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Peacock and Binnington adds North Yorkshire agricultural machinery dealer to the fold
Agricultural machinery dealer Peacock and Binnington has acquired North Yorkshire-based Franks Curtis. The Brigg-headquartered operation will incorporate the family-owned Massey Ferguson specialist into its 127-year-old business, preparing the Kirby Misperton depot – between Malton and Pickering – for the new year. Completing the purchase of the shares held by David and Kim Franks, P&B managing …
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Evening Standard
Aviva on track to hand back £4bn to investors
AVIVA today set out a strong case for its defence against activist investor Cevian, saying it is on track to hand back at least £4 billion to shareholders.Cevian, one of Europe’s biggest activist investors, has taken a 5% stake and plans to shake-up the insurer. It thinks Aviva is undervalued and wants to see £5 …
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Major US investor acquires stake in Matthew Moulding’s THG
A major US-based investment firm has bought a stake in online beauty, wellness and software giant THG to become one of its largest shareholders. Asset management firm T. Rowe Price has snapped up a 5% holding in the Manchester-headquartered listed company, according to documents filed with the London Stock Exchange. The move by T. Rowe …
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Evening Standard
UK economy bounces back close to pre-pandemic levels but recovery slows
THE UK economy is on the verge of recovering all of its losses from the Covid-19 crisis, in what City experts hail as an extraordinary bounce-back.Official figures today showed the economy grew at 1.3% between July and September. That was lower than expected and far behind the 5.5% spurt enjoyed in the second quarter as …
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Evening Standard
Uber raises prices in London for first time since 2017 – fares go up by 10%
Uber is raising its prices in London for the first time since 2017 in a bid to lure more drivers back to the platform and tackle long wait times.Prices will rise by 10% in Greater London from 11 November with “peak time” fares for airport trips soaring by 25%, the Standard can reveal. Drivers were …
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Sky News
Diminishing hopes for strong economic rebound as UK’s recovery lags behind global rivals
The economy is recovering, but the pace of that recovery is diminishing – that’s the big picture from today’s gross domestic product statistics.However, the UK is getting ever closer now to regaining the income lost during the crisis. Quite where we are on that front depends somewhat on which measure you’re looking at. Image: Britain’s …
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Sky News
UK growth slows as consumer spending weakness and supply issues hit recovery
Britain’s economic growth slowed in the third quarter as weak consumer spending and supply chain issues put the brakes on the recovery, according to official figures.The pound fell below $1.34 to hit its lowest level against the US dollar since last December after gross domestic product (GDP) expanded by a slightly weaker than expected 1.3%, …
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Sky News
Elon Musk sells Tesla stock worth $5bn after promising to abide by Twitter poll
Elon Musk has sold shares in his company worth $5bn (£3.73bn) after promising to abide by a Twitter poll.The Tesla chief executive had asked his followers whether he should sell 10% of his holdings and 57.9% of the voters supported the sale. Musk said: “I was prepared to accept either outcome.”The money generated from the …
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Evening Standard
Zilch: London buy now, pay later startup scores $2bn valuation and plans US rollout
London-headquartered buy now, pay later fintech Zilch has quadrupled its valuation within just eight months to reach “double unicorn” status. A unicorn is a tech firm valued at $1billion or more. On Wednesday Zilch revealed it has raised $110 million in a Series C funding round that values the startup at $2 billion – four …
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Sky News
US inflation hits highest level since 1990 as food and fuel prices surge
The annual rate of inflation in the US has hit its highest level in more than three decades, fed by faster than expected rises in the cost of fuel and food.The headline consumer prices measure rose to 6.2% in October – a level not seen since 1990 – after a 0.9% surge on the previous …
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Evening Standard
Challenged: Why old school banks might fend off the new tech lenders
In theory, a new breed of “challenger” bank is going to shake-up the staid old industry. Is going to wow us all with technology, eating the lunch of Barclays, NatWest et al along the way.Banks with whizzy names – Monzo, Tide – will show the tired old lenders how to do it in the digital …
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Sky News
Activist fund Gatemore builds stake in furniture chain DFS
A serial activist investor in listed British retailers has turned its attention to DFS, the furniture chain, amid predictions that it could be a takeover target for private equity funds.Sky News has learnt that Gatemore Capital Management notified its fund investors last month that it had begun building a stake in DFS, which has yet …

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