grown men in tears’: Hundreds of pigs culled with farms overcrowded amid butcher shortage
Hundreds of healthy pigs have been culled after a nationwide shortage of abattoir workers left farms overcrowded with animals that could not be sent for slaughter.The National Pig Association (NPA) said at least 600 swine had been killed – and fears that the bottleneck in the meat processing industry could see as many as 150,000 …
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‘No malicious activity’ behind outage that hit Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, company says
Facebook has said there was “no malicious activity” behind a widespread outage that knocked all of its services offline for several hours yesterday.The social network – as well as Instagram and WhatsApp – were inaccessible for its 3.5 billion users because of the technical issues. Although the tech giant had previously said that a faulty …
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‘Significant reduction’ in petrol stations running dry in hard-hit London and South East
The number of petrol stations running dry in London and the South East has seen a “significant reduction”, according to daily industry data.In its latest update on the fuel crisis, the Petrol Retailers Association (PRA) said 15% of sites in the region – which is taking longer to return to normal than the rest of …
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Social media policeman Crisp eyes windfall from bumper sale
The backers of a social media company which helped track the torrent of racial abuse targeted at England footballers after the Euro 2020 final defeat to Italy are plotting a sale that could land them a windfall worth hundreds of millions of pounds.Sky News has learnt that shareholders in Yorkshire-based Crisp Thinking have appointed Lazard, …
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Evening Standard
Winter energy crisis warning as Opec refuses to tame oil prices
OIL prices could rocket in the next few weeks exacerbating the fuel shortage and leading to a winter energy crisis, City analysts are warning.That in turn will put intense pressure on central banks to shove up interest rates faster than they would like.Crude is already at a seven-year high, after Opec refused last night to …
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South West chamber Business West gains B Corp status
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Just 127 of 300 visas for HGV drivers to come to UK have been granted, Johnson admits
Just 127 of the 300 visas issued for international HGV drivers to come to the UK have been granted, Boris Johnson has admitted.The prime minister argued supply chain problems have been caused “very largely by the strength of the economic recovery”. He told BBC Breakfast: “What we said to the road haulage industry was ‘fine, …

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